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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published Fall 1941
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Michael J. Vassallo challenges the original indexer's crediting of the pencils to Jack Binder and the inks to Robin King ?. (GCD Error List, 4 April 2006).

Cover Details

Characters Human Torch; Toro; Captain America; Bucky; Sub-Mariner; Destroyer; Whizzer.
Genre superhero
Letters typeset
Notes Michael J. Vassallo challenges the original indexer's crediting of the pencils to Jack Binder and the inks to Robin King ?. (GCD Error List, 4 April 2006).
Reprinted In Giant-Size Invaders (Marvel 2005) #2; In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

1 page Captain America advertisement

Characters Captain America; Bucky; V: Red Skull.
Synopsis Top half of the page is an illustrated promo ad for Captain America Comics, featuring the Red Skull. Lower half is a ad for Cap's Sentinels of Liberty, encouraging readers to join up.
Genre superhero; ad
Notes Found on the inside front cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1

12 page Human Torch story "Carnival of Death!"

Characters Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; V: Howe (I); Jim Mack (I, D); Price.
Synopsis Human Torch and Toro set out to solve the murder of Jimmy Mack, part owner of an old vaudeville theatre years back, who started a fire to collect insurance money because the show was doing poorly. Unfortunately, his partner named Price was horribly burned in the fire and swore revenge. It's up to the Torch and Toro to discover the identity of the true murderer!
Genre superhero
Script Carl Burgos
Pencils Carl Burgos ?
Inks Carl Burgos ?; ?
Notes Synopsis: Added by Mike Nielsen, 2005-12-14 (Per Sandell ed.), revised by Craig Delich 6-28-08. Art credits from Michael J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (4 April 2006).
Reprinted In Giant-Size Invaders (Marvel 2005) #2; In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

13 page Captain America story "The Strange Case of the Malay Idol"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Col. Carter (I); V: Kuoli (Kurt Mueller; I, D).
Synopsis Captain America and Bucky crash on an island in the Pacific while escorting Colonel Carter, who is carrying some vital secret documents, to an important meeting in Singapore. Unfortunately, they are captured by a strange native tribe led by a Nazi wanting those plans!
Genre superhero
Script Jack Kirby; Joe Simon (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed); Al Avison ?
Inks Joe Simon (signed); Al Gabriele ?; Mort Meskin ?
Notes Synopsis: Added by Mike Nielsen, 2005-12-14 (Per Sandell ed.) with revision by Craig Delich 6-28-08. Art credits from Michael J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (4 April 2006).
Reprinted In Giant-Size Invaders (Marvel 2005) #2; In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

1 page USA Comics promo (ad from the publisher) "Hold Your Breathe!"

Characters Captain Terror; V: Nazis.
Synopsis Promotional advertisement for USA Comics #2 [shows cover], featuring seven thrilling comic features, including Captain Terror.
Genre superhero
Letters typeset
Notes Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1

12 page The Destroyer story "Bombs of Doom"

Characters Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Villains: Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess (I), Nazis; I: Florence Von Ward, Prof. Herman Berg.
Synopsis The Nazis have captured Professor Berg and try to convince him to manufacture bombs for them that carry plague germs.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee ?
Pencils Jack Binder (signed)
Inks Jack Binder (signed)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

2 page text story "Winners All"

Characters Destroyer; Whizzer; Captain America; Human Torch; Bucky; Toro; Stan Lee; V: The Nazis; Slug; Lew.
Synopsis Editor Stan Lee meets with current heroes featured in All-Winners and together they agreed that the Destroyer and the Whizzer should be added because of their great exploits against the Nazis.
Genre superhero; adventure
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (illo)
Inks Jack Kirby (illo)
Letters typeset
Notes Illo credit from Greg Theakston (April 19, 2005). Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

12 page Whizzer story "Plague of the Poisoned Jewelry"

Characters The Whizzer [Bob Frank, but calls himself Jim Brown in the story]; Villains: Lens, Paul Smythe (I for both).
Synopsis The Nazis concoct a plan to first smuggle poisoned jewelry into the United States through a legitimate department store to reek havoc amongst the population, then poison a variety of other items once people catch on to the jewelry scam.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Paul Reinman (signed)
Inks Paul Reinman (signed)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

12 page Unsolved Mysteries story "Unsolved Mysteries"

Characters Dr. Wescott
Synopsis The mysteries discussed in this feature revolve around: 1) a 1932 Danish discovery of perfectly preserved bodies of a Viking man and his lady frozen in ice, then transferred to the Royal Museum in Denmark for display under refrigeration; 2) the strange sworn-to appearances of a Dr. Wescott in London on April 12, 1888 when, at the time, he was really at home suffering from a cold; and 3) short discussion on sea serpents.
Genre Fact
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

12 page The Sub-Mariner story "The Ghost Fleet"

Characters The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Villains: Count Von Buckner (I), the Nazis.
Synopsis Sub-Mariner investigates the sinkings of Allied ships by a Nazi "ghost fleet", but discovers that fleet is nothing more than a movie projected in 3-D with Polaroid lenses!
Genre superhero
Pencils Allen Simon ?
Inks Allen Simon ?
Notes Art credits from Michael J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (4 April 2006). Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

1 page Mystic Comics promo (ad from the publisher)

Characters The Destroyer
Synopsis Promotional ad for the new Mystic Comics #6 [cover is shown], head-lining the Destroyer and other great features.
Genre superhero
Pencils Alex Schomburg
Inks Alex Schomburg
Notes Found on the inside back cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

1 page Young Allies Comics promo (ad from the publisher)

Characters Toro; Bucky; Tubby Tinkle; Percy Bartwell; Washington Vanderbilt Jefferson; Whitewash Jones; V: Red Skull, Adolf Hitler.
Synopsis Illustrated promotional ad for Young Allies Comics #1 [cover reproduced, also with newer art].
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby (cover pic); Lee King [as King] (signed)
Inks Syd Shores (cover pic); Lee King [as King] (signed)
Notes On the back cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.
Reprinted In Marvel; Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.