
Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett – The Pre-War Years Omnibus
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Marvel proudly presents Timely’s Greatest, a series of once-in-a-lifetime volumes presenting the greatest stories of the Golden Age, when Marvel was known as Timely Comics! Our debut volume celebrates the incomparable adventures of comics’ first anti-hero, Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner! Bill Everett’s Sub-Mariner cut a bold path, defending his undersea kingdom, invading New York City, fighting the Axis powers, and battling both against and alongside the Human Torch! Like his signature character, Everett was an iconoclast ahead of his time. His lush, detailed artwork and engrossing ongoing storylines were unlike anything else of the era! For the first time ever, experience every adventure of Prince Namor from his 1939 debut through to Bill Everett’s February 1942 induction into the armed services.
1 printing · 2 variants · 2019
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click a creator to highlightWriterBill Everett +8
PencilerBill Everett +19
InkerBill Everett +19
LettererBill Everett +2
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Issues (48)
Unverified order1. #1 Marvel Comics (1939)13pp
🖼️Cover — Frank R. Paul · 1pp
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📋Editorial — 1 credit
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Not included — 7 stories
"Human Torch"16pp
"The Angel"8pp
"The Masked Raider"8pp
"Jungle Terror: A Complete Adventure Story"6pp
"Burning Rubber"2pp
"Ka-Zar the Great"12pp
"Now I'll Tell One [Cartoon]"1pp
2. #2 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)13pp
🖼️Cover — Chuck Mazoujian · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 8 stories
"Murder at the Racetrack"16pp
"The Treasure of Alano"8pp
"The Town of Wanted Men"8pp
"Origin of the American Ace"6pp
"Death-Bird Squadron"2pp
"The Battle with Bardak"12pp
"All in Fun [Cartoon]"1pp
"Loony Laffs! [Cartoon]"1pp
3. #3 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)13pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
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Not included — 6 stories
"The Menace from Mars"16pp
"The Voodoo Sacrifice"8pp
"The Land Grabbers"8pp
"Origin of the American Ace, Part 2"6pp
"Siegfried Suicide"2pp
"Third Episode"12pp
4. #4 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)11pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
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📋Editorial — 1 credit
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Not included — 7 stories
"New York Hit by Green Flame"12pp
"Butch the Giant"8pp
"The Claim Jumpers"8pp
"Warning Enough"2pp
"Electro"8pp
"Quest for a Crime Boss"6pp
"Fourth Episode [Return of the Oman]"10pp
5. #5 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)11pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 7 stories
"The Orton Medical Mission"12pp
"Adventure of the Overturned Cars"8pp
"Mystery of the Poisoned Arrows"8pp
"It's in the Cards"2pp
"The Tyrant of Torpis"8pp
"King of the Counterfeiters"6pp
"Fifth Episode [Return of the Oman]"10pp
6. #6 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)11pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
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📋Editorial — 1 credit
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Not included — 7 stories
"The Forest Fire Felons"12pp
"The Woman Who Knew Tom Hallaway"8pp
"The Border Dictator"8pp
"The Shrinking Spy"2pp
"The Voice's Dope Racket"8pp
"Murder of a Cosmetics Queen"6pp
"Revenge for a Blind Man"10pp
7. #7 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)11pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
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📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 7 stories
"The Human Torch -- Policeman"12pp
"Marked for Murder"8pp
"The Framing of the Masked Raider"8pp
"Blasting Bombers"2pp
"The Felons and the Flood"8pp
"Kidnapped by the Duke"6pp
"The Deadly Scheme of "Red" Skelton"10pp
8. #8 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)23pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
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📋Editorial — 1 credit
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Not included — 6 stories
"The Captive in the Cabin"8pp
"The Boomeranged Hold-Up"8pp
"Dynamite's Doom"2pp
"The Crook Who Controlled Electro"8pp
"Battle with Blackie Giles"6pp
"Gold and Greed"10pp
9. #9 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)23pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
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📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 7 stories
"The Mad Doctor of Carlburg"8pp
"The Stagecoach Bandits"8pp
"High Steel"2pp
"On the Planet Ligra"8pp
"The Trouble at Stacey Cleaners"6pp
"The Rescue of Rita Grey"9pp
"The Underworld"1pp
10. #10 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)12pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
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📋Editorial — 1 credit
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Not included — 8 stories
"The Gasoline Profiteering Racket"11pp
"The Ghouls of the Blue Ridge Mountains"8pp
"Master of the Living Dead"8pp
"Tiger Trail"2pp
"Treachery in Two Forks"8pp
"The Murder of a Man without a Will"6pp
"A Visit from Scotland Yard"9pp
"Our Hall of Shame [Cartoon]"1pp
11. #11 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)11pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 7 stories
"Plague in the Slums"12pp
"A Nestfull of Loot"6pp
"Rajah Sarput's Hunt"10pp
"Mayhem at the Midget Race Track"7pp
"Murder Is an Accident"2pp
"The Devils of the Mist"9pp
"The Forest Fire Fiends"8pp
12. #12 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)11pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Kirby · 1pp
✏️Penciler
🖋️Inker
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 7 stories
"The Search For J. B."12pp
"The Enchanted Marsh"9pp
"A Good Impression"2pp
"The Mystery House"7pp
"The Shark"8pp
"The Plot against Texas"6pp
"Ka-Zar in America"10pp
13. #13 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)11pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 7 stories
"Cut-Throat Justice"2pp
"Terror in the Subway"12pp
"Enter: The Vision"8pp
"Case of the Counterfeit Paintings"7pp
"Mystery of the Moon Robots"8pp
"The Murder of Happy Norton"9pp
"In the New York Jungle"10pp
14. #14 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)11pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 7 stories
"The Cult of Fire-Men"12pp
"The Synthetic Diamonds"9pp
"Redskins Bite Cinders"2pp
"The Werewolf Strikes"7pp
"The Kidnapping of Diana Dunn"7pp
"Attack of the Subterraneans"8pp
"Escape from New York"9pp
15. #15 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)11pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 8 stories
"Search for the Fire-Monsters"12pp
"Murder by Candle"7pp
"Dreadnaught from Mars"2pp
"The Seance of Rhamu Rondi"7pp
"The Brain of Professor Donaire"8pp
"The Green Terror"8pp
"The Return to Africa"10pp
"Winners! Marvel Comics Contest"1pp
16. #16 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)13pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 7 stories
"Pinhead and His Underworld Army"15pp
"Slaves of Prince Omei"6pp
"Death Trap"2pp
"The Vision"7pp
"The Rochell Murder Mystery"7pp
"Karl Schwab's Lightning War"7pp
"Showdown with Rajah Sarput"8pp
17. #17 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)27pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
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Not included — 7 stories
"Mor the Mighty"6pp
"Thin Ice"2pp
"War against a Werewolf"9pp
"Burk and the Bomber"7pp
"Hoodlums, Inc."7pp
"The Legacy of John Rand"6pp
"Human Torch pin-up [Illustration]"1pp
18. #18 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)13pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
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Not included — 7 stories
"The Man Who Framed the Torch"15pp
"Young Ka-Zar"2pp
"Beasts of the Black River"5pp
"The Stolen Bicycles"7pp
"Menace from the Planet Torsa"6pp
"The Boss of Newton City"6pp
"The Cat's Paw, Chapter 1: Claws of Death"9pp
19. #19 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)13pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 7 stories
"The Hag"15pp
"Toro Tells All"2pp
"War against the Limbos"5pp
"Mr. Grabbit and the Ghosts"7pp
"The Hands of Doom"6pp
"The Rescue of Professor Bauer"6pp
"The Cat's Paw, Chapter 2"9pp
20. #20 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)13pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 6 stories
"The Hunt for Hawk Rivers"15pp
"The Vampire Killer of Star City"6pp
"High Tension: The Origin of the "Angel""2pp
"The Mystery of the Radio Robberies"7pp
"The Cat's Paw, Chapter 3: Tombs of Torture!"9pp
"Action in Ethiopia"10pp
21. #21 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)13pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 8 stories
"The Idol of Death"15pp
"The Case of the Transport Crashes!"7pp
"The Story behind the Cover"2pp
"Danger Ahead"5pp
"Fight against the Fascists"6pp
"The Sabotaged Schoolhouse"7pp
"The Weird Ghost of Amber Swamps"9pp
"Sincerely, Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner [Illustration]"1pp
22. #22 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)13pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 7 stories
"The Invasion of Alslavia"15pp
"The Nazis' Death Gas"6pp
"The Mystery of the Phantom Killer"7pp
"The Patriot"5pp
"Dunkirk Incident"2pp
"Khor, the Black Sorceror"6pp
"The Revenge of Sphinx Henchel"9pp
23. #23 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)13pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 7 stories
"Highway of Mystery"15pp
"Swastika Over Europe"5pp
"The Vision Speaks"2pp
"Cult of the Shark-god"7pp
"Neutralizing the Nazis"6pp
"The Mystery of the Green Diamond"7pp
"Death On Inferno Isle"9pp
24. #24 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)13pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 7 stories
"Meet The Parrot"15pp
"Mystery In the Maine Woods"7pp
"Who Robbed the Carter Bank?, or, How Good a Detective Are You?"2pp
"The German Peacemonger"5pp
"The Stronghold of Ali Hamud"6pp
"Grosso of the War-Dust World"7pp
"The Eye Thief"9pp
25. #25 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)13pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 7 stories
"The King Crime Syndicate"15pp
"The Patriot"5pp
"Marvel Get-Together"2pp
"The Forest Fire Saboteur"7pp
"The Vengeance of Saba"6pp
"The Book of Sorcery"7pp
"The Python and the Prison Riot"9pp
26. #26 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)13pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 7 stories
"The Parrot Strikes Back"15pp
"Seeds of Doom"7pp
"The Truth"2pp
"The Witch Doctor's Potion"6pp
"The Mystery of the Gold Mine Skeleton"7pp
"The Patriot Smashes the Japanese Spy Ring"5pp
"The Case of the Armless Tiger Man"9pp
27. #27 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)13pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 8 stories
"The Flaming Arrow Murders"15pp
"A Business Meeting In Hell"7pp
"Quick Thinking, or, How Good a Detective Are You?"2pp
"Voodini's Last Laugh From the Grave"7pp
"Death To Spies!"5pp
"Death Rings the Bell!"9pp
"Fighting for the Free French"6pp
"You are old enough to vote...--- [Activity]"1pp
28. #28 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)13pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 7 stories
"The Poison Pill Suicides"15pp
"The Vision"7pp
"The Sea of Grassy Death"2pp
"The Green-Faced Man"6pp
"The Case of the Deadly Letters"7pp
"Strange Adventures in the Land of Nowhere"6pp
"The Horror of the Haunted Cathedral"8pp
29. #29 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)13pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 7 stories
"The Moonlight Murders"15pp
"The Mine of Terror"7pp
"The Ship In the Desert"2pp
"The Mystery of the Stinging Death"7pp
"Jimmy Jupiter"6pp
"The Wolf-Man Terror"8pp
"Death Stalks the Shipyard"6pp
30. #30 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)13pp
🖼️Cover — Al Gabriele · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 7 stories
"March of the Metal Mobsters"15pp
"The Crank"7pp
"Lumps of Death"2pp
"The Mystery of the Flying Corpses"6pp
"The Mystery of the Pharaoh's Eye"7pp
"The Fairy Dance"6pp
"The House of Slaughter"8pp
31. #31 Marvel Mystery Comics (1939)62pp
🖼️Cover — Al Gabriele · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 1 story
"Killer's Return"2pp
32. #1 Sub-Mariner Comics (1941)43pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 1 story
"The House of Horror"20pp
33. #2 Sub-Mariner Comics (1941)43pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 3 stories
"Steaming Statistics of Fire and Water"1pp
"Bum Jokes"1pp
"Slaves of the Python"20pp
34. #3 Sub-Mariner Comics (1941)41pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 2 stories
"Dispatch From Africa"2pp
"Death Draws a Comic Strip!"20pp
35. #4 Sub-Mariner Comics (1941)39pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 4 stories
"Fresh Meat for a Raider!"2pp
"Death's Merry-Go-Round!"20pp
"Tonsil Trouble"1pp
"Pop's Woppers"2pp
36. #2 The Human Torch (1940)14pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 6 stories
"Introducing Toro, the Flaming Torch Kid"19pp
"Carl Burgos's Hot Idea [The Story of the Human Torch!]"1pp
"Extortion for a Bail-Out"7pp
"A Wish Come True"6pp
"Hidden Treasure Means Death"8pp
"The Strange Case of the Bloodless Corpses"10pp
37. #3 The Human Torch (1940)21pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 3 stories
"Toro's Parents--Alive?, Part 1"20pp
"Toro's Parents--Alive?, Part 2"20pp
"Hot and Wet"2pp
38. #4 The Human Torch (1940)11pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 4 stories
"The Mystery of the Disappearing Criminals [Part 1]"20pp
"The Mystery of the Disappearing Criminals, Part 2"20pp
"The Patriot"2pp
"The Yellowshirts Turn Yellow!"10pp
39. #5[a] The Human Torch (1940)11pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 4 stories
"The March of Death [Part 1]"20pp
"The March of Death, Part 2"20pp
"The Human Torch and Sub Mariner [sic] Battle the Nazi Super Shell of Death!"2pp
"Death Dirge of the Veiled Violinist"10pp
40. #5[b] The Human Torch (1940)61pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 3 stories
"Murder in the Underground"2pp
"Tubby an' Tack"1pp
"Unsolved Mysteries"1pp
41. #6 The Human Torch (1940)21pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 5 stories
"Secret Arsenal"20pp
"The Legion of Despair!"18pp
"Hot-Shot Harmony"2pp
"Tubby and Tack"1pp
"Swoopy the Fearless"2pp
42. #1 All-Winners Comics (1941)13pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Schomburg · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 6 stories
"Carnival of Fiends"12pp
"The Order of the Hood"12pp
"The Case of the Hollow Men"13pp
"The Case of the Mad Gargoyle"12pp
"Captain America Wants You [Activity]"1pp
"All Winners"2pp
43. #2 All-Winners Comics (1941)13pp
🖼️Cover — Joe Simon · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 6 stories
"Carnival of Death!"12pp
"The Strange Case of the Malay Idol"12pp
"Bombs of Doom"12pp
"Winners All"2pp
"Plague of the Poisoned Jewelry"12pp
"Unsolved Mysteries"1pp
44. #3 All-Winners Comics (1941)13pp
🖼️Cover — Uncredited · 1pp
Uncredited
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 5 stories
"The Case of the Black Dragon Society"12pp
"The Canvas of Doom!"12pp
"Terror Prison"12pp
"Jungle Drums"2pp
"The Secret Tunnel of Death!"12pp
45. #4 All-Winners Comics (1941)13pp
🖼️Cover — Al Avison · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 5 stories
"The Terror of the Slimy Japs!"12pp
"The Sorceror's Sinister Secret!"12pp
"Crime On the Rampage"12pp
"Miser's Gold!"2pp
"Death To the Nazi Scourge!"12pp
46. #7 Daring Mystery Comics (1940)11pp
🖼️Cover — Joe Simon · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 8 stories
"The Thunderer"8pp
"Origin of the Blue Diamond"9pp
"Kokey Flo"2pp
"Origin of the Silver Scorpion"5pp
"The Valley of Time"2pp
"The Benefactor"6pp
"The Underground Empire"8pp
"Meet the Challenger"12pp
47. #8 Daring Mystery Comics (1940)11pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Kirby · 1pp
✏️Penciler
🖋️Inker,
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 8 stories
""V" for Victory!"10pp
"Death Rides the Air Waves!"12pp
"Danny Makes Good"2pp
"The Groom Strikes"5pp
"Mahomad, the Sinister Spiritualist"8pp
"The Thirty-First Century Blitzkrieg!"6pp
"Tubby and Tack"1pp
"The Hypnotized Ghosts"8pp
48. #9 Comedy Comics (1942)11pp
🖼️Cover — Mike Sekowsky · 1pp
✏️Penciler
🖋️Inker
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 9 stories
"Li'l Professor and Rudy the Robot"5pp
"By Garbage Bin to Mars"8pp
"The Scourge of Fear"6pp
"The Aging Plague"8pp
""V" Battalion"12pp
"Dynamite Demon!"2pp
"Tubby and Tack"1pp
"Trinket"2pp
"Comedy Kids"10pp
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