Volume: 2
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1941-02-06
Editing: Joe Simon (editor)
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[no title indexed]
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Blue Diamond; Captain Daring; Challenger; The Fin; The Thunderer / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
  • Genre:superhero; science fiction
Characters:
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

The red and blue colors of the Thunderer's costume are reversed on this cover.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

DARING MYSTERY COMICS published monthly by Timely Comics, Inc., Meriden Conn. Entry as second class matter pending at the post office, Meriden, Conn. Entire contents copyright 1941 by Timely Comics, Inc., 330 W. 42nd St., N. Y., N. Y. Vol. 2, No 7, Apr. 1941. Yearly subscription $1.00. Printed in U. S. A. For advertising write Marvel Group.

Credits from or confirmed by the Masterworks reprint unless otherwise noted.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 2.

The Amazing New Comicscope!
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Comicsope Co. of America / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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The Thunderer / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
John Compton (signed)
Pencils:
Carl Burgos (signed)
Inks:
Carl Burgos ? (see notes)
? (see notes)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:We give you... The Thunderer
Characters:
Eileen Conroy (introduction); Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:
Jerry Carstairs uses his radio skills to intercept Nazi messages and construct the booming voice he uses as the Thunderer. While discouraging his friend Eileen from reporting on the fifth columnists for her own safety by day, by night he protects her and fights against the Nazis as the Thunderer.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

On the Timely-Atlas list, Dr. Michael J. Vassallo indicated that there might be a different inker on this story.

Introducing the Fin
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The Fin / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Bill Everett (signed)
Pencils:
Bill Everett (signed)
Inks:
Bill Everett (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Sub-Ruler Ikor of Neptunia (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis:
Lt. Peter Noble is the sole survivor of a wrecked U.S. Navy submarine. As he escapes the wreck he finds himself unable to float and ends up inside a cavern populated by flying mer-men. After he defeats their leader they hail him as the reincarnation of their hero, the Fin, so he puts together a costume to fit the name.
Reprints (3)

[Origin of the Blue Diamond]
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Blue Diamond / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ben Thompson (signed)
Inks:
Ben Thompson (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Graham (introduction); Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:
Professor Elton Morrow finds an enormous blue diamond on an Antarctic expedition, but it is shattered when Nazis attach his returning ship and the fragments become embedded in his body. Discovering that his whole body has become as hard as a diamond, he thwarts a burglary at his museum and decides to created a costumed identity for fighting crime.
Reprints (1)

[Kokey Flo]
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Officer O'Krime / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Fred Schwab (signed as Al Weine)
Pencils:
Fred Schwab (signed as Al Weine)
Inks:
Fred Schwab (signed as Al Weine)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:crime
Characters:
Kokey Flo (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Officer O'Krime can't figure out whom to protect and whom to arrest.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Previous appearance Red Raven Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-4-26.

[Origin of the Silver Scorpion]
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Silver Scorpion / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Harry Sahle (signed as Jewell) (see notes)
? (see notes)
Inks:
? (see notes)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Dan Hurley (introduction); Greggs Hansen (introduction); counterfeiters (villains, introduction)
Synopsis:
Betty Barstow, secretary for private detective Dan Hurley, dresses in a costume to go to a masquerade but ends up foiling a crime at the cemetery with her jiujitsu skills instead.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Dr. Michael J. Vassallo notes that this art looks different from the feature in the next issue which Sahle signed under his own name. He speculates the pen name "Jewell" indicated a collaboration with another artist.

The Valley of Time
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Challenger / text story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Synopsis:
Bill Waring, traveling the world to learn more weapon skills for his life as the Challenger, is captured by a lost Roman civilization and taken to an arena to fight gladiators armed only with a cestus.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Part one of an unfinished story. The Challenger's feature moved to Mystic Comics after this issue, but the second half of this text story did not appear there with it. The bottom half of page 2 features an illustrated ad for Captain America Comics #2.

Captain America Thanks You!
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Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[The Benefactor]
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Mr. Million / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Mr. Million (introduction); Nickie (introduction); Mr. Wilson (introduction)
Synopsis:
Mr. Million helps a boy who his trying to pay for his sick mother's medicine, but has to do it indirectly as the boy refuses any money he hasn't worked for.
Reprints (1)

The Underground Empire
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Captain Daring / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
? (splash figure)
Pencils:
Inks:
Joe Simon ? (see notes)
Jack Kirby ? (see notes)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Jack Kirby (see notes)
  • Genre:science fiction; superhero
Characters:
Undergrounders
Undergrounders leader (villain, introduction, death); Frano (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
In the far future, Captain Daring and Susan Parker lead the forces of the U.S.A. against attackers from an underground city.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

First appearance. As shown in the next issue, the adventures of Captain Daring take place in the mid-31st century.

Note that the Captain Daring in USA Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #7 is an entirely separate character.

Harry Mendryk attributes the art to Kirby alone at http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/category/periods/timely/page/3, while others have indicated inking by Simon.

Letters credit identified by Greg Theakston and later Harry Mendryk on the Jack Kirby Museum web page http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2369, 31 October 2008 (retrieved 15 December 2014).

Sub-Mariner #1
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Namor the Sub-Mariner / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Meet the Challenger
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Challenger / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Mr. Waring (flashback, introduction, death); Mary (introduction); Mary's father (introduction); Dram (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis:
After his father was killed trying to alert the authorities to a conspiracy of crooks and politicians, Bill Waring travels the world to learn all fighting forms and weapons. He returns as the Challenger, challenging everyone connected to his father's death.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Next appearance in Mystic Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #6.

According to notes from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo on the Timely-Atlas list, Nicholas (then known as Wojtkoski) may have been assisted by an inker on this story. But contrary to the earlier GCD credit, the inker is not George Klein.

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Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter / advertisement / 1 page

Prizes for All!
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American Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Blue Diamond; Captain Daring; Challenger; The Fin; The Thunderer
  2. The Amazing New Comicscope!
    Comicsope Co. of America
  3. ["We give you... The Thunderer"]
    The Thunderer
  4. Introducing the Fin
    The Fin
  5. [Origin of the Blue Diamond]
    Blue Diamond
  6. [Kokey Flo]
    Officer O'Krime
  7. [Origin of the Silver Scorpion]
    Silver Scorpion
  8. The Valley of Time
    Challenger
  9. Captain America Thanks You!
    Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty
  10. [The Benefactor]
    Mr. Million
  11. The Underground Empire
    Captain Daring
  12. Sub-Mariner #1
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  13. Meet the Challenger
    Challenger
  14. ["This Beautiful Desk for Only $1.00"]
    Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter
  15. Prizes for All!
    American Seed Co.
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  • Craig Delich
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