Reprint of the 2nd story from Marvel Mystery Comics #8 (originally printed as The Search For Sub-Mariner)
The Human Torch has been sent out to find and capture the Sub-Mariner who has been on a rampage through New York. Unable to find trace of him, the Torch returns to headquarters where his commanding officer is angry that the Torch has not yet captured the menace. When reports of the Sub-Mariner come in, the Human Torch rushes off and arrives too late to stop him from wrecking an elevated train. The Torch repairs the damage done by the Sub-Mariner and later is summoned by Betty Dean.
Betty attempts to convince the Torch that Namor is not that evil, however the Torch will not listen and springs into action when radio reports come in that the Sub-Mariner is attacking the Empire State Building. Again the Human Torch arrives too late and has to pause his pursuit to help those endangered by the Sub-Mariner. The same happens when going to the Brooklyn Zoo where the Torch has to stop to help recapture all the freed animals.
Finally catching up with the Sub-Mariner at the George Washington Bridge, the Human Torch's flame powers forces the Atlantean to flee the scene, however he vows to return and face the Human Torch soon.
Reprint of the 3rd story from Marvel Mystery Comics #8 (originally printed as The Captive in the Cabin)
The Angel comes to the rescue of a kidnapped girl whom is being held for ransom. Although he catches her kidnappers by surprise, he is soon overpowered and knocked out. He is tied up and held prisoner next to her. While wondering why the girl was kidnapped when her father was a losing businessman he overhears the gang's leader talk about the ransom was an attempt to force the girl's father to sell his controlling stock to the Meltmore Steel Company. Freeing himself, the Angel unties the girl and clashes with the crooks. With the aid of the kidnapped girl, the Angel takes out all the crooks. When spiriting the girl off to the authorities, she fakes a fainting spell so that the Angel can carry her away.
An alien civilization without war, illness, and injury sends it's first mugger in ages to a prison planet. Only a few moments on this world full of war, crime and disease make him go straight in order to avoid ever again coming back to Earth.
Appearing in "Titan!"
Reprint of the 1st story from Tales of Suspense #28 (originally printed as Titan, the Amphibian from Atlantis!)
Reprint of the 1st story from Tales of Suspense #28 (originally printed as Titan, the Amphibian from Atlantis!)
A monstrous representative from Atlantis visits the surface world with an offer of wealth for a human traitor that will inform Atlantis of human defenses in preparation for their coming attack. The wealthy industrialist John Cartwright agrees to the offer, and Titan stipulates if the information does not help in our conquest, his reward shall be death. The industrialist agrees to the terms. All of mankind grows to loathe the name of the human traitor and every nation bands together in preparation for the Atlantean attack. It never comes, for unknown to everyone, when Titan transports the man back to Atlantis he gives the king a line of total BS about humans possessing shrinking rays and anti-gravity guns that could defeat any possible invasion. The awestruck king asks Titan if this could possibly be true and Titan answers that it must be, for he knows that if his information does not help us, it means his death. Titan slays the man who bravely accepts his fate, sacrificing himself for the human populace that hates his memory.
Appearing in "Murder Loads the Bases!"
Reprint of the 2nd story from Captain America Comics #7 (originally printed as Death Loads the Bases)
Reprint of the 2nd story from Captain America Comics #7 (originally printed as Death Loads the Bases)
When the owner of the Brooklyn Badgers baseball team, Bernard Riggley refuses to sell the team, the next game against the Blue Sox is ended abruptly when his star pitcher is murdered with a poison dart. Watching from the stands, Steve Rogers and James Barnes change into Captain America and Bucky to investigate. They run into a cloaked figure who calls himself the Black Toad who manages to evade capture when his gang gets the drop on the two heroes. Returning to Camp Lehigh, Steve and James are given K.P. Duty by Sgt. Duffy for returning late.
That night, Captain America and Bucky return to Riggley stadium for the next game in the hopes of capturing the Black Toad before he can kill again. When the next running pitcher refuses to participate in the next game, Captain America and Bucky agree to participate in the game in order to flush the Toad out. Sure enough, the Toad appears and attempts to sabotage the game with a bomb, but Captain America tosses it to a safe distance.
Chasing the Black Toad into the locker room, Cap and Bucky soon find themselves in the dark and accidentally jump Riggley. Turning the lights back on, Riggley is about to tell them who the Black Toad really is when he is struck with a poison dart. Clashing with the Black Toad and his minions again, Captain America manages to unmask the Toad in a one-on-one battle, revealing him to be Chuck McArthur, the Badger's manager. McArthur explains he sought to get ownership of the team because he felt that he deserved to own them after working them up to be the best team in the league. Having completely gone insane, McArthur then jumps from the stands to his death.
Notes
Cover art: panels on the right by Ditko, Kirby and Heck.
The Atlantis depicted in Story III differs greatly from the one in the present Marvel Universe.
The baseball player Joey Diraggio is reminiscent of former New York Yankee baseball great Joe DiMaggio.
"Monsters on Mercury" is mistakenly labeled "Originally Presented in Journey Into Mystery #62 (March 1962)" when the story in question actually appeared in Journey Into Mystery #78.
