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Marvel Mystery Comics #5 (1940)
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"Fifth Episode [Return of the Oman]"
Written by: Ben Thompson ?
Pencils: Ben Thompson (signed)
Inks: Ben Thompson (signed)
Cover Pencils: Alex Schomburg
Cover Inks: Alex Schomburg
When De Kraft learns that David Rand [aka Ka-Zar] still lives, he tracks down the "Jungle God" and takes him captive, arranging a rather protracted and cruel death for him.
Written by: Ben Thompson ?
Pencils: Ben Thompson (signed)
Inks: Ben Thompson (signed)
Cover Pencils: Alex Schomburg
Cover Inks: Alex Schomburg
When De Kraft learns that David Rand [aka Ka-Zar] still lives, he tracks down the "Jungle God" and takes him captive, arranging a rather protracted and cruel death for him.
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| Cover Details - | |
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| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Alex Schomburg |
| Inks | Alex Schomburg |
| Colors | ? |
| Notes | |
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| Pencils | Carl Burgos (signed) |
| Inks | Carl Burgos (signed) |
| Colors | ? |
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| Pencils | Paul Gustavson |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson |
| Colors | ? |
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| Pencils | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Colors | ? |
| Notes | Story continued next issue. |
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| Genre | western-frontier |
| Pencils | Al Anders [as Anders] (signed) |
| Inks | Al Anders [as Anders] (signed) |
| Colors | ? |
| Notes | Story title taken from last panel in strip found in Marvel Mystery #4. |
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| Inks | Harry Ramsey [as H. Ramsey] (signed) |
| Colors | ? |
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| Inks | Steve Dahlman [as Dahl] (signed) |
| Colors | ? |
| Notes | |
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| Inks | Irwin Hasen [as I. Hasen] (signed) |
| Colors | ? |
| Notes | |
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| Characters | Ka-Zar [David Rand]; John Rand (cameo); Zar (a lion); N'Jaga (a leopard); Nono (a monkey); Paul De Kraft [aka Fat Face] (villain, death); Ed Kivlin (villain, death); Aroangi (villain); Bawala (villain) |
| Synopsis | When De Kraft learns that David Rand [aka Ka-Zar] still lives, he tracks down the "Jungle God" and takes him captive, arranging a rather protracted and cruel death for him. |
| Genre | jungle |
| Pencils | Ben Thompson (signed) |
| Inks | Ben Thompson (signed) |
| Colors | ? |
| Notes | Character created by Bob Byrd. The bracketed story title was given in the last panel of the Ka-Zar story in Marvel Mystery #3. |
| Product Name | Marvel Mystery Comics #5 (1940) |
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| Characters | The Human Torch [Jim Hammond] |
| Series | Marvel Mystery Comics |
| Publication Date | Feb 29, 1940 |
| Date of publication | March 1940 |
| Synopsis | When De Kraft learns that David Rand [aka Ka-Zar] still lives, he tracks down the "Jungle God" and takes him captive, arranging a rather protracted and cruel death for him. |
Published March 1940 by