Young Allies
#1
(Summer 1941)
Marvel,
1941 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-07-23
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- U.S.A. Comic Magazine Corp.
- Editing
- Joe Simon (art editor); Jack Kirby (art editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.
A house ad in Human Torch #5[a], a copy of which is at http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics153.html , lists an on-sale date of July 10. This ad shows a different cover in which Joseph Stalin is one of the villains, teamed with Hitler, Mussolini, and the Red Skull. The invasion of the U.S.S.R. by Germany in June 1941 made Stalin one of the Allies and that cover was therefore inappropriate. Perhaps that resulted in a publication delay.
A house ad in Human Torch #5[a], a copy of which is at http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics153.html , lists an on-sale date of July 10. This ad shows a different cover in which Joseph Stalin is one of the villains, teamed with Hitler, Mussolini, and the Red Skull. The invasion of the U.S.S.R. by Germany in June 1941 made Stalin one of the Allies and that cover was therefore inappropriate. Perhaps that resulted in a publication delay.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
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in Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019) [just the Kirby pages]
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[no title indexed]
Young Allies / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Young Allies [Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Bucky [James Barnes]; Knuckles [Percival Aloysius O'Toole]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Tubby [Henry Tinkle]]; Adolf Hitler; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]
- Reprints
- in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1973 series) #8
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 ([August] 2009), #1 [Regular Edition] ([August] 2009) [cover]
- in Young Allies 70th Anniversary Special (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (August 2009) [close-up of Bucky, Red Skull and Hitler]
- in Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War (Fantagraphics, 2017 series) (2017)
- in Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
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in Marvel: The First 80 Years (Titan, 2020 series) (November 2020)
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The Young Allies table of contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]
- Synopsis
- Table of contents pages, complete with short synopses, illustrated with the cover to Captain America Comics #7.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 ([August] 2009)
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Indexer Notes
Found on the inside front cover. This page lists Joe Simon as Art Editor and Jack Kirby as Art Director. Sequence and all information added by Craig Delich (2009-8-25).
The Young Allies, Chapter 1: The Coming of Agent Zero
Young Allies / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Young Allies [Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Bucky [James Barnes]; Knuckles [Percival Aloysius O'Toole]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Tubby [Henry Tinkle]]; Agent Zero; the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- Agent Zero is being pursued by a group of Nazis, who are intent on securing a code from him. Inadvertently, the members of the Sentinels of Liberty Club, who call themselves the Young Allies, chase the enemy from their clubhouse and discover the agent inside, and agree to help him send a message.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Nazis
Indexer Notes
The splash page is an illustrated breakdown of each chapter with title of that chapter. Note, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-25-09.
The Young Allies, Chapter 2: The Red Skull and the Graveyard of Doom!
Young Allies / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (page 1); Charles Nicholas (pages 2-10)
- Inks
- Syd Shores (page 1); Charles Nicholas (pages 2-10)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Red Skull [George Maxon] (villain); Young Allies [Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Bucky [James Barnes]; Knuckles [Percival Aloysius O'Toole]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Tubby [Henry Tinkle]]; Agent Zero (a woman); Agent X (death); the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Young Allies arrive at Lone Pine and overhear a conversation between Agents Zero and X concerning the code key the Nazis were interested in, but soon find themselves battling Nazi spies who want that code. After the fray, Agent Zero is gone but has left a trail to the boys to follow that leads to a cemetery, where he has been taken, and they run smack into the Red Skull, who overpowers the Allies and takes Agent Zero with him.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Nazis
Indexer Notes
Some information and synopsis addded by Craig Delich (2009-8-25).
The Young Allies, Chapter 3: Voyage to No-Man's-Land
Young Allies / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (page 1); Charles Nicholas (pages 2-10)
- Inks
- Syd Shores (page 1); Charles Nicholas (pages 2-10)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Young Allies [Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Bucky [James Barnes]; Knuckles [Percival Aloysius O'Toole]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Tubby [Henry Tinkle]]; Nazi agent (villain); the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- On the trail of the Red Skull and Agent Zero, the boys stow away on a British freighter heading for England, but are discovered and put to work. However, there is a Nazi agent aboard who wishes to blow the ship up and the Young Allies with it. They stop him, are rewarded, land in England, help stop a Luftwaffe bombing of a city, then start on their journey to Germany, nearly being poisoned by a member of the Master Race in the process.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Nazis
Indexer Notes
Some information and synopsis added by Craig Delich (2009-8-25).
The Young Allies, Chapter 4: Trapped in Nazi-Land!
Young Allies / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (page 1); Charles Nicholas (pages 2-10)
- Inks
- Charles Nicholas
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Red Skull [George Maxon] (villain); Young Allies [Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Bucky [James Barnes]; Knuckles [Percival Aloysius O'Toole]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Tubby [Henry Tinkle]]; Agent Zero; Hermann Goring (villain); Fritz Flootzendootzen (camp warden, villain); Adolf Hitler (villain); the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Young Allies make their way into Germany and enter a HQ building and come face-to-face with the Red Skull, who has been torturing Agent Zero. The Red Skull has his men take the boys to a concentration camp, but Toro makes good their escape through the barbed wire. Bucky then disguises himself as the Red Skull and re-enters the HQ building, hoping to make good the Allies escape from Germany with Agent Zero.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Nazis
Indexer Notes
Some information and synopsis added by Craig Delich (2009-8-25).
The Young Allies, Chapter 5: Outwitting the Blood-Thirsty Tyrants!
Young Allies / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (page 1); Charles Nicholas (pages 2-9)
- Inks
- Syd Shores (page 1); Charles Nicholas (pages 2-9)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Red Skull [George Maxon] (villain); Young Allies [Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Bucky [James Barnes]; Knuckles [Percival Aloysius O'Toole]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Tubby [Henry Tinkle]]; Agent Zero; Adolf Hitler (villain); Hermann Goring (villain); the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- Grabbing Agent Zero, Bucky leads Agent Zero toward the planned escape, when the real Red Skull heads them off. The sudden appearance of Hitler allows the boys and Agent Zero to escape, but the Nazis are quickly on their trail, but are rebuffed by the Russians. Meanwhile, the Young Allies meet up with forces of General Chiang Kai-shek and arrange for passage on a ship back to America when they suddenly find themselves in the middle of a Tong war!
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Nationalist Chinese; Nazis
Indexer Notes
Somne information and synopsis added by Craig Delich (2009-8-25).
The Young Allies, Chapter 6: Captain America and the Human Torch to the Rescue!!
Young Allies / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (page 1); Charles Nicholas (pages 2-9)
- Inks
- Syd Shores (page 1); Charles Nicholas (pages 2-9)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Red Skull [George Maxon] (villain); Young Allies [Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Bucky [James Barnes]; Knuckles [Percival Aloysius O'Toole]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Tubby [Henry Tinkle]]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Agent Zero; the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Young Allies and Agent Zero finally board a ship for America, and return home to the clubhouse, where Agent Zero leaves them to locate a tombstone in the cemetery that has the key to code. Unfortunately, the Red Skull lies in wait and captures the group, but Jeffrey uses his pocket transmitter to alert Captain America and the Human Torch to rescue them.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Some information and synopsis added by Craig Delich (2009-8-25).
Crooks Are Cowards
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Biff Jenkins; Burt Higgins; Mr. Billingsly; Mrs. Billingsly; Chief Wells; Bob Robins; John Athey; un-named thugs (villains)
- Synopsis
- A star newspaper reporter has a novel idea on how to capture the criminals who robbed the Billingslys.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
All info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-25-09.
[no title indexed]
Unsolved Mysteries / comic story / 3 pages
- Synopsis
- Among the unsolved mysteries discussed are: The Boy Without a Brain, Voodoo in Hungary, The Superstition Mountains, The Skulls of Calgarth, Mystery of the Gloriana, the Cat From Voss, Giant Heads, The Man From Another World and "He is Not Dead!"
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Most info added by Craig Delich 8-25-09.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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Young Allies -
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The Young Allies table of contents
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The Young Allies, Chapter 1: The Coming of Agent Zero
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The Young Allies, Chapter 2: The Red Skull and the Graveyard of Doom!
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The Young Allies, Chapter 3: Voyage to No-Man's-Land
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Big New Sub-Mariner No. 2
Namor the Sub-Mariner -
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The Young Allies, Chapter 4: Trapped in Nazi-Land!
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The Young Allies, Chapter 5: Outwitting the Blood-Thirsty Tyrants!
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Marvel's Pinwheel of Stars!
Marvel Comics -
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The Young Allies, Chapter 6: Captain America and the Human Torch to the Rescue!!
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Crooks Are Cowards
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[no title indexed]
Unsolved Mysteries -
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["Back comes the dreaded Red Skull"]
Captain America Comics -
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[no title indexed]
Human Torch Comics
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Hrayr Abazyan
- Henry Andrews
- Mark Boyer
- Pat Conolly
- Steve Dasinger
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Katy Hayhurst
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Scott Rowland
- Jim Van Dore
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