Marvel Mystery Comics #40
"Flaming Terror" in Marvel Mystery Comics #40 (1943) delivers a pulse-pounding wartime thriller as Torch and Toro race to stop a hidden Japanese airfield beneath the Mojave Desert from launching devastating attacks on San Francisco. With a napalm-like weapon poised to strike, the duo takes matters into their own hands when the army comes up empty. The story unfolds with gritty urgency, illustrated by Harry Sahle in both pencils and inks, while Alex Schomburg’s cover captures the fiery menace of the threat.
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The Japanese build an airfield beneath the sands of the Mojave desert in order to launch air strikes against San Francisco with planes that disperse a napalm-like substance. Torch and Toro track them down when the army fails to locate them.
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