Marvel Mystery Comics
The Ka-Zar here, who would appear in every issue through Marvel Mystery Comics #27 is unrelated to the Marvel Comics jungle lord Ka-Zar introduced in The X-Men #10. Note: This is a different Marvel Tales than that published by Marvel in starting in the 1960s and primarily reprinting Spider-Man stories. In 1949, with the popularity of superheroes having waned, the book was converted into the horror anthology Marvel Tales from issue #93-159 , when it ceased publication. The original Vision appeared in solo stories through Marvel Mystery Comics #48.
Issue #13 saw the first appearance of the Vision, the inspiration for the same-name Marvel Comics superhero created in 1968. Other characters introduced in the title include the aviator the American Ace , with part one of his origin reprinted, like the first part of the Sub-Mariner's, from Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1; the Ferret; and writer-artist Steve Dahlman's robot hero Electro. The Torch and the Sub-Mariner would continue to star in the long-running title even after receiving their own solo comic-book series shortly afterward. Simon brought along his collaborator, artist Jack Kirby, followed by artist Syd Shores. That initial comic, cover-dated October 1939, quickly sold out 80,000 copies, prompting Goodman to produce a second printing, cover-dated November 1939 and identical except for a black bar in the inside-front-cover indicia over the October date, and the November date added at the end. Paul featured the Human Torch, looking much different than in the interior story. A painted cover by veteran science fiction pulp artist Frank R. As well, it contained the first generally available appearance of Bill Everett's mutantanti-heroNamor the Sub-Mariner, created for the unpublished movie-theater giveaway comic, Motion Picture Funnies Weekly earlier that year, with the eight-page original story now expanded by four pages. His first effort, Marvel Comics #1 , featured the first appearances of writer-artistCarl Burgos' androidsuperhero, the Human Torch, and Paul Gustavson's costumed detectiveThe Angel who was to last to issue 79, even gaining the power of flight for a few issues. In 1939, pulp-magazinepublisherMartin Goodman expanded into the newly emerging comic book field by buying content from comics package Funnies, Inc..
It was the first publication of Marvel Comics' predecessor, Timely Comics. Marvel Mystery Comics is an Americancomic book series published during the 1930s-1940s period known to fans and historians as the Golden Age of Comic Books.