(Winter 1942-1943)

Marvel, 1941 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1942-12-27
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
U.S.A. Comic Magazine Corp.
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. 4.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Alex Schomburg
Inks
Alex Schomburg
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Bucky [James Buchanan Barnes]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Japanese; Nazis
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

All Winners (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Human Torch; Toro; Captain America; Bucky; Sub-Mariner; Destroyer; Whizzer
Synopsis
Illustrated table of contents page listing the features inside.
Reprints

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: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Edd Ashe
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Joe Grupper (villain)
Synopsis
Torch and Toro investigate a firm that packs food shipments for American soldiers overseas -- food capsules that contain cyanide.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Characters, reprint info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-27-08. Pencil credit per Michael J. Vassallo.

The Return of Doctor Crime! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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

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!
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

The Big Three (Table of Contents: 4)

Terry Toons, Krazy and Comedy Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Lee)
Pencils
Bill King (signed as King)
Inks
Bill King (signed as King)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset; ?

Characters
Super Rabbit
Synopsis
Illustrated ad for Krazy, Comedy and Terry Toons Comics.

Indexer Notes

Lee and King signed this piece and are, most likely, two separate people. Bill King did such house ads from 1941-43 and Stan Lee wrote such ads during the same years. Added by Craig Delich 2013-7-5.

Smashing the Jap Trap! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Carl Pfeufer ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Character and reprint info, and synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-27-08. Pencil credit per Michael J. Vassallo.

The Sucker (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script
Cifo Uthbert (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
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.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

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

[Strike Hard!] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Mort Leav
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Character and reprint info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-27-08. Pencil credit per Michael J. Vassallo.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Whizzer / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lou Ferstadt
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
To day...insidious organizations are plotting and scheming...
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.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Tops! in Thrills! Mystery! Action! Comedy! Patriotism! (Table of Contents: 10)

Captain America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Lee)
Pencils
Bill King (signed as King)
Inks
Bill King (signed as King)
Letters
typeset; ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Synopsis
Illustrated ad for Captain America Comics, as well as a plug for readers to join Cap's Sentinels of Liberty.

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside back cover.

Lee and King signed this piece and are, most likely, two separate people. Bill King did such house ads from 1941-43 and Stan Lee wrote such ads during the same years. Added by Craig Delich 2013-7-5.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Captain America; Human Torch; Namor the Sub-Mariner
  2. 1. All Winners
  3. 2. Death for Breakfast
    Human Torch
  4. 3. The Return of Doctor Crime!
    Captain America
  5. 4. The Big Three
    Terry Toons, Krazy and Comedy Comics
  6. 5. Smashing the Jap Trap!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  7. 6. The Sucker
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
  9. 8. [Strike Hard!]
    The Destroyer
  10. 9. ["To day...insidious organizations are plotting and scheming..."]
    Whizzer
  11. 10. Tops! in Thrills! Mystery! Action! Comedy! Patriotism!
    Captain America
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • John Censullo
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Craig Delich
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • James Ludwig
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mark Q
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore