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Marvel Mystery Comics #26

Marvel Mystery Comics #26

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Market Value

Ungraded
$1,667
as of Sep 4, 2026
Graded (CGC 8.0)
$6,000
as of Sep 4, 2026
Graded copies for sale
$837 - $12,750
20 graded copies listed, as of Aug 30, 2026
Reprinted 8x

The Torch accompanies the Parrot on his prison train to California in order to help a chemist who wishes to examine an inactive volcano for sulfur deposits, which are used by the government to make gunpowder, which the U.S. is sorely lacking.

Cover Date

December 1, 1941

On Sale Date

October 20, 1941

Pages

68

Cover Price

$0.10

Editor

Joe Simon

Characters

Aarkus; David Rand; Human Torch; Jeff Mace; Jim Hammond; Ka-Zar the Great; Namor; Sub-Mariner; Terry Vance; The Angel; The Patriot; The Vision; Thomas Halloway; Thomas Raymond; Toro; Betty Dean; Deadline Dawson; Dill (defense plant worker, death); Guinaldo (villain, Filipino assassin); Harry Hughes (death); Herr Hesslous (villain); Jerry (policeman); Kirk Hendrick (villain, ivory hunter); Laurie (villain); Lem Brown (neighbor of Norsen, death); Lieutenant Curtis (intelligence agent); Luther Robinson; Lynne Harris; Mark Casey; Mary; Mr. Jordan (newspaper editor); Mr. Mason (government research chemist); plant monsters (villains, all die); Professor Rudolph Norsen (biology professor); Queen Jarna (villain); Roy Ramsey (villain); Suoka (villain, head of the Japanese Secret Service); the Nazis (villains, some die); The Parrot (villain, death); The Tiger Man [Hertz] (villain); Trajah (an elephant); un-named U.S. Navy department commander; un-named witch doctor

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