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Golden Age Marvel Comics Masterworks Vol. 5: Golden Age Marvel Comics - Volume 5 (Marvel Mystery Comics (1939-1949)) Kindle & comiXology

by Joe Simon (Author, Contributor), Ray Gill (Author, Contributor), Andrew Mcwhiney (Author), Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
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Collects Marvel Mystery Comics #17-20.

Headlining the heavy-hitters of the Timely era, Marvel Mystery Comics has it all-from top-of-the-field super hero action to bizarre mystery, otherworldly noir, jungle adventure and boy detectives! And it all starts off with the history-making Human Torch/Sub-Mariner team-up by the titanic talents Carl Burgos and Bill Everett! Then the Human Torch's sidekick Toro, the Flaming Kid, makes his Marvel Mystery debut. Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner, takes his uniquely anarchic brand of action straight to the Nazis' noses, while the Angel's origin is revealed and he begins a multi-part crusade against the sexy villainess, the Cat's Paw. Rounded out by Jack Kirby's eerie agent of vengeance, the Vision; the wonderfully weird Electro; Terry Vance, School Boy Sleuth; and the adventures of Ka-Zar, it's the classic package that made Marvel famous!
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    Marvel Mystery Comics (1939-1949)
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    280 pages
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    January 26, 2011
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B078XMM5YR
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel (January 26, 2011)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 26, 2011
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 934332 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 280 pages
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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Adam Graham
4.0 out of 5 stars The Big Team Up
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2016
This book has one huge highlight and that is the first ever superhero team up between Namor, the Submariner and the Human Torch. This happened more than a decade before Batman and Superman teamed up and is notable because these two had previously fought each other but now were combining forces against the Nazis. It's a superb classic story that's overlooked in comic history.

As for the rest of the book, Namor continues to be a highlight of any book in which he appears as you see the complexity of the character as well as his shift to war-footing. He continues to be fearsome, moody, and unpredictable. The book's final Namor story has him, oddly enough, returning to New York to fight in a boxing match.

The Torch stories are more standard fare. They're well-written but not all that memorable.

The Angel and Ka-Zar strips work in serialization with the Ka-Zar having a two part story and the Angel having a three part story. This made a lot of sense and I wish more Golden Age comics had done multi-part stories particularly as paper shortages required shorter stories. The Angel story features the Cat's Claw, a villainess who calls to mind the Pulp Heroine Miss Fury. Ka-Zar's last solo story is of note as he takes on the Nazis and drives them out of Africa.

The Terry Vance stories are light juvenile detective tales that could have stood a bit more development. The only truly unenjoyable story is Electro, the Robot whose stories are tedious to read. Thankfully, he's not included in the final issue.

The text stories in this book are noteworthy as they're about the heroes of the comic books. Thus we get stories about Terry Vance, the Angel, and the Human Torch, which is nicer than the generics included in many golden age Comic books.

Overall, there are already some slight declines in comic book quality already visible in this book, but each strip (except Electro) is enjoyable in its own right, the text stories are interesting, and the story of the Submariner-Human Torch team up make this a must-read
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