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Marvel Mystery Comics (first issue titled simply '''''Marvel Comics''''') is the first publication of Marvel Comics ' predecessor, Timely Comics . In 1939, Pulp Magazine Publisher Martin Goodman expanded into the newly emerging Comic Book field by buying content from comics package Funnies, Inc. . His first effort, '' Marvel Comics '' #1 (Oct. 1939), featured the First Appearances of Writer - Artist Carl Burgos ' Android Superhero , the Human Torch ; Paul Gustavson 's costumed Detective The Angel ; Al Anders' Western hero the Masked Raider; and the jungle lord Ka-Zar The Great , with Ben Thompson adapting a character from Goodman's eponymous pulp magazine. As well, it contained the first generally available appearance of Bill Everett 's Mutant Anti-hero Namor The Sub-Mariner , created for the unpublished movie-theater giveaway comic, '' Motion Picture Funnies Weekly '' earlier that year, with the eight-page original story now expanded by four pages. Also included was Thom Dixon's non-continuing-character story "Jungle Terror," featuring an adventurer named Ken Masters, and a two-page prose story by Ray Gill , "Burning Rubber", about Auto Racing . A painted cover by veteran Science-fiction pulp artist Frank R. Paul featured the Human Torch. The Torch and the Sub-Mariner would continue to star in the long-running title even after receiving their own solo comic-book series shortly afterward. The Angel, who was featured on the covers of #2 & 3, would appear in every issue through #79 (Dec. 1946). Other characters introduced in the title include the aviator the American Ace (#2, Dec, 1939), with part one of his origin reprinted, like the first part of the Sub-Mariner's, from ''Motion Picture Funnies Weekly'' #1; the Ferret ; and writer-artist Steve Dahlman's robot hero Electro (appearing in every issue from #4-19, Feb. 1940 - May 1941). In 1949, with the popularity of superheroes having waned, the book was converted into the horror anthology ''Marvel Tales'' from issue #93-159 (Aug. 1949 - Aug. 1957), when it ceased publication. Note: This is a different ''Marvel Tales'' than that published by Marvel in starting in the 1960s and primarily reprinting Spider-Man stories. Bibliography
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