(Spring 1943)

Marvel, 1941 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
?
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

Script:
?
Pencils:
Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
Inks:
Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

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

Indexer Notes

Some info added by Craig Delich 8-1-08.


Invasion By Ice (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Harry Sahle?
Inks:
Harry Sahle?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Villains: Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering, Herr Blucher (I).
Synopsis:
Torch and Toro must stop the mad plans of a Nazi lunatic, who was released from an asylum, from assisting Hitler in a fantastic plan to invade England.
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

Indexer Notes

Story title revision, much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-1-08.


[The Plot To Kill MacArthur] (Table of Contents)

Captain America / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; GS: Gen. Douglas MacArthur; Villains: Kuhomai (I, D), the Japanese.
Synopsis:
A cruel Japnese warlord, thirsting for revenge for the shame thrust upon the 'honorable' ancestors of Nippon by the United States, devises a plan to kill General Douglas MacArthur in order to wipe out the memory of the Japanese defeat in the Pacific.
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

Indexer Notes

Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-1-08.


Changes the Face of the Earth (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Pierre; V: Lt. Werner [Captain Bore].
Synopsis:
A secret arm of U.S. Intelligence Services gives the Sub-Mariner a vital message for him to deliver to the French Underground HQ in Paris. But he discovers that the U.S. Officer to accompany him is actually a Nazi agent in disguise, deadset to kill Namor before that message can be delivered.
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

Indexer Notes

Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-1-08.


Mis-Fire (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
crime
Characters:
Andy; Villains: Cleve, Blane [both D].
Synopsis:
Andy is forced to accompany two criminals into a forest, who are intent on destroying it with wax-covered incendiary bombs. Knowing that this forest was vital to U.S. industry, he works hard to rid Uncle Sam of this threat.
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

Indexer Notes

Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-1-08.


[To Hitler, From Hell] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; V: Satan, Madam Satan, Attila the Hun, Adolf Hitler.
Synopsis:
Satan, disgusted with how Hitler has muffed the war so far, decides to make Attila the Hun Hitler's new boss, a decision that doesn't set well with the Fuhrer!
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

Indexer Notes

Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-1-08.


Thrill After Thrill on Every Page! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Captain America
Synopsis:
Illustrated ad urging readers to read Captain America Comics every month, and to join Cap's Sentinels of Liberty.
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-1-08.


Holdup! Robbery! Murder! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
George Klein
Inks:
George Klein
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Whizzer [Jack Robinson]; A.J. Raffles; V: Riko & his mob (I).
Synopsis:
After the Rico mob robs a bank, they lock two officials inside the vault. Whizzer is called in to handle the situation, but he discovers he needs the assistance of a reformed safe-cracker to accomplish the task before the two men die.
Reprinted:
  • In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

Indexer Notes

Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-1-08.
A.J. Raffles is a pulp character created by E. W. Hornung in Cassell's Magazine, June 1898


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Invasion By Ice
    Human Torch
  2. 2. [The Plot To Kill MacArthur]
    Captain America
  3. 3. Changes the Face of the Earth
    Sub-Mariner
  4. 4. Mis-Fire
  5. 5. [To Hitler, From Hell]
    The Destroyer
  6. 6. Thrill After Thrill on Every Page!
    Captain America
  7. 7. Holdup! Robbery! Murder!
    The Whizzer
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Patrick Lemaire
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Per Sandell
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Lou Mougin
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Craig Delich