(October 1941)
- Volume:
- 2
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 68
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Timely Comics, Inc.
- Editing:
- Joe Simon
- Color:
- Full Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Golden Age U.S. (through about early 1944, narrower thereafter)
- Paper Stock:
- Glossy Cover: Newsprint Interior
- Binding:
- Saddle-Stitched
- Publishing Format:
- Was On-Going Series
Captain America Contents
Captain America / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Joe Simon
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Characters:
- Captain America; Bucky
- Synopsis:
- Illustrated table of contents page, listing features, some story titles & synopses, and cover ad for The Young Allies Comics #1.
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Found on the inside front cover. Notes, much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-8-09.
The Red Skull; An Ear for Music
Captain America / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby (signed)
- Pencils:
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks:
- Joe Simon (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Duffy; Betty Ross; Captain Craig [D]; Villains: The Red Skull (I; Johann Schmidt), von Ratt, Kroft [D].
- Synopsis:
- Cap has to contend with the return of the Red Skull and figure out why he is using Chopin's "Funeral March" as the means of his diabolical mission of destruction.
- Reprints:
-
in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #6 (December 1966) - in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 [Regular Edition] ([July] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Pencil credits from Greg Theakston. Two story titles for this story. Notes, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-8-09.
Death Loads the Bases
Captain America / comic story / 15 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Joe Simon
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Duffy; Bernard Riggley; Old Pop Grimes; Joey DiRaggio [D]; Adams [D]; Villains: The Black Toad (I, D; Chuck McArthur), Charlie.
- Synopsis:
- After the mysterious deaths of two baseball players for the Brooklyn Badgers, Captain America agrees to pitch for the team in order to draw the murderer out of hiding.
- Reprints:
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #7 (February 1967)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 [Regular Edition] ([July] 2008)
- in Captain America Comics 70th Anniversary Special (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (June 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-8-09.
Read The Human Torch
Human Torch / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Alex Schomburg
- Inks:
- Alex Schomburg
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?; most typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Human Torch; Toro; the Sub-Mariner.
- Synopsis:
- Illustrated [with the cover] promotional ad for Human Torch Comics #4 [actually #5a], Summer of 1941.
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Sequence, all info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-8-09.
A Message from Captain America
Captain America / comic story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?; most typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America; Bucky; Father Time; Hurricane; Jerry "Headline" Hunter; Betty Ross
- Synopsis:
- Captain America relates brief biographies of the various characters who appear in the pages of his magazine: Betty Ross, Sergeant Duffy, Father Time, Jerry "Headline" Hunter, and Hurricane.
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-8-09.
Horror Plays the Scales
Captain America / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Joe Simon
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Duffy; Senator Alvin Benson [D]; Inspector Grimes; Senator Shores; Villains: The Fiddler (I, D), Haver, Hobbs.
- Synopsis:
- Cap has to battle the evil intentions of a man who uses a domestic employment agency as a blind in order to get his Nazi agents into the homes of anti-Nazi Senators in order to kill them.
- Reprints:
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #8 (April 1967)
- in Golden Age of Marvel (Marvel, 1997 series) #[nn] (October 1997)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 [Regular Edition] ([July] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-8-09.
[Justice Laughs Last]
Hurricane, Master of Speed / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Ken Bald
- Inks:
- Bill Ward
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Hurricane [Harry Kane]; Solidius X. "Speedy" Scriggles [I]; V: Petro (I).
- Synopsis:
- Hurricane helps to fend off a group of protection racket gangsters, and, in the process, picks himself up a new partner in the fight against crime.
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-8-09.
Credits from Avengers, Thor, and Captain America: Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 2010 series) #2. Art formerly credited to Charles Nicholas.
[Dust of Destruction]
Headline Hunter, Foreign Correspondent / comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- crime
- Characters:
- "Headline" Hunter [Jerry Hunter]; Mfr. Reginald; Villains: Mr. Perry, Fritz.
- Synopsis:
- An American man is framed for a murder of a British star, and Hunter discovers that the man's cousin is responsible, hoping to gain wealth from the Nazis and money from his cousin's estate after he is hanged.
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-8-09.
Race Against Doom
Father Time / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Al Avison?
- Inks:
- Al Gabriele?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Father Time [Larry Scott]; Hal Saxson; Villains; un-named D.A., un-named Bank President, Joe.
- Synopsis:
- One of Larry Scott's friends is accused of boarding a ship, shooting its officers and plundering the gold before sinking it, but Father Time smells a rat when he discovers the gold was counterfeit.
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-8-09.
[no title indexed]
Sentinels of Liberty Secret Club News / activity / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- most typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Synopsis:
- Regular columns, "A Message From Captain America" and "Bucky's Column" are presented as well as several activity puzzles to challenge reader's abilities.
- Reprints:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Mavel, 2005 series) #2 (2008).
Indexer Notes
Sequence, synopsis and all info added by Craig Delich 1-8-09.
Captain America Declares a 'State of Unlimited Junior National Emergency'!
Sentinels of Liberty / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- most typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America; Bucky
- Synopsis:
- Captain America encourages the readers to sign up 15 or more members into their local Sentinels of Liberty Club, and Cap will send them a special Charter of Membership to them. Then, they will then elect their own Captain, who will mail in a memorandum to Cap on the conduct of two of his Sentinels. Cap will then authorize this Captain to appoint those two Sentinels as Lieutenants under him, and when they do, Cap will send a gold certificate of merit to that group.
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Found on the inside back cover. Sequence, all info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-8-09.
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
none
Captain America -
1.
Captain America Contents
Captain America -
2.
The Red Skull; An Ear for Music
Captain America -
3.
Death Loads the Bases
Captain America -
4.
Read The Human Torch
Human Torch -
5.
A Message from Captain America
Captain America -
6.
Horror Plays the Scales
Captain America -
7.
[Justice Laughs Last]
Hurricane, Master of Speed -
8.
[Dust of Destruction]
Headline Hunter, Foreign Correspondent -
9.
Race Against Doom
Father Time -
10.
[no title indexed]
Sentinels of Liberty Secret Club News -
11.
Captain America Declares a 'State of Unlimited Junior National Emergency'!
Sentinels of Liberty
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