(Summer 1943)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 60
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Editing:
- Vince Fago
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Golden Age US
- Paper Stock:
- Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
- Binding:
- Saddle-Stitched
[no title indexed]
Captain America; Human Torch; Sub-Mariner / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Alex Schomburg
- Inks:
- Alex Schomburg
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America; Human Torch; Sub-Mariner; Bucky Barnes; Toro; Nazis (villains)
- Reprints:
-
in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 ([November] 2008) - in Miss America Comics 70th Anniversary Special (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (August 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
Some info added by Craig Delich 3-1-09.
[The Gorilla Men]
Human Torch / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Edd Asch; Harry Sahle?
- Inks:
- Edd Asch
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Carl; Bashon and his gorilla-men (introduction; villains)
- Synopsis:
- The Flaming Duo must battle the mad Bashon, a scientific genius who has invented all types of planes, tanks and machinery that he is using to level cities, all with the help of ape men that he has created from the bones of prehistoric people.
- Reprints:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 ([November] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Edd Asch credits added by Craig Delich; the Who's Who reports that Harry Sahle only did pencils on this strip. Notes, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-1-09.
The Case of the Sinister Hun
Captain America / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Ernie Hart (page 2); Jimmy Thompson
- Inks:
- Ernie Hart (page 2); Jimmy Thompson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Baron Von Widemouth (introduction; villain; death); the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis:
- Cap and Bucky struggle to stop a Nazi Baron from using aerial torpedos on the Panama Canal.
- Reprints:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 ([November] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Hart art credit added by Craig Delich; note, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-1-09.
Introduction
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure; aviation
- Characters:
- Sheriff Cole; Captain Bright; Hardy; Spike Conlan (villain)
- Synopsis:
- Down-on-his-luck flyer Hardy is hired to fly a cargo of coffins to the U.S. from Mexico, eventually discovering that they held spies.
- Reprints:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 ([November] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Sequence, synopsis and all info added by Craig Delich 3-1-09.
Namor Cracks the Whip
Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Carl Pfeufer
- Inks:
- Carl Pfeufer ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Colonel Brusch (villain; introduction; death); the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis:
- Namor lands on the Cretan coast and discovers an airfield full of British bombers--being serviced by the Nazis for an attack on the Dardanelles, in hopes of convincing the Turks that the British are responsible.
- Reprints:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 ([November] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-1-09.
The Flight From Peril
The Destroyer / comic story / 11 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bob Oksner
- Inks:
- Bob Oksner
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Gloria; Captain Krause (introduction; villain; also called Storm); the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis:
- The Destroyer saves the life of a girl carrying important papers, when the Nazis intervene and a struggle ensues to determine ownership of those papers.
- Reprints:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 ([November] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-1-09.
[The Bakery Spy Ring]
The Whizzer / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Alan Mandel
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Whizzer [Jack Robinson]; Mr. Gray; the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis:
- The Whizzer has to prevent the Nazis from sabotaging a newly invented high explosive armor piercing artillery shell.
- Reprints:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 ([November] 2008)
- in Miss America Comics 70th Anniversary Special (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (August 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
First lines of the story read: "Sabotage--? or accident? What caused the tremendous explosion that blew up the huge sixteen inch gun testing the new high explosive armor piercing shell at the army proving grounds??"
Art credits revised from George Klein [a] to Alan Mandel [p] and unknown inker by Craig Delich. Note, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-1-09.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Captain America; Human Torch; Sub-Mariner -
1.
[The Gorilla Men]
Human Torch -
2.
The Case of the Sinister Hun
Captain America -
3.
Introduction
-
4.
Namor Cracks the Whip
Sub-Mariner -
5.
The Flight From Peril
The Destroyer -
6.
[The Bakery Spy Ring]
The Whizzer
This issue was most recently modified by:
- R. J. Roper
- Mike Nielsen
- Patrick Lemaire
- Per Sandell
- Lou Mazzella
- Steve Dasinger
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Lou Mougin
- Tony R. Rose
- Craig Delich
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