Marvel Mystery Comics #45
Cover AMarket Value
- Ungraded
- $2,049
- as of Sep 5, 2026
- Graded (CGC 8.0)
- $18,000
- as of Sep 5, 2026
- Graded copies for sale
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- 20 graded copies listed, as of Aug 31, 2026
During a shootout with the FBI, a Nazi spy is killed and buried in a secret grave. Another Nazi spy kidnaps the FBI agent who shot him and tortures him to death attempting to learn the location of the grave. They are able to divert Torch and Toro long enough to bring the body back to their hideout where they inject it with a chemical which reveals a message on its back. Torch and Toro track them back to the hideout and make sure that the message containing details of an Allied shipping convoy does not get into enemy hands.
Cover Date
July 1, 1943
On Sale Date
May 23, 1943
Pages
60
Cover Price
$0.10
Editor
Vince Fago
Credits
Writer
Penciller
Characters
a phony doctor (villain, introduction); Carl Wertz (villain, introduction); Double-Beard (villain, introduction); Father Time (introduction); Franz Papp (villain, introduction, death); Human Torch; James Jankovicz; Jim Hammond; Jimmy Jupiter; Juno (villain, introduction, death); Kito (villain, introduction, death); Leme Tel (introduction); Mara (introduction); Namor; Once-Upon-a-Time (introduction); Queen Time (introduction); Terry Vance; The Angel; the Minute Men (introduction); The Vision (origin); Thomas Halloway; Thomas Raymond; Tick and Tock (introduction); Toro; Totu (villain, introduction, death); Von Grizer (villain, introduction); Von Krop (villain, introduction)