(December 1941)
Marvel,
1941 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-09-30
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Timely Comics Inc.
- Editing
- Joe Simon (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. 4.
[no title indexed]
Captain America / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; The Black Talon
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1990 series) #2 (June 1990) - in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #2 (September 2000)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 ([January] 2009), #3 ([January] 2009), #3 [Regular Edition] ([January] 2009)
- in Golden Age Captain America Omnibus (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (2014)
- in Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Some info added by Craig Delich 6-6-09. Inks credit from Greg Theakston.
[Contents Page]
table of contents / 1 page
- Characters
- Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; The Black Talon
- Synopsis
- Contents page, listing all the features with brief story recaps and a few illustrations.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Found on the inside front cover. Some info added by Craig Delich 6-6-09.
The White Death
Captain America / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Simon ? (signed); George Klein ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; The White Death [Manuel Perez] (introduction; villain); Matthew Clinton (introduction; villain); Lucy Harrow; Jim Slade (death); Phillip Avery (death)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Cap and Bucky must tackle a white cloaked, hideous figure that stalks the halls of the mansion of the late Josiah Harrow....a figure that has chosen the duo as its next target for death!
- Reprints
- in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1990 series) #2 (June 1990) [New color art. See note at issue level.]
- in Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 (December 1999)
- in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #2 (September 2000)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 ([January] 2009)
- in Golden Age Captain America Omnibus (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (2014)
- in Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-6-09.
Inks:
1) According to the printed credit, it says Simon.
2) Klein (as ghost penciller) suggested by Mitchell and Steve Dasinger. See reprints.
The Man Who Could Not Die--
Captain America / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Syd Shores
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Sergeant Duffy; Betty Ross; Detective Mahoney; Nick Pinto (introduction; villain; death); Tony Scarlatti (introduction; villain; death); an unnamed doctor (introduction; villain; death); Spike (villain); Muggsy (villain)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- When criminal Nick Pinto was strapped into the electric chair and executed, Cap and Bucky are more than a little concerned when another criminal, responsible for sending Pinto to his death, calls Police HQ with his last breath and tells them that Pinto has just fatally shot him.
- Reprints
- in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1990 series) #2 (June 1990) [New color art. See note at issue level.]
- in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #2 (September 2000)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 ([January] 2009)
- in Golden Age Captain America Omnibus (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (2014)
- in Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Ink credit from Greg Theakston. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-6-09.
Death in the Alps
Headline Hunter, Foreign Correspondent / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Headline Hunter [Jerry Hunter]; Shultz (death); von Groser; Hans (villain); unnamed masked leader (villain; death)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Headline Hunter heads for Switzerland in response to many strange accidents that are occuring there, but when he arrives he has to stop another "strange" accident that he gets in the middle of.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-6-09.
Dead Man's Ring
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- 7 unnamed Indians; Paul Martin (villain; death)
- Synopsis
- In years past, much gold had been buried with Chief Little Eagle. Now Paul Martin, having murdered the only living man who knew the location of this treasure, was attempting to locate the burial spot.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-6-09.
The Case of the Black Talon
Captain America / comic story / 18 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Sergeant Duffy; Rafael Miller (death); Oliver Simms (death); The Black Talon [Pascal Horta] (introduction; origin; villain); Red (villain); Slugger (villain); Strangler Burns (villain; death); Dr. Steiner
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Cap and Bucky have a devilish time in cornering an insane murderer who, forced by fate to paint horrendous portraits, decides to paint these type of paintings of the men he intends to murder!
- Reprints
- in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1990 series) #2 (June 1990) [New color art. See note at issue level.]
- in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #2 (September 2000)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 ([January] 2009)
- in Golden Age Captain America Omnibus (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (2014)
- in Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Ink credits from Greg Theakston. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-6-09.
Crime Goes to Press
Hurricane, Master of Speed / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hurricane [Harry Kane]; Mr. Brown (city editor of the Daily Star); John Smithers (villain, death)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- The Master of Speed decides to get a job at "The Daily Star," a newspaper whose editor has been threatened and roughed up because he writes articles about the town's racketeers.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Daily Star; Midvale
Indexer Notes
Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-6-09.
[The Bombs of Doom]
Father Time / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Father Time [Larry Scott]; John Peters (death); Senator Rogers (death); Zarpo (introduction; villain; death)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- After having his invention (a bomb that would detonate after being near a human being for 5 minutes) turned down by the government as "silly," a crazed inventor decides to use that weapon against the government.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Story title taken from the TOC. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-6-09.
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Captain America -
1.
[Contents Page]
-
2.
The White Death
Captain America -
3.
The Man Who Could Not Die--
Captain America -
4.
Death in the Alps
Headline Hunter, Foreign Correspondent -
5.
Dead Man's Ring
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6.
The Case of the Black Talon
Captain America -
7.
Crime Goes to Press
Hurricane, Master of Speed -
8.
[no title indexed]
Sentinels of Liberty Secret Club News -
9.
[The Bombs of Doom]
Father Time -
10.
[As New and Exciting As Today's News!]
Marvel Mystery Comics -
11.
[no title indexed]
Mystic Comics
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Henry Andrews
- John Censullo
- Steve Dasinger
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Darrel McCann
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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