(April 1941)
- Volume:
- 2
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 68
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Timely Comics, Inc.
- Editing:
- Joe Simon
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age U.S.; Full Color: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Was On-Going Series
Issue Notes
CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS published monthly by Timely Comics, Inc., Meriden, Conn. Entered as second class matter at the post office, Meriden, Conn. Entire contents copyright 1941 by Timely Comics, Inc., 330 W. 42nd St., N. Y., N. Y. Vol. 2 No. 2, April 1941 issues. Yearly subscription $1.00. Printed in U.S.A.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
Trapped in the Nazi Stronghold!
Captain America / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Joe Simon
- Inks:
- Joe Simon
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America; Bucky; V: Adolf Hitler.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Greg Theakston.
Contents page
Captain America / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Joe Simon
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America; Bucky; Adolf Hitler.
- Synopsis:
- TOC page with text and art re the stories and features that are contained inside the issue.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08.
The Ageless Orientals That Wouldn't Die!!
Captain America / comic story / 15 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Reed Crandall
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Betty Ross; V: Benson (I), Finley (I, D), Oriental giants (I, D).
- Synopsis:
- Cap and Bucky must battle huge oriental giants that came from Tibet, and the master that controlled them, to prevent widespread carnage and destruction.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Indexer Notes
Ink credit from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08.
[A Message From Captain America]
Sentinels of Liberty / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America; Bucky.
- Synopsis:
- Illustrated promotional ad for Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty, asking readers to join up, and, for those who have and haven't yet received their badges, that they are on their way.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Indexer Notes
Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 6-9-08.
Trapped in the Nazi Stronghold
Captain America / comic story / 15 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
- Pencils:
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Joe Simon
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Henry Baldwin; V: Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goring, Agent 3-21 (I, D).
- Synopsis:
- Cap and Bucky cross the ocean to challenge the fury of Nazi guns and dive bombing Stukas, staging a two-man Blitz in the stronghold of Hitler himself, as they effect a daring rescue!
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Indexer Notes
Pencil credits from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08.
The Wax Statue That Struck Death
Captain America / comic story / 15 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
- Pencils:
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Joe Simon
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; V: The Wax Man (Mayor Dobbs)[I].
- Synopsis:
- As America's greatest statesmen vanish and die, smothered in death masks made of wax, Captain America and Bucky endeavor to bring justice as well as doom to the Wax-Man's gory dungeons.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Indexer Notes
Pencil credits from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08.
Short Circuit
Captain America / text story / 1.66 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; V: Herr Glotz.
- Synopsis:
- Cap and Bucky stop the attempts of the Nazis to blow up the camp recreation hall from a mine shaft running underneath it.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Indexer Notes
The last 1/3 of the 2nd page was a blurb announcing the return of the Red Skull in the next issue. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08.
The Valley of the Mist
Tuk, Caveboy / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
- Pencils:
- Al Avison
- Inks:
- Al Gabrielle
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- barbarian
- Characters:
- Tuk; Tanir; I: Princess Eve; King Amir; Villains: Hairy Ones (I, D), Witches of Endor (I).
- Synopsis:
- Tuk and Ranir save King Amir and his people from the hairy ones, and in return, he gives directions to the pair to the famed Atlantis.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Indexer Notes
Pencil and ink credits from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08.
[The Devil and the Green Plague]
Hurricane / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Jack Kirby
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Hurricane [Michael Gray]; Dr. Rand; Dr. Holden; V: Pluto, Jivaros (I), Axti (I, D).
- Synopsis:
- Hurricane agrees to accompany the Holden expedition into the Matto Grasso, where they will join a Doctor Clay, who is battling a strange body wasting disease that is killing thousands there daily.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998)
- in Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 (December 1999)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
- in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #29
- in Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #2 [1 p. excerpt]
Indexer Notes
Note: the contents page title is used as story title, and Hurricane is "Michael Gray" in this story. Ink credit from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-8-08.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Contents page
Captain America -
2.
The Ageless Orientals That Wouldn't Die!!
Captain America -
3.
[A Message From Captain America]
Sentinels of Liberty -
4.
Trapped in the Nazi Stronghold
Captain America -
5.
The Wax Statue That Struck Death
Captain America -
6.
Short Circuit
Captain America -
7.
The Valley of the Mist
Tuk, Caveboy -
8.
[The Devil and the Green Plague]
Hurricane
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Patrick Lemaire
- Jim Van Dore
- Tony R. Rose
- Dan Kocher
- Henry Andrews
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Lou Mougin
- Tony R. Rose
All portions of the Grand Comics Database that are subject to copyright are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.