(Fall 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)
Captain America; Human Torch; Sub-Mariner / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Alex Schomburg
- Inks:
- Alex Schomburg
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America; Human Torch; Sub-Mariner; Bucky Barnes; Toro; The Japanese.
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All Winners (Marvel, 2005 series) (2008).
Indexer Notes
Some info added by Craig Delich 5-24-09.
The Case of the Masked Strangler (Table of Contents)
Human Torch / comic story / 12 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Harry Sahle
- Inks:
- Jack Alderman?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Human Torch [Jim Hamond]; Toro; Eva Barry [D]; Lorraine Barry [D]; The Madame [Bran Carter] (first appearance; villain; D).
- Synopsis:
- The Flaming Duo must stop a sinister woman named the Madame, who tries to force factory workers to sabotage the war plants that they work in.
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All Winners (Marvel, 2005 series) (2008).
Indexer Notes
Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 5-25-09.
The Gardens of Doom (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]; Dave; Jim [D]; Dr. Botan (first appearance; villain; D?)
- Synopsis:
- Cap and Bucky must square off against a crazed scientist who has succeeded in cross breeding plants and humans to create a creature remaining only 75% still human!
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All Winners (Marvel, 2005 series)(2008).
Indexer Notes
Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 5-25-09.
Hoofs of Doom (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
- Characters:
- Lon Chambers; Berger [villain, D]; un-named boss [villain].
- Synopsis:
- A young man buys several carloads of horses from his father, but then has to fight a man named Berger, who has been ordered by his boss to get him a large group of horses....or else!
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All Winners (Marvel, 2005 series) (2008).
Indexer Notes
Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 5-25-09.
Waterfront Terror (Table of Contents)
Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Allen Simon
- Inks:
- Allen Simon
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Betty Dean; Martin [D]; Mr. Cornell; Mr. Schlick (first appearance; villain); Weasel [villain].
- Synopsis:
- When Namor comes upon a man buying gasoline without the usual ration stamps, he investigates, along with Betty Dean, all the makings of a gasoline racket.
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All Winners (Marvel, 2005 series) (2008).
Indexer Notes
Oddity: Namor locates members of the racket in an old inn called "The Green Lantern"! Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 5-25-09.
none (Table of Contents)
Miss America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- ? (photograph)
- Inks:
- ? (photograph)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Characters:
- Miss America
- Synopsis:
- Photo ad for the Miss America Magazine Contest, offering $1000 in cash prizes to teenage girls who will enter the contest. Readers are instructed to get the November, 1944 issue of Miss America, on sale September 10th, for details.
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All Winners (Marvel, 2005 series) (2008).
Indexer Notes
Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 5-25-09.
The Maze of Madness (Table of Contents)
Whizzer / comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- Bob Oksner
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Whizzer [Jack Robinson]; Alice Jones; Charles Paine; Dr. Lars Krool (first appearance; villain; D).
- Synopsis:
- Whizzer must defeat the evil schemes of Dr. Krool, a scientist who has spent his life studying what it takes to drive animals mad. Now he is looking for a human subject to enter his "super-maze", which will test a man's mind under stress and strain.
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All Winners (Marvel, 2005 series) (2008).
Indexer Notes
Pencil credit revised from Al Gabriele to ?. According to the Who's Who, Gabriele only worked on the Whizzer in 1941. Ink credit revised from Al Bellman to Bob Oksner. According to the Who's Who, Bellman never worked on this strip. Notes, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 5-25-09.
Urgent! Sentinels of Liberty! (Table of Contents)
Captain America / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America; Bucky.
- Synopsis:
- A message from Captain America to the Sentinels of Liberty, visually instructing them [with the help of Bucky] on how to package various types of paper products for the paper salvage efforts being undertaken by the government.
- Reprinted:
- In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All Winners (Marvel, 2005 series) (2008).
Indexer Notes
Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 5-25-09.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Case of the Masked Strangler
Human Torch -
2.
The Gardens of Doom
Captain America -
3.
Hoofs of Doom
-
4.
Waterfront Terror
Sub-Mariner -
5.
none
Miss America -
6.
The Maze of Madness
Whizzer -
7.
Urgent! Sentinels of Liberty!
Captain America
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
- Per Sandell
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Lou Mougin
- Tony R. Rose
- Craig Delich
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