Fantasy Masterpieces #5

(October 1966)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby; Don Heck

Inks

Joe Simon; Dick Ayers; Don Heck

Letters

Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text

From the Golden Age of Marvel...

Indexer Notes

Inside from cover featuring scenes from interior stories, with gray tones added by Marie Severin. Credits include Stan Lee, Sol Brodsky, Roy Thomas, Flo Steinberg, Stan Goldberg, and Marie Severin.

Captain America and the Ringmaster of Death (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain America / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Howard Ferguson

Editing

Joe Simon (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Betty Ross; Sergeant Duffy; General Blaine (death); Defense Commissioner Newsome (death); The Ringmaster; his Circus [Tommy Thumb; Zandow the Strong Man; Omir the Snake Charmer; Trapeze Trio] (introduction)

Synopsis

Steve and Bucky decide to visit the circus for some fun, but its Cap and Bucky that face the Ringmaster's Wheel of Death and its purpose: to allow the villain to place America into a steel vise of terror, using vicious mobsters as his personal Gestapo!

Reprints

• from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #5 (August 1941) [some art alterations to conform to Comics Code restrictions]

The Gruesome Secret of the Dragon of Doom! (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain America / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Howard Ferguson

Editing

Joe Simon (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Duffy; General Haywood; Commander Phillips; Marie; Captain Okada (introduction, death); Toshio (introduction, death)

Synopsis

Captain America and Bucky investigate the disappearance of the patrol boat "Winfield" with its crew and discover a sinister villain, his HQ inside a monstrous sea serpent, responsible.

Reprints

• from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #5 (August 1941) [some story/art alterations to conform to Comics Code restrictions]

Mister Gregory and the Ghost! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

George Klein

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Ray Holloway ?

Editing

Stan Lee (original Editor)

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Lucius P. Gregory

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #75 (December 1961)

Indexer Notes

Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)

The Things from Dimension X! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Ray Holloway ?

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Lynwood; Koaa

Synopsis

A scientist successfully creates a link to the dimension Electra only to find the inhabitants bent on conquest. They pour through the portal but are stopped when the carved presidents on Mt. Rushmore come to life and drive them back.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #80 (January 1961)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.

It Fell from the Flying Saucer! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original Editor)

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

An artist finds an alien pencil that will make whatever he draws real, but his selfish use of it makes the aliens take it back.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #31 (May 1962)

Killers of the Bund (Table of Contents: 7)

Captain America / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Howard Ferguson

Editing

Joe Simon (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; the Sentinels of Liberty; Heinrich Schmidt; Bob Schmidt; the Nazis [Hans; Fritz; un-named others] (villains)

Synopsis

When a Nazi Bund beats up a man of German descent (because he won't join up), Captain America and Bucky attack the Bund camp and Cap is captured. Bucky races back to the city and enlists the aid of the Sentinels of Liberty to rescue Cap and round up the rogues.

Reprints

• from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #5 (August 1941)