When Does "Marvel Mystery Comics" #2 (1939) Take Place?
"Marvel Mystery Comics" #2 is a superhero comic-book written by Carl Burgos that released October 13th, 1939. So when is "Marvel Mystery Comics" #2 set?
It takes place on the fictional Marvel Universe timeline in the year:
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19?? AD
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It is a chronologically midway comic in the Marvel Universe multiverse timeline and can be read at its timeline point after the previous issue, "Marvel Comics" #1 (1939).
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--The second back-up story is by Bill Everett.
"Marvel Mystery Comics" #2 also includes the stories:
--The issue's first back-up feature is by Paul Gustavson with Ray Gill.
It takes place on the Marvel Universe timeline in the year:
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--The second back-up story is by Bill Everett.
It takes place on the Marvel Universe timeline in the year:
--The third is by Al Anders. YEAR AD
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It is a chronologically midway story in the Marvel Universe timeline (a second story to feature Prince Namor/The Sub-Mariner). Note that most scholars recognize this story must take place before the first story in the issue.
It takes place on the Marvel Universe timeline in the year:
18?? AD
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--The fourth short is by Paul Lauretta.
It takes place on the Marvel Universe timeline in the year:
19?? AD
We know this because the opening narration free-floating text declares, "Not so many years ago a bloody conflict was waged in Europe. A conflict in which fifteen million humans perished!!!", referencing World War I as a recently ended war. A perfectly accurate number of deaths during the conflict has never been reached but the most conservative number is 15 million. World War I ended on November 11th, 1918 AD so it must be sometime soon after November of 1918 AD.
--The fifth story is a prose short story titled "Death-Bird Squadron" by David C. Cooke.
It takes place on the Marvel Universe timeline in the year:
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--The final short is by Ben Thompson.
It takes place on the Marvel Universe timeline in the year:
