Red Raven Comics #1 (Aug. 1940):
“Mercury in the 20th Century”
by Martin A. Burstein, Jack Kirby

Red Raven Comics #1

Title: “Mercury in the 20th Century”

Feature: Mercury

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 1940

Publisher:
Written by: Martin A. Burstein
Art by: Jack Kirby

Number of Pages: 8

4 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Mercury (Makkari) (lead character)	Eternals religion	Eternals; First Line...  The Monster Hunters		111
Mercury (Hermes) (lead character)	Greco-Roman deity	League of Avengers [Herald of Zeus; god of commerce, travel and thieves]	, etc.	7
Pluto (Hades) (details)  Depending on how one interprets this story in light of later retcons, this is Pluto/Hades, or the Eternal named "Kro" in the guise of Pluto.	Greco-Roman deity; Cult of Hades	League of Avengers; Olympus Group [god of Death]	Portal Comics	148
Kro (details)  As Devil/Pluto/"Rudolph Hendler"	Deviant religion	Delta Force; Deviants		21

This publication is also known as: Red Raven #1.

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