USA Comics #6

(December 1942)

Contents page (Table of Contents)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]

Synopsis:

Illustrated Table of Contents page.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([December] 2011)

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside front cover, includes drawings of Captain America and Bucky and an ad for the other Timely series. Lists Martin Goodman as Publisher and Stan Lee as Editor and Art Director.

The Ghost's Gaze of Death! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Avison ?

Inks:

Syd Shores ?; George Klein ?; Ernie Hart ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Perseus (introduction, flashback); Medusa (introduction, flashback); Medusa [Dr. Anton Harvey] (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis:

A noted scientist explains the mysterious deaths of some workers as the re-appearance of the dreaded snake monster, Medusa, a monster from legend. When Cap and Bucky look into the matter, they discover the Medusa is all too real, but this one uses a compressed air gun loaded with poison-tipped needles to kill!

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([December] 2011)

Indexer Notes

Credits per Doc Vassalo. The Masterworks edition lists Avison and Shores on pencils, George Klein & unknown on inks. The tombstone pictured in panel 5 on page 5 has Stan Lee's name on it.

[Origin of the Terror Squad] (Table of Contents)

Terror Squad / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mike Sekowsky ?

Inks:

Charles Nicholas ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Terror Squad [Chuck Wilson; Stanisofski; Twimbly] (introduction, origin); Nikoli (Russian POW, 8th cousin of Stanisofski); the Nazis (villains, many die)

Synopsis:

Three ace pilots from America, Russia and England escape from a Nazi concentration camp, steal three British Spitfires on display in a local village, and use them to attack Nazi convoys and tanks.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([December] 2011)

Indexer Notes

The Masterworks edition lists artist(s) as unknown.

The Den of Horror! (Table of Contents)

The Destroyer / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Oksner

Inks:

Bob Oksner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Destroyer [Keen Marlow, also in disguise as Captain von Nieusance]; Flora; Mueller; Capt. Von Nieusance (villain, introduction, Gestapo Chief); Brander (villain, introduction, torturer)

Synopsis:

The Destroyer goes undercover to try and disrupt the Nazis plan to discover the location of the underground's "Freedom Press" so they can destroy it.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([December] 2011)

Indexer Notes

Oksner credit per Doc Vassalo. Previously credited to Sekowsky ? and Winiarski ? The Masterworks edition lists inker as unknown.

Death In the Coral Sea (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Charles Nicholas ?; Louis Ferstadt ?

Inks:

Charles Nicholas ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction; war

Characters:

Edward A. Flaherty (USN Electrician's Mate 1st Class); The Japanese (villains, some die)

Synopsis:

The true story of a USN seaman on board the USS Neosho.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([December] 2011)

Indexer Notes

The Masterworks edition lists the penciler as Ferstadt and the inker as unknown.

[Jeep Joins the Army] (Table of Contents)

Jeep Jones / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Chic Stone

Inks:

Chic Stone

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; military

Characters:

Jeep Jones (introduction, origin)

Synopsis:

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, garage mechanic "Jeep" Jones decides to join the Army, and ends up as the General's driver.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([December] 2011)

Look Out For Spies! (Table of Contents)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Tommy Colt; Bill Gibbs; Foxx (FBI agent); Big Jake Groman (villain); un-named Nazi (villain)

Synopsis:

Tommy is knocked senseless and beat up while on guard duty, but is puzzled when a doctor pulls out a thin sliver of metal from his chin after the attack. His pal, Bill, believes Big Jake is responsible, wanting to steal vital plans from the plant being guarded by Tommy.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([December] 2011)

Indexer Notes

The second page of this text story is printed on the inside back cover.

[Slow Motion Jones and the Last Chance Lightship] (Table of Contents)

The Whizzer / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Louis Ferstadt [as Ferstadt] (signed)

Inks:

Louis Ferstadt [as Ferstadt] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Whizzer [Robert Frank]; Slow-Motion Jones (introduction); Cob; Bruce Keller (FBI agent); the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis:

The Whizzer goes after a Nazi spy who has shot an FBI agent and is out to work with a Nazi sub to destroy a U.S. convoy at sea.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([December] 2011)

Sergeant Dix Calls the Plays! (Table of Contents)

Sergeant Dix / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Garn (signed)

Pencils:

Frank Borth (signed)

Inks:

Frank Borth (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Sergeant Dix; Roden (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis:

The Nazis use some unwitting kids to attack a military fort by giving them slingshots and incendiary pebbles!

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([December] 2011)

[Johnson Invades Japan] (Table of Contents)

Jap Buster Johnson / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dennis Neville

Inks:

Dennis Neville

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Lt. Doug "Jap Buster" Johnson (introduction, origin); Dave (death); Japanese army (villains, some die)

Synopsis:

After seeing a fellow pilot gunned down by the Japanese air force, Lt. Johnson takes to the air after the perpetrator, shoots him down, then takes a Japanese plane up to see if he can locate and help destroy a secret Japanese base.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([December] 2011)

Indexer Notes

Credits per Doc Vassalo. Previously credited to Syd Shores ?

Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Martin Goodman; Regina N. Gierber (notary)

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

U.S.A. Comic Magazine Corp. (owner, publisher); Martin Goodman (owner, editor, managing editor); Abraham Goodman (business manager)

Content Information

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([December] 2011)

Indexer Notes

Statement for October 1, 1942, listing Martin Goodman as Editor and Managing Editor, and Abraham Goodman as Business Manager. All addresses given as 30 W. 42nd St., N.Y., N.Y.