(Winter 1943-1944)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 60
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- ?
- Editing:
- Vince Fago
- Format:
- Standard U. S. Golden Age; Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched
none (Table of Contents)
Captain America; Human Torch; Sub-Mariner / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
- Inks:
- Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America; Human Torch; Sub-Mariner; Bucky Barnes; Toro; Nazis [villains].
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2008).
Indexer Notes
Some info added by Craig Delich 3-28-09.
Sky Demons Over America (Table of Contents)
The Human Torch / comic story / 12 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Al Bellman
- Inks:
- George Klein
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Ann; The Hawk (first appearance; villain; D); General Ford Sanders (first appearance).
- Synopsis:
- The Flaming Duo are ordered to discover what has been destroying U.S. defense plants, and they discover a monstrous Nazi boat plane called "Der-Tag", that can fly at an altitude of 60,000 feet!
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2008).
Indexer Notes
Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-28-09.
The Case of the Yellow Fire Monster (Table of Contents)
Captain America / comic story / 12 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Vince Alascia
- Inks:
- Al Avison
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky (Bucky Barnes); Nogatmi (first appearance; villain; D); Ching Toy (first appearance; D); Pete McGuire (villain); Mae Toy (first appearance).
- Synopsis:
- Cap and Bucky must battle a gang of saboteurs that are using bowery derelicts and drugging them to set mysterious fires in New York, and blaming them on an ancient Chinese fire-god.
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2008).
Indexer Notes
Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-28-09.
Terror In Tokyo (Table of Contents)
Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jimmy Thompson
- Inks:
- Jimmy Thompson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Hideki Tojo (villain); Nutsu (first appearance; villain); Nishki (first appearance; villain); the Japanese (villains).
- Synopsis:
- Tojo comes up with a brilliant plan to chloroform the water in order to render Namor harmless, capture and send him to Tokyo, then announce in the media that he has been captured in order to impress the United Nations that the Japanese are indeed superior.
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2008).
Indexer Notes
Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-28-09.
Return Engagement (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
- Characters:
- Dan Richards; Mr. Allen; Mr. Marks; Doc Stanley; Butch [villain].
- Synopsis:
- Most people thought that Daniel Richards was an old has-been, but he was hired to make a stagecoach run carrying an important passenger, and that passenger better get to his destination on time!
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2008).
Indexer Notes
Most of the last column on page 2 is the Statement of Ownership, listing Jean Goodman as Editor, and Martin Goodman as Managing Editor. Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-28-09.
[The Real Hitler] (Table of Contents)
The Destroyer / comic story / 8 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Fred Bell
- Inks:
- Fred Bell
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Adolf Hitler (villain); Hitler doubles (first appearance; villains); the Nazis (villains).
- Synopsis:
- Arriving at Berchtesgaden, the Destroyer discovers that Hitler uses doubles in public while he wastes away of a guilty conscience!
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2008)
Indexer Notes
Art credits revised from Chad Grothkopf to Fred Bell. The Who's Who indicates that Grothkopf only drew this strip from 1941-42. Some info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-28-09.
The Mystery of the Ghost Killer (Table of Contents)
Let's Play Detective / comic story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Allen Bellman (signed)
- Pencils:
- Allen Bellman (signed)
- Inks:
- Allen Bellman (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective
- Characters:
- Mike; Ryan; Franz [villain].
- Synopsis:
- The celebrated author of an anti-Fascist nook, "Nazis in America," is murdered and all the clues lead investigators to the gardener.
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2008)
- in Miss America Comics 70th Anniversary Special (Marvel, 2009 series) #1
Indexer Notes
Writer credit, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-28-09.
[The Three Chances of Cadet Cox] (Table of Contents)
The Whizzer / comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Rico
- Inks:
- Bob Oksner
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Whizzer [Jack Robinson]; Corsair Cox (first appearance; villain; D); the Nazis (villains); Bill Cox (first appearance).
- Synopsis:
- Young Cadet Bill Cox learns that his father, who was paying for his military training, was one of the biggest bandits of all time, so he quits the academy and vows to become a crook like his father before him.
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2008).
Indexer Notes
Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 3-28-09.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
Sky Demons Over America
The Human Torch -
2.
The Case of the Yellow Fire Monster
Captain America -
3.
Terror In Tokyo
Sub-Mariner -
4.
Return Engagement
-
5.
[The Real Hitler]
The Destroyer -
6.
The Mystery of the Ghost Killer
Let's Play Detective -
7.
[The Three Chances of Cadet Cox]
The Whizzer
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
- Lou Mazzella
- Per Sandell
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Lou Mougin
- Tony R. Rose
- Craig Delich
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