Marvel Mystery Comics #3 Storytime

Here's a classic from the Golden Age, the first Marvel comic of 1940.
Featured stories are the Human Torch, the Angel, the Sub-Mariner, American Ace, and Ka-Zar.

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Fun Fact: This is the first appearance of aliens in Marvel.

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Was he not named Jim Hammond at this point?

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He wasn't, he picks up the name in a few issues.

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It's interesting how quickly the Torch is mastering his powers -- while at first his only power was being on fire, he soon learned how to fly, give himself super speed, and has an expert-level control over his pyrokinesis.
Anyway, here's the Angel.

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The moral of our story is if you hit someone with a car, you better make sure he's dead.

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Now for Namor.

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Cop waifu incoming.

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>the Angel

he was always the lamest of Marvel's Golden Age heroes to me

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Imagine being one of those sailors during this, trying to figure out what the fuck was happening.

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And now for the thrilling conclusion of American Ace.

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And we never saw Perry again for sixty years. Finally, time for Ka-Zar.

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The end.

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Bumping, thank you OP.