(October 1941)
Marvel, 1941 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-08-04
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Timely Comics Inc.
- Editing
- Joe Simon (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4.
[no title indexed](Table of Contents)
Captain America / cover / 1 page(report information)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bucky [Bucky Barnes];Captain America [Steve Rogers]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
inCaptain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1990 series) #2 (June 1990)- inCaptain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #2 (September 2000)
- inMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 ([July] 2008),#2 ([July] 2008)
- inGolden Age Captain America Omnibus (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (2014)
- inKing-Size Kirby (Marvel, 2015 series) (2015)
- inTimely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019),[Direct] (2019) [new trade dress]
inMarvel Origins (Hachette [DE], 2023 series) #10 - Avengers 1 (1963) ([Dezember] 2023)
Indexer Notes
Some info added by Craig Delich 1-8-09.
Captain America Contents(Table of Contents: 1)
table of contents / 1 page(report information)
- Characters
- Bucky [Bucky Barnes];Captain America [Steve Rogers]
- Synopsis
- Illustrated table of contents page, listing features, some story titles & synopses, and cover ad for The Young Allies Comics #1.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Found on the inside front cover. Notes, much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-8-09.
The Red Skull; An Ear for Music(Table of Contents: 2)
Captain America / comic story / 13 pages(report information)
- Script
- Joe Simon;Jack Kirby (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Simon;Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Simon (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bucky [Bucky Barnes];Captain America [Steve Rogers];Sergeant Duffy;Red Skull [Johann Shmidt] (villain, introduction);Betty Ross; Captain Craig (death); von Ratt (villain); Kroft (villain, death)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Cap has to contend with the return of the Red Skull and figure out why he is using Chopin's "Funeral March" as the means of his diabolical mission of destruction.
- Reprints
- inFantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #6 (December 1966) [some art alterations to conform to Comics Code restrictions]
- inCaptain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1990 series) #2 (June 1990) [New color art. See note at issue level.]
- inCaptain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #2 (September 2000)
- inMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 ([July] 2008)
- inGolden Age Captain America Omnibus (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (2014)
- inKing-Size Kirby (Marvel, 2015 series) (2015)
- inCaptain America: The 75th Anniversary Vibranium Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) (2016)
- inTimely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
Indexer Notes
Pencil credits from Greg Theakston. Two story titles for this story. Notes, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-8-09.
Death Loads the Bases(Table of Contents: 3)
Captain America / comic story / 15 pages(report information)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bucky [Bucky Barnes];Captain America [Steve Rogers];Sergeant Duffy; Bernard Riggley; Old Pop Grimes; Joey DiRaggio (death); Adams (death); The Black Toad [Chuck McArthur] (villain, introduction, death); Charlie (villain)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- After the mysterious deaths of two baseball players for the Brooklyn Badgers, Captain America agrees to pitch for the team in order to draw the murderer out of hiding.
- Reprints
- inFantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #7 (February 1967) [some art alterations to conform to Comics Code restrictions]
- inCaptain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1990 series) #2 (June 1990) [New color art. See note at issue level.]
- inCaptain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #2 (September 2000)
- inMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 ([July] 2008)
- inCaptain America Comics 70th Anniversary Special (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (June 2009)
- inGolden Age Captain America Omnibus (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (2014)
- inCaptain America: The 75th Anniversary Vibranium Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) (2016)
Indexer Notes
Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-8-09.
Read The Human Torch(Table of Contents: 4)(Expand) /
Human Torch / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page(report information)
A Message from Captain America(Table of Contents: 5)
Captain America / text story / 2 pages(report information)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bucky [Bucky Barnes];Captain America [Steve Rogers];Father Time [Larry Scott];Headline Hunter [Jerry Hunter];Hurricane;Betty Ross
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Captain America relates brief biographies of the various characters who appear in the pages of his magazine: Betty Ross, Sergeant Duffy, Father Time, Jerry "Headline" Hunter, and Hurricane.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-8-09.
Horror Plays the Scales(Table of Contents: 6)
Captain America / comic story / 13 pages(report information)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bucky [Bucky Barnes];Captain America [Steve Rogers];Sergeant Duffy; Senator Alvin Benson (death); Inspector Grimes; Senator Shores; The Fiddler (villain, introduction, death); Haver (villain); Hobbs (villain)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Cap has to battle the evil intentions of a man who uses a domestic employment agency as a blind in order to get his Nazi agents into the homes of anti-Nazi Senators in order to kill them.
- Reprints
- inFantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #8 (April 1967) [retitled]
- inCaptain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1990 series) #2 (June 1990) [New color art. See note at issue level.]
- inGolden Age of Marvel (Marvel, 1997 series) #[nn] (October 1997)
- inCaptain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #2 (September 2000)
- inMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 ([July] 2008)
- inGolden Age Captain America Omnibus (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 (2014)
- inCaptain America: The 75th Anniversary Vibranium Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) (2016)
- inTimely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019), (2019)
Indexer Notes
Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-8-09.
[Justice Laughs Last](Table of Contents: 7)
Hurricane, Master of Speed / comic story / 7 pages(report information)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hurricane;Solidius X. "Speedy" Scriggles (introduction, sidekick); Petro (villain, introduction)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Hurricane helps to fend off a group of protection racket gangsters, and, in the process, picks himself up a new partner in the fight against crime.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-8-09.
Credits from Avengers, Thor, and Captain America: Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 2010 series) #2. Art formerly credited to Charles Nicholas.
[Dust of Destruction](Table of Contents: 8)
Headline Hunter, Foreign Correspondent / comic story / 5 pages(report information)
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Headline Hunter [Jerry Hunter]; Mr. Reginald; Mr. Perry (villain); Fritz (villain)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- An American man is framed for a murder of a British star, and Hunter discovers that the man's cousin is responsible, hoping to gain wealth from the Nazis and money from his cousin's estate after he is hanged.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-8-09.
Race Against Doom(Table of Contents: 9)
Father Time / comic story / 7 pages(report information)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Father Time [Larry Scott]; Hal Saxson; unnamed D.A. (villain); unnamed Bank President (villain); Joe (villain)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- One of Larry Scott's friends is accused of boarding a ship, shooting its officers and plundering the gold before sinking it, but Father Time smells a rat when he discovers the gold was counterfeit.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-8-09.
[no title indexed](Table of Contents: 10)
Sentinels of Liberty Secret Club News / activity / 1 page(report information)
- Genre
- superhero
- Synopsis
- Regular columns, "A Message From Captain America" and "Bucky's Column" are presented as well as several activity puzzles to challenge reader's abilities.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Sequence, synopsis and all info added by Craig Delich 1-8-09.
Captain America Declares a 'State of Unlimited Junior National Emergency'!(Table of Contents: 11)(Expand) /
Sentinels of Liberty / advertisement / 1 page(report information)
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Table of Contents
- 0.[no title indexed]
Captain America - 1.Captain America Contents
- 2.The Red Skull; An Ear for Music
Captain America - 3.Death Loads the Bases
Captain America - 4.Read The Human Torch
Human Torch - 5.A Message from Captain America
Captain America - 6.Horror Plays the Scales
Captain America - 7.[Justice Laughs Last]
Hurricane, Master of Speed - 8.[Dust of Destruction]
Headline Hunter, Foreign Correspondent - 9.Race Against Doom
Father Time - 10.[no title indexed]
Sentinels of Liberty Secret Club News - 11.Captain America Declares a 'State of Unlimited Junior National Emergency'!
Sentinels of Liberty
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