(May 1942)
Marvel,
1941 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-03-05
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Timely Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
Timely Comics Inc. [large shield]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
[no title indexed]
Captain America / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Al Avison; Chad Grothkopf (Imp inset)
- Inks
- Al Avison; Chad Grothkopf (Imp inset)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; the Imp (inset); the Japanese
- Reprints
in 
Contents Page
table of contents / 1 page
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
- Synopsis
- Illustrated contents page listing the features in the issue w/short synopses.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
This page lists Stan Lee as Editor.
The Horde of the Vulture!
Captain America / comic story / 19 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Al Avison (signed as Al Avison)
- Inks
- Syd Shores; George Klein
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Duffy; Little Moose (Indian brave); Pete (prospector); The Vulture [Hugh Bradley] (villain, introduction); the Japanese (villains)
- Synopsis
- Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes head out to Camp Mojave in the American Southwest where their convoy is hijacked by an American traitor who calls himself the Vulture, who is in charge of a group of Indians working for the Japanese.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The Masterworks edition lists Al Avison as penciler with inks by Syd Shores & George Klein.
[no title indexed]
Captain America Brain Teasers / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
- Synopsis
- Illustrated puzzles intended to teach and instruct as well as an activity.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-7-4. Credits per the Masterworks edition.
The Petals of Doom!
Captain America / comic story / 21 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Al Avison (signed as Al Avison)
- Inks
- Syd Shores (signed as Syd Shores); George Klein
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Duffy; Betty Ross; The Yellow Claw [Captain Elliot] (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Cap and Bucky must save Betty from the fate inflicted on top military officers: death from the aroma of flowers.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The Masterworks edition also lists George Klein as an inker. The Yellow Claw in this story is NOT the villain in "Yellow Claw Comics".
[Gruesome Gus]
The Imp / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee)
- Pencils
- Chad Grothkopf (signed as Chad)
- Inks
- Chad Grothkopf (signed as Chad)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Imp; Jefferson Vandemeer; Gruesome Gus (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- The Imp is taken prisoner by Gruesome Gus for the purpose of helping the knave plan better dastardly deeds to make more money.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The story is all in rhyming verse.
The Commandos
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Captain Clive; the Japanese (villains, many die)
- Synopsis
- Captain Clive, of the Australian forces in Malaya, puts together a group of thirty Commandos to conduct nuisance raids against the Japanese forces in Malaya.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Elmer / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Elmer (introduction); Elmer's father; Mr. Mason (bank President)
- Synopsis
- In a series of three non-related one page strips, Elmer learns the hard way that trying to do the right thing often leads to bad results.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Credits taken from the Masterworks edition.
[The Three-Man Blitzkrieg]
The Secret Stamp / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Secret Stamp [Roddy Colt]; Spud Sickles; Jerry Dash (newspaper reporter); Mrs. Jones; Mr. Cane; Mr. Lenz (villain)
- Synopsis
- While Roddy and Spud engage in a contest to see who can sell the most defense stamps, Roddy runs into three Nazis who aim to create a panic by crippling the city's electric, gas and water supply stations.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The Masterworks edition lists Don Rico on pencils and George Klein on inks.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Captain America -
1.
Contents Page
-
2.
The Horde of the Vulture!
Captain America -
3.
[no title indexed]
Captain America Brain Teasers -
4.
["Back Again!"]
The Young Allies -
5.
The Petals of Doom!
Captain America -
6.
[Gruesome Gus]
The Imp -
7.
The Commandos
-
8.
[no title indexed]
Elmer -
9.
[The Three-Man Blitzkrieg]
The Secret Stamp -
10.
[no title indexed]
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- Katie
- Henry Andrews
- Bill Borre
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- Tom Zsolt
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