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Marvel Mystery Comics #12
Cover AMarket Value
- Graded copies for sale
- $1,000 - $16,500
- 20 graded copies listed, as of Sep 29, 2026
CGC Census
24
Total Graded
7
9.8 NM/MT
1
8.0 VF
Reprinted 5x
Hunted by the police force he was once a member of due to his burning down tenements infected with the black plague, the Torch is offered re-instatement by the police commissioner if he can bring in the mysterious \"J.B.\"
Cover Date
October 1, 1940
On Sale Date
August 15, 1940
Pages
68
Cover Price
$0.10
Editor
Joe Simon
Credits
Writer
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Inker
Letterer
Characters
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; un-named Police Captain; Ryan (Policeman); J. B. [Jane Bradley](villain, first actual appearance), Cinalli (villain, introduction, a lawyer); Slim (villain, introduction)
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