#18

Synopsis

A criminal called the Brain uses a costume to impersonate the Torch when he robs the Army payroll. He captures the Torch in a water tank, but Toro forces the Brain to tell him how to release Torch after Toro realizes the Brain can't be the Torch because he can't fly.

Notes

Reprinted in

• Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #5
• Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Human Torch by Carl Burgos Omnibus #[nn]
• Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett - The Pre-War Years Omnibus #[nn]
• Golden Age Marvel Comics Omnibus #2
• Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus #[nn]

Credits

Script

Carl Burgos, Bill Everett, Ray Gill, Ben Thompson, Steve Dahlman, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Paul Gustavson

Pencils

Alex Schomburg, Carl Burgos, Bill Everett, Ben Thompson, Bob Oksner, Steve Dahlman, Jack Kirby, Paul Gustavson

Inks

Alex Schomburg, Carl Burgos, Bill Everett, Ben Thompson, Bob Oksner, Steve Dahlman, Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Paul Gustavson

Letters

Bill Everett, Paul Gustavson

Editor

Joe Simon