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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: Marvel
Title: Mystic Comics
Page Count: 68
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Superhero
Era: Golden
Cover Price: 0.10 USD
Cover Date: May 1942
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Country: United States
The Destroyer enrages Hitler by interrupting his speeches with broadcasts from Freedom Station, a clandestine radio service run by a German named Hans.; A young ex-con tries to go straight, but a former criminal associate frames him for murder so the Black Marvel much catch the real murderer and clear the young man's name.; The Challenger stops an insurance scam where those who bought large insurance policies were lured to a castle and scared to death with ghastly apparitions in order to appear to have died of natural causes.; A criminal known as "The Old One" creates Poison, Inc., and commits murders for hire using poisons. The Terror hears of the these murders, and tracks down the Old One through his clients.; Mark Todd visits an old friend of his father's, but finds him denying they know each other and acting oddly. As the Blazing Skull, he discovers that a murdering robber has taken his friend's place in order to redirect the blame for his crimes.; The Witness brings in a gambling ship that was cheating and blackmailing the players but staying too far out to sea to be in the police's jurisdiction.; Noted criminologist Gary Gaunt accidentally drinks an experimental mixture he'd made to turn rabbits into fighting animals after he receives a blow to the head. As a result, while a criminologist by day he becomes a monstrous evil-doer at night.; Davey is saved from being dropped into a boiling cauldron by the sudden appearance of the Prince of Good, arch enemy of the Demon. The Prince rescues Davey and leaves the Demon buried in the rock, believing him destroyed. But after the Prince leaves, the Demon emerges and attacks New York, leading to a titanic battle between the Demon and the Prince atop the Empire State Building.