U. S. A. Comics [USA Comics; U.S.A. Comics] #7

(February 1943)

U.S.A. Comics Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?; typeset (some)

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: 2)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Syd Shores; Mike Sekowsky; Ernie Hart

Inks

George Klein; ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

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 Michale J. Vassallo and the Masterworks edition.

[Trouble Wholesale] (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Daring and His Sky-Sharks / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Alex Schomburg (signed)

Inks

Alex Schomburg (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

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

Note that the Captain Daring in Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #7-8 is an entirely separate character.

A similar aviator character, possibly illustrated by Alex Schomburg, previously appeared as "G-Man Don Gorman" in Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #4 (May 1940).

[Origin of Marvel Boy] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Oksner

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

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. Unknown script and inks per Michael J. Vassallo per the Masterworks edition. Previous indexer credited Oksner on script and inks.

I Hate Women (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

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: 6)

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

Script

Basil Wolverton (signed)

Pencils

Basil Wolverton (signed)

Inks

Basil Wolverton (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Basil Wolverton ?

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 Brök (Epix, 1988 series) #10/1990
• in The Basil Wolverton Reader (Pure Imagination, 2003 series) #2 (2004)
• 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: 7)

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

Script

Stan Lee ?; Bob Oksner ?

Pencils

Bob Oksner

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

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.

Script credits suggested by the Who's Who.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Chic Stone (signed)

Inks

Chic Stone (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We find our hero at work drawing up plans...

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: 9)

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

Script

Mickey Spillane ?

Pencils

Dennis Neville

Inks

Dennis Neville

Colors

?

Letters

?

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)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit suggested by textual analysis by Lou Mougin.

[Wake Up Americans!] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Martin Goodman (signed)

Pencils

Syd Shores ?

Inks

Syd Shores ?

Letters

?

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: 11)

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

?

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.

Indexer Notes

Found on the 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.