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Marvel Mystery Comics #13

Marvel Mystery Comics #13

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Key FactsKey issue

  • 1st appearance of Aarkus
  • 1st appearance of The Vision
  • Origin of Aarkus
  • Origin of The Vision

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Market Value

Ungraded
$970
as of Sep 3, 2026
Graded (CGC 8.0)
$14,400
as of Sep 3, 2026
Graded copies for sale
$1,200 - $33,600
20 graded copies listed, as of Aug 30, 2026
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A subway builder loses both of his sons to cave-ins while constructing the tunnels, causing him to lose his mind and seek revenge, wanting to wreck trains so they wouldn't disturb his sons' graves within the tunnels' walls. But he is confined by those whom he hires to help him accomplish the task and the Torch must stop them.

Cover Date

November 1, 1940

On Sale Date

September 17, 1940

Pages

68

Cover Price

$0.10 / CA$0.15

Editor

Joe Simon

Credits

Characters

Aarkus (1st appearance); The Vision (1st appearance); Betty Crane (his daughter, introduction); Bomber (villain, introduction); \"Brains Borelli\" (villain); Bumpy; Captain Rawlins (policeman); David Rand; Deadline Dawson (newspaperman); Dorma; Dr. Enoch Mason (introduction); Dr. Simon Crane (introduction); Dr. Watson (a monkey); Dr. Wilson; Electro; Gnorr, Emperor of the Moon (villain, introduction, death); Happy Nolan (introduction, death); Harry] (villain. introduction for all); Jim Hammond; Ka-Zar the Great; Markham (scientist); Mose (Mason's butler); Mr. Morton (villain, introduction, subway builder); Namor; Princess Fen; Professor Philo Zog; Punchy; Queenie (villain); Reiss (villain, introduction); Rocco; Ruth Wilson; Shiela Mason (his daughter, introduction); Slim (villain); Terry Vance; The Angel; The Human Torch; The Nazis (villains, some die); The Savoy Gang [Limpy Savoy (death); The Sub-Mariner; Thomas Halloway; Tony (villain, introduction); Toro (an Atlantean tailor, introduction); un-named boss (villain); un-named mayor; Zar (a lion)

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