(Spring 1944)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- 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)
Human Torch; Captain America; Sub-Mariner / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
- Inks:
- Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America; Bucky; Sub-Mariner, Human Torch; Toro.
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2008).
The Horror of the Ghost Fiend (Table of Contents)
The Human Torch / comic story / 12 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Alex Schomburg
- Inks:
- George Klein?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Human Torch [Jim Hamond]; Toro; Major Brant; Colonel Charlton; Franz [villain]; Kane [villain, D]; The Wisp (villain, I).
- Synopsis:
- The Flaming Duo must deal with Nazi treachery that slightly alters a message of America's help to protect Mecca to an order for the U.S. to destroy the holy city.
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2008).
Indexer Notes
Inker revision from Allen Bellman to George Klein?. The Who's Who lists Bellman as artist (p/i) in 1943 only, but does list Klein as inker in 1944. Notes, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-22-09.
The Four Trials of Justice (Table of Contents)
Captain America / comic story / 12 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Al Fagaly
- Inks:
- Al Avison ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; The Red Skull (villain)
- Synopsis:
- The four freedoms come under attack when the Red Skull, deciding that the war in Germany is lost, has post-war plans to Nazify America!
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2008)
- in All Winners Comics 70th Anniversary Special (Marvel, 2009 series) #1
Indexer Notes
Inker revision from Al Avison to Al Avison? The Who's Who lists Avison as Captain America artist (p/i) in 1944 and inker only in 1947-48. Note, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-22-09. 2009 reprint credits the pencils to Unknown with Tom Tomasch with inks by Allen Bellman. Atlas Tales Website credits the pencils to Unknown with the inks to possibly being by George Klein.
Ashes (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
- Characters:
- Dave; Will; un-named villain.
- Synopsis:
- Dave and Will, in order to get out of the rain, make themselves at home in what they believe is an empty, abandoned house. In reality, it is a storehouse for illegal guns and ammunition.
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2008).
Indexer Notes
Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-22-09.
Smash the Tunnel of Terror (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]; Captain Krashyu (villain, I, D); the Japanese (villains, many D).
- Synopsis:
- An earthquake rouses Namor to travel to Australia, where he is captured by the Japanese, who show him a tunnel under the ocean floor that stretches from Singapore to Australia, and which they intend to use for invasion.
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2008).
Indexer Notes
Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-22-09.
Urgent! Sentinels of Liberty! (Table of Contents)
Paper Salvage w/Captain America / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America; Bucky.
- Synopsis:
- Cap and Bucky encourage the Sentinels of Liberty members to join them in joining the waste paper drive.
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2008).
Indexer Notes
Sequence, synopsis and all info added by Craig Delich 4-22-09.
The Beachhead Blitz (Table of Contents)
The Destroyer / comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Rico
- Inks:
- Fred Bell?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Major Whalen; Hauptmann [Captain] Schnagel (I, villain); Adolf Hitler (villain); Hermann Göring (villain); Joseph Goebbels (villain); the Nazis (villains).
- Synopsis:
- A British Commando unit places the plans for the Nazis' 2nd Front into the hands of the Destroyer, and his job is to get it to the French Underground. What the Nazis don't know is that the plans are false and designed to trap the Nazis themselves!
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #12 (December 1967)
- in Golden Age of Marvel (Marvel, 1997 series) #[nn] (1997)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2008).
Indexer Notes
Mike Sekowsky credited with the art in the reprint. Writer credit revised from Don Rico? to ?, as the Who's Who doesn't list Rico as writing this strip. Revised inker credit from Don Rico to Fred Bell?, as Who's Who lists Rico ONLY as penciller of this strip and Bell as only other inker on this strip for 1944. Most notes, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 4-22-09.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Horror of the Ghost Fiend
The Human Torch -
2.
The Four Trials of Justice
Captain America -
3.
Ashes
-
4.
Smash the Tunnel of Terror
Sub-Mariner -
5.
Urgent! Sentinels of Liberty!
Paper Salvage w/Captain America -
6.
The Beachhead Blitz
The Destroyer
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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