USA Comics #7

(February 1943)

U.S.A. Comics Contents (Table of Contents)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

?; typeset (some)

Content Information

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

Illustrated table of contents listing seven major features.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-4-22. Found on the inside front cover. Lists Martin Goodman as Publisher and Stan Lee as Editorial and Art Director.

The Case of the Flying Submarine! (Table of Contents)

Captain America / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Syd Shores; Mike Sekowsky; Ernie Hart

Inks:

George Klein; ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sgt. Michael Duffy; Lt. Roland; Mark Manners (inventor, death); Jane Manners (Mark's daughter); The Eraser (villain); Sparks (villain, radio operator); Fritz (circus fire-eater); Hans (villain, pilot)

Synopsis:

Cap and Bucky must go up against the Eraser, a dreaded rubberman circus freak turned spy, who has set his sights on stealing the prototype model of a new flying submarine.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Art credits per Doc Vassalo and the Masterworks edition.

[Trouble Wholesale] (Table of Contents)

Captain Daring / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Alex Schomburg (signed)

Inks:

Alex Schomburg (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Captain Daring [Lee Bradford]; Sky Sharks; Zeke Mallon; Colonel Welling; Valerie Welling (Colonel's daughter); Lieutenant Raeger (British spy, death); Marshal von Hapz (villain); the Nazis (villains)

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

This feature is a name change for "G-Man Don Gorman" from Daring Mystery Comics #4 (May 1940). Its full title is Captain Daring and His Sky-Sharks.

[Origin of Marvel Boy] (Table of Contents)

Marvel Boy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Oksner

Pencils:

Bob Oksner

Inks:

Bob Oksner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Marvel Boy [Martin Burns]; Miss Prim (school teacher); Hercules; von Blubber (villain); the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis:

Martin is visiting a museum with members of his class, when he is involved in an accident, in which Martin suffers a deep cut which is mixed with an extract of the bllod of Hercules, giving him super powers.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Last seen in Daring Mystery Comics #6, and this is his last appearance even though the blurb at the end of the story says he has another adventure in the next issue. The Masterworks edition lists writer as unknown, Oksner as penciler, and inker as unknown.

I Hate Women (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Lester Looseleaf (Morning Herald newspaper reporter); Cuthbert Cutter (managing editor of Morning Herald); Willie (elevator operator)

Synopsis:

After being fired from his job as a reporter, Lester decides to write a book, which pans women. Unfortunately for him, women hate women, and all the gals loved his book, and his former editor on the paper bought the rights to the book and serialized it in the newspaper.

Reprints:

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

[Meet Disk-Eyes the Detective] (Table of Contents)

Disk-Eyes / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Basil Wolverton (signed)

Pencils:

Basil Wolverton (signed)

Inks:

Basil Wolverton (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; detective-mystery

Characters:

Disk-Eyes the Detective; T. Adenoid Cashkisser (Slippery River Bank President); Spider McStrangle (villain)

Synopsis:

Disk-Eyes must halt the attempts by Spider McStrangle and his boys to commit more robberies to help finance bombs that will be used to blow up machinery.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

The blurb at the end of the story indicates Disk-Eyes returns in the next issue, but he doesn't.

The Case of the Up-To-the-Minute Men! (Table of Contents)

The Secret Stamp / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ?; Bob Oksner ?

Pencils:

Bob Oksner

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Secret Stamp [Roddy Colt]; Freddy Franklin; un-named boss (villain); Griffin (villain, bond cashier)

Synopsis:

Roddy has to pull off a modern Paul Revere scenario in order to track down a hijacked armored car containing more than $1 million in war bond sales.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Pencil credit from the Masterworks edition.

Writer credits added by Craig Delich 2013-2-11. The Who's Who states that Stan Lee and Bob Oksner both wrote this strip in 1943, so it could be either one.

["We find our hero at work drawing up plans..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Chic Stone (signed)

Inks:

Chic Stone (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; military

Characters:

Private Jeep Jones; un-named U.S. Army General; Otto (villain, Nazi spy); Spike (villain, Nazi spy)

Synopsis:

Jeep draws up plans for a new invention that he calls the "Super-Duper Tank", which the General says looks like a meat grinder on wheels.

Reprints:

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

The Laughing Death Patrol! (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. Jap Buster Johnson; Lt. David Nichols (image); the Japanese (villains, some die)

Synopsis:

Lt. Johnson must track down the source of a mysterious green gas that drives American pilots crazy.

Reprints:

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

[Wake Up Americans!] (Table of Contents)

U.S. Savings Bond War Stamps / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Martin Goodman (signed)

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

advocacy; superhero

Characters:

Captain America [Steve Rogers]

Synopsis:

Illustrated PSA for United States Savings Bond War Stamps.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Sequence and writer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-4-22.

[The Big 3] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

Lee King [as Lee] (signed)

Inks:

Lee King [as Lee] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Super Rabbit

Synopsis:

Illustrated promotional ad for Terry-Toons Comics, Krazy Komics and Comedy Comics, with images of six characters from those comics.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Found on the back cover, Sequence and art credits added by Craig Delich 2012-4-22.