(May 2011)
Marvel,
2011 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 4.99 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- one-shot
- On-sale Date
- 2011-03-23
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Worldwide Inc.
- Brand
-
Captain America 70th Anniversary; Marvel
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- Jeff Youngquist (reprint editor); Joe Simon (original editor)
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Modern Age U. S.
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- One-Shot
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Captain America / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Ching (signed as BC)
- Inks
- Brian Ching (signed as BC)
- Colors
- Michael Atiyeh (signed as MA)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Adolf Hitler; Bucky (inset)
Indexer Notes
The cover design is based on Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1.
![Cover Thumbnail for Captain America Comics #1: 70th Anniversary Special (2011 series) [Kirby variant]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/845/w100/845238.jpg?-5771482306194385447)
..Table of Contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Characters
- Captain America; Bucky Barnes; Red Skull; Rathkone; Omar
- Reprints
- from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (March 1941)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
TOC page introduces the stories and features in text and art for this issue.
Case No. 1 Meet Captain America
Captain America / comic story / 7.5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers] (introduction, origin); Bucky [Bucky Barnes] (introduction); J. Arthur Grover; Professor Reinstein (introduction, death); President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Synopsis
- The Army is looking for a solution to the threat the Axis Powers pose to the people of America, and they discover the secret answer to their prayers: a super-soldier serum that will create an army of super soldiers! However, only one man receives the serum before it and its creator are destroyed: Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America!
- Reprints
- from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (March 1941)
-
[Case No. 2]
Captain America / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Betty Ross; Sando [Von Krantz] (introduction, villain); Omar (introduction, villain)
- Synopsis
- Captain America and Bucky set out to solve the riddle of the connection between a wave of sabotage sweeping the U.S. defense industries and a strange little man who predicted it would happen!
- Reprints
- from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (March 1941)
-
Captain America and the Soldiers' Soup
Captain America / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Simon ? (illustrations); Jack Kirby ? (illustrations)
- Inks
- Joe Simon ? (illustrations); Jack Kirby ? (illustrations)
- Colors
- Fabio D'Auria
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America; Bucky; The Crusher (villain); Slinky (villain)
- Synopsis
- Cap and Bucky uncover a plot to poison an entire Army post by saboteurs.
- Reprints
- from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (March 1941)
-
The Chess Board of Death
Captain America / comic story / 16 pages
- Script
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon
- Colors
- Veronica Gandini
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Admiral Perkins (dies); Sgt. Mike Duffy (introduction); Rathcone (introduction, villain); Herr Kameleon (introduction, villain); Strangler (introduction, villain)
- Synopsis
- A weird figure has carved wooden chess figures of people who must be eliminated before he launches the mightiest blitzkrieg the would has ever seen. Unfortunately for him, two of those figures are Captain America and Bucky!
- Reprints
- from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (March 1941)
-
The Riddle of the Red Skull
Captain America / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Red Skull [George Maxon] (villain, introduction); Major Croy (dies); General Manor (dies)
- Synopsis
- Cap and Bucky come face to face with a villain who scares the wits out of his victims, then injects them with a poison that convinces others that he has killed them with his eyes!
- Reprints
- from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (March 1941)
-
Murder Ltd.
Hurricane / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Jack Kirby
- Colors
- Matt Milla
- Letters
- Jack Kirby
- Editing
- Joe Simon (Original Editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hurricane [Mike Cury] (introduction); Pluto (villain); Piggy Perroni (villain)
- Synopsis
- Alarmed at the gangland murders in a coastal town, Hurricane decides to "join" the gang in order to be in a position to halt their crimes.
- Reprints
- from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (March 1941)
-
Indexer Notes
The story is a reworked Mercury (the character from Red Raven Comics) story.
Inks credit from Greg Theakston.
Letters credit identified by Greg Theakston and later Harry Mendryk on the Jack Kirby Museum web page http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2369, 31 October 2008 (retrieved 15 December 2014).
Stories from the Dark Ages
Tuk Caveboy / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- Tuk (introduction, origin); Phaidor (introduction, dies in flashback); Rhaya (introduction, dies in flashback); Tanir (introduction, villain, dies); Goreks (villain, introduction, dies)
- Synopsis
- Before his death, wise old Ak relates to Tuk about how he was the survivor of the hairless ones who once came to the jungle. Later, he meets up with Tanir, and they decide to team up and travel together.
- Reprints
- from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (March 1941)
-
- Keywords
- barbarian
Indexer Notes
Letters credit identified by Greg Theakston and later Harry Mendryk on the Jack Kirby Museum web page http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/2369, 31 October 2008 (retrieved 15 December 2014).
[Credits and Masthead]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Simon (illustration); Jack Kirby (illustration)
- Inks
- Joe Simon (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]
- Reprints
- from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (March 1941) [page 14, panel 8 of "The Riddle of the Red Skull", enlarged]
-
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Captain America -
1.
..Table of Contents
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2.
Case No. 1 Meet Captain America
Captain America -
3.
["Here is how you can become a member of... Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty..."]
Captain America -
4.
[Case No. 2]
Captain America -
5.
Captain America and the Soldiers' Soup
Captain America -
6.
The Chess Board of Death
Captain America -
7.
The Riddle of the Red Skull
Captain America -
8.
[USA Comics]
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9.
Murder Ltd.
Hurricane -
10.
Stories from the Dark Ages
Tuk Caveboy -
11.
[Credits and Masthead]
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12.
[Back cover promotional]
Captain America
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