(Winter 1942-1943)

Marvel, 1941 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Editing:
Stan Lee
Format:
Standard U. S. Golden Age; Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched

none (Table of Contents)

Human Torch; Captain America; Sub-Mariner / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Alex Schomburg
Inks:
Alex Schomburg
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Captain America; Bucky; Human Torch; Toro; Sub-Mariner; Japanese; Nazis
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

Indexer Notes

Character and reprint info added by Craig Delich 7-27-08.


All Winners (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Human Torch; Toro; Captain America; Bucky; Sub-Mariner; Destroyer; Whizzer
Synopsis:
Illustrated table of contents page listing the features inside.
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside front cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 7-27-08.


Death For Breakfast (Table of Contents)

Human Torch / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Joe Grupper (villain)
Synopsis:
Torch and Toro investigate a firm that packs food shipments to America soldiers overseas, food capsules that contain cyanide!
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

Indexer Notes

Characters, reprint info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-27-08.


The Return of Doctor Crime (Table of Contents)

Captain America / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Al Avison
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; General Whelan; Doctor Crime [Dr. Elmgren](villain) (death); von Eisner (villain)
Synopsis:
Cap must battle the evil Dr. Crime, who has in his possession a formula which shrinks the human body down to pygmy size!
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Character and reprint info, synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-27-08.


The Big Three (Table of Contents)

Terry Toons, Krazy and Comedy Comics / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Lee King (signed) [as Lee]
Inks:
Lee King (signed) [as Lee]
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset; ?

Content Information

Characters:
Super Rabbit
Synopsis:
Illustrated ad for Krazy, Comedy and Terry Toons Comics.
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 7-27-08.


Smashing the Jap Trap (Table of Contents)

Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (not Bill Everett)
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; the Japanese (villain)
Synopsis:
Alerted that a U.S. convoy is missing, Namor awaits the arrival of a U.S. Cutter, but is stunned to see it sunk and the crew killed by the Japanese. He follows them to their secret hideout and later plays a role in seeing to it that a Japanese flotilla is destroyed.
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Character and reprint info, and synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-27-08.


Sucker (Table of Contents)

text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Cifo Uthbert (signed)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Luke Yocum; Villains: Mike Brady (death); Joe; Alex; Captain Mircher.
Synopsis:
Luke Yocum poses as a hick Wyoming cowboy in order to get the goods on a group of card sharks.
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

Indexer Notes

Character and reprint info, notes and synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-27-08.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
"Statement of Ownership" indicates Stan Lee as Editor, Martin Goodman as Managing Editor and Abraham Goodman as Business Manager.

[Strike Hard!] (Table of Contents)

The Destroyer / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Colonel Schutter (villain) (death)
Synopsis:
The Destroyer falls for a ruse in which the Nazis plan to capture him. Instead, he is able to discover a Nazi document relating plans for an invasion of Switzerland and helps to postpone that invasion for quite some time by his quick thinking.
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Character and reprint info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-27-08.


["To day...insidious organizations are plotting and scheming..."] (Table of Contents)

The Whizzer / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Lou Ferstadt
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Whizzer [Jack Robinson]; "Slow-Motion" Jones; Mr. Thos (villain)
Synopsis:
Whizzer must stop a Nazi spy named Thos, who has had his men place bombs among all vital communication centers in New York City, in preparation for the greatest air raid in history on that city by the Luftwaffe.
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Character & reprint info, synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-27-08.


Tops! in Thrills! Mystery! Action! Comedy! Patriotism! (Table of Contents)

Captain America / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Lee King (signed)
Inks:
Lee King (signed)
Letters:
typeset; ?

Content Information

Characters:
Captain America
Synopsis:
Illustrated ad for Captain America Comics, as well as a plug for readers to join Cap's Sentinels of Liberty.
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside back cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 7-27-08.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. All Winners
  2. 2. Death For Breakfast
    Human Torch
  3. 3. The Return of Doctor Crime
    Captain America
  4. 4. The Big Three
    Terry Toons, Krazy and Comedy Comics
  5. 5. Smashing the Jap Trap
    Sub-Mariner
  6. 6. Sucker
  7. 7. [no title indexed]
  8. 8. [Strike Hard!]
    The Destroyer
  9. 9. ["To day...insidious organizations are plotting and scheming..."]
    The Whizzer
  10. 10. Tops! in Thrills! Mystery! Action! Comedy! Patriotism!
    Captain America
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Peter Croome
  • Lou Mougin
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Lou Mougin
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Craig Delich