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87August 1948
$0.10

Marvel Mystery Comics #87

Marvel · August 1948 · on sale May 3, 1948

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Identification plate

Series
Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 series)
Issue
#87
Publication date
August 1948
Key date
August 1948
On-sale date
May 3, 1948
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Don Rico; inks: Don RicoHuman Torch [Jim Hammond]
1Master of Murder!comic story12pencils: Mike Sekowsky
3The Lost Atoll!comic story12script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Ken Bald; inks: Ken BaldNamora
4Stamped Evidencetext story2letters: typeset
5-promo (ad from the publisher)0.3
6Mad Music Moans a Devil's Dirge!comic story4pencils: Mike Sekowsky
7Stamp Newstext article0.33script: Kent B. Stiles
8The Boy Who Couldn't Study!comic story12pencils: Syd Shores; inks: Syd ShoresGolden Girl

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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Series context

‹ #8686 of 91#88 ›

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