(February 1946)

Marvel, 1941 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1945-12-18
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Complete Photo Story Corp.
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Schomburg
Inks
Alex Schomburg
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky Barnes; Human Torch (inset)

Robe of Evil (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain America / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Clem Weisbecker
Inks
Al Gabriele
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Robe [Snatch] (villain, introduction, death); Hammer Riley (villain, introduction, death); Satan (villain, cameo, flashback); Michael (an archangel, introduction, flashback)
Synopsis
A small-time hood named Snatch is beaten by his gangster boss for abandoning his lookout post when confronted by Cap and Bucky. Snatch swears vengeance and when he gets his chance he swipes a package outside a costume shop which the costumer claims is a replica of the legendary Robe of Evil. When Snatch puts on the robe he no longer feels cowardly and gains strength and invulnerability. He even has different speech patterns that disappear after he removes the robe. He returns to his boss, kills him, and takes over his mob.

Indexer Notes

Martin O'Hearn identified the penciller as Clem Weisbecker on his blog at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2021/07/clems-cap.html . Previously, we had Vince Alascia.

Practice Makes Perfect (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

The Killer Who Died Twice (Table of Contents: 3)

Human Torch / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Paul Reinman
Inks
Carmine Infantino
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro

Murder Etched In Stone (Table of Contents: 4)

Captain America / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger ?
Pencils
Clem Weisbecker
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Ivor (introduction, villain); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (a few details of his boyhood); Inspector Grady; Bucky Barnes; Hogan
Synopsis
Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006)

Indexer Notes

Martin O'Hearn identified the penciller as Clem Weisbecker on his blog at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2021/07/clems-cap.html . Previously, we had Vince Alascia.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Captain America
  2. 1. Robe of Evil
    Captain America
  3. 2. Practice Makes Perfect
  4. 3. The Killer Who Died Twice
    Human Torch
  5. 4. Murder Etched In Stone
    Captain America
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