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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
?
Editing:
Stan Lee
Format:
Standard U. S. Golden Age; Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched

none (Table of Contents)

Human Torch, Sub-Mariner, Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Human Torch; Toro; Captain America; Bucky; Sub-Mariner; Destroyer; Whizzer.
Reprinted:
  • In Giant-Size Invaders (Marvel 2005) #2
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Michael J. Vassallo challenges the original indexer's crediting of the pencils to Jack Binder and the inks to Robin King ?. (GCD Error List, 4 April 2006).

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Captain America / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero; ad
Characters:
Captain America; Bucky; V: Red Skull.
Synopsis:
Top half of the page is an illustrated promo ad for Captain America Comics, featuring the Red Skull. Lower half is a ad for Cap's Sentinels of Liberty, encouraging readers to join up.
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside front cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.

Carnival of Death! (Table of Contents)

Human Torch / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Carl Burgos
Pencils:
Carl Burgos ?
Inks:
Carl Burgos ?; ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; V: Howe (I); Jim Mack (I, D); Price.
Synopsis:
Human Torch and Toro set out to solve the murder of Jimmy Mack, part owner of an old vaudeville theatre years back, who started a fire to collect insurance money because the show was doing poorly. Unfortunately, his partner named Price was horribly burned in the fire and swore revenge. It's up to the Torch and Toro to discover the identity of the true murderer!
Reprinted:
  • In Giant-Size Invaders (Marvel 2005) #2
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Synopsis: Added by Mike Nielsen, 2005-12-14 (Per Sandell ed.), revised by Craig Delich 6-28-08. Art credits from Michael J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (4 April 2006).

The Strange Case of the Malay Idol (Table of Contents)

Captain America / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Kirby; Joe Simon (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (signed); Al Avison ?
Inks:
Joe Simon (signed); Al Gabriele ?; Mort Meskin ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Col. Carter (I); V: Kuoli (Kurt Mueller; I, D).
Synopsis:
Captain America and Bucky crash on an island in the Pacific while escorting Colonel Carter, who is carrying some vital secret documents, to an important meeting in Singapore. Unfortunately, they are captured by a strange native tribe led by a Nazi wanting those plans!
Reprinted:
  • In Giant-Size Invaders (Marvel 2005) #2
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Synopsis: Added by Mike Nielsen, 2005-12-14 (Per Sandell ed.) with revision by Craig Delich 6-28-08. Art credits from Michael J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (4 April 2006).

Hold Your Breathe! (Table of Contents)

USA Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Captain Terror; V: Nazis.
Synopsis:
Promotional advertisement for USA Comics #2 [shows cover], featuring seven thrilling comic features, including Captain Terror.
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1

Indexer Notes

Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.

[Bombs of Doom] (Table of Contents)

The Destroyer / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Stan Lee ?
Pencils:
Jack Binder (signed)
Inks:
Jack Binder (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Villains: Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess (I), Nazis; I: Florence Von Ward, Prof. Herman Berg.
Synopsis:
The Nazis have captured Professor Berg and try to convince him to manufacture bombs for them that carry plague germs.
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.

Winners All (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (illustration)
Inks:
Jack Kirby (illustration)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero; adventure
Characters:
Destroyer; Whizzer; Captain America; Human Torch; Bucky; Toro; Stan Lee; Villains: The Nazis; Slug; Lew.
Synopsis:
Editor Stan Lee meets with current heroes featured in All-Winners and together they agreed that the Destroyer and the Whizzer should be added because of their great exploits against the Nazis.
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1
  • in All Winners Comics 70th Anniversary Special (Marvel, 2009 series) #1

Indexer Notes

Illustration credit from Greg Theakston (April 19, 2005). Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.

[Plague of the Poisoned Jewelry] (Table of Contents)

Whizzer / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils:
Paul Reinman (signed)
Inks:
Paul Reinman (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Whizzer [Bob Frank, but calls himself Jim Brown in the story]; Villains: Lens, Paul Smythe (I for both).
Synopsis:
The Nazis concoct a plan to first smuggle poisoned jewelry into the United States through a legitimate department store to reek havoc amongst the population, then poison a variety of other items once people catch on to the jewelry scam.
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.

Unsolved Mysteries (Table of Contents)

Unsolved Mysteries / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Fact
Characters:
Dr. Wescott
Synopsis:
The mysteries discussed in this feature revolve around: 1) a 1932 Danish discovery of perfectly preserved bodies of a Viking man and his lady frozen in ice, then transferred to the Royal Museum in Denmark for display under refrigeration; 2) the strange sworn-to appearances of a Dr. Wescott in London on April 12, 1888 when, at the time, he was really at home suffering from a cold; and 3) short discussion on sea serpents.
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.

The Ghost Fleet (Table of Contents)

The Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Allen Simon ?
Inks:
Allen Simon ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Villains: Count Von Buckner (I), the Nazis.
Synopsis:
Sub-Mariner investigates the sinkings of Allied ships by a Nazi "ghost fleet", but discovers that fleet is nothing more than a movie projected in 3-D with Polaroid lenses!
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Michael J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (4 April 2006). Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mystic Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Alex Schomburg
Inks:
Alex Schomburg
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Destroyer
Synopsis:
Promotional ad for the new Mystic Comics #6 [cover is shown], head-lining the Destroyer and other great features.
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside back cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Young Allies Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (cover pic); Lee King [as King] (signed)
Inks:
Syd Shores (cover pic); Lee King [as King] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Toro; Bucky; Tubby Tinkle; Percy Bartwell; Washington Vanderbilt Jefferson; Whitewash Jones; V: Red Skull, Adolf Hitler.
Synopsis:
Illustrated promotional ad for Young Allies Comics #1 [cover reproduced, also with newer art].
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel
  • Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

On the back cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.

Editing
Change History

Table of Contents

  1. 1. none
    Captain America
  2. 2. Carnival of Death!
    Human Torch
  3. 3. The Strange Case of the Malay Idol
    Captain America
  4. 4. Hold Your Breathe!
    USA Comics
  5. 5. [Bombs of Doom]
    The Destroyer
  6. 6. Winners All
  7. 7. [Plague of the Poisoned Jewelry]
    Whizzer
  8. 8. Unsolved Mysteries
    Unsolved Mysteries
  9. 9. The Ghost Fleet
    The Sub-Mariner
  10. 10. [no title indexed]
    Mystic Comics
  11. 11. [no title indexed]
    Young Allies Comics
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Per Sandell
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Lou Mougin
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Craig Delich
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