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Marvel Mystery Comics #4

Marvel Mystery Comics #4

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Market Value

Ungraded
$1,344
as of Sep 3, 2026
Graded (CGC 8.0)
$115
as of Sep 3, 2026
Graded copies for sale
$2,400 - $48,000
20 graded copies listed, as of Aug 30, 2026
Reprinted 10x

Torch has to deal with the threat of Dr. Manyac, who plans to use the Green Flames as a tool to exact revenge if his demands are not met.

Cover Date

February 1, 1940

On Sale Date

December 20, 1939

Pages

68

Cover Price

$0.10

Editor

Abraham Goodman

Characters

Ben; Betty Dean; Brink (villain, introduction); Buck and his gang (villains, some die); Butch (villain, introduction, death, a giant); Chaka (ape leader); Clancy (a policeman); Council of Three (introduction, Atlantean rulers); Dick Gardner (secret operative #3); Doc Wagner (villain, introduction); Dr. Manyac (villain, introduction); Ed Kivlin (villain, introduction); Electro (introduction, origin, a robot); Ferret (introduction); Human Torch; Hymie \"The Weasel\" Pazetto (villain, introduction); Inspector Reiss; Jim Hammond; Johnson; Ka-Zar [David Rand]; Knuckles Johnson (villain, death); Little Joyce Lovely; Luke; Lynn Froehm; Maizie (introduction, undercover policewoman); Manuel; N'Jaga (a leopard); Paul De Kraft [aka Fat Face] (villain); Prince Namor; Prof. Philo Zog (Electro's creator); Rickie (villain, death); Sha (lion mate of Zar); Sub-Mariner; Tha-Korr; The Angel; The Green Flames (villains, introduction for all, some deaths); The Masked Raider [Jim Gardley]; The Nazis (villains); the twelve Secret Operatives (introduction); Thomas Halloway; Trajah (an elephant); Weasel (villain, death); Zar (a lion); Zeb

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