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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published Summer 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Some info added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.

Cover Details

Characters The Young Allies: The Young Allies: Bucky; Toro; Percival Aloysius O'Toole [aka Knuckles]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Henry Tinkle [aka Tubby]; The Red Skull.
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Gabriele (signed)
Inks George Klein
Letters typeset
Notes Some info added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.

1 page Young Allies foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "The Young Allies"

Characters The Young Allies: The Young Allies: Bucky; Toro; Percival Aloysius O'Toole [aka Knuckles]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Henry Tinkle [aka Tubby]; the Red Skull.
Synopsis Illustrated contents page w/minimal informative text about story.
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Gabriele (signed)
Inks George Klein
Notes Contents page on the inside front cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.

45 page The Young Allies story "The Most Amazing Story of All Time..."

Characters The Young Allies: The Young Allies: Bucky; Toro; Percival Aloysius O'Toole [aka Knuckles]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Henry Tinkle [aka Tubby]; the Red Skull (villain); Captain America (Steve Rogers, guest star); Bucky [Bucky Barnes, guest star]; the Human Torch (Jim Hammond, guest star); Betty Ross (guest star).
Synopsis Having escaped from certain death from falling from an airplane, the Red Skull begins a campaign to sabotage the entire American defense effort. The Young Allies and Betty Ross confront the Skull several times unsuccessfully, and finally they call in the Human Torch and Captain America to bring the battle to a sucessful conclusion.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (signed on contents page)
Pencils Al Gabriele (signed on contents page)
Inks George Klein
Notes Continued from Captain American Comics #16. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.

2 page text story "Undiscovered Treasure"

Characters Spike; Sam; Doc; Pierre; Big Red
Synopsis Five of the toughest criminals alive head out to Alaska on a search for a fabulous treasure, unaware that only one of them would discover the treasure alive. The ironic part is that the other four, now dead, discovered that treasure, then threw it away!
Genre adventure
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1

1 page U.S. War Bonds and Stamps public service announcement

Synopsis The editors print a letter from the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthal, Jr., which asks the boys and girls of America to buy at least one 10 cent savings stamp every week.
Script Henry Morgenthal, Jr.
Letters typeset
Notes Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.

5 page Pedro the Peril story "Search For Cinnamon Candy"

Characters Pedro the Peril (I, villain); Jose Canusi (villain); Belladona; Paola (villain); Fernando (villain); Don Rico (villain).
Synopsis Pedro heads into town to steal cinnamon candy, but when he and his men arrive, the Sheriff tells him that Don Rico has already robbed the towns people of everything they own.
Genre humor
Pencils M. Fred (signed)
Inks M. Fred (signed)
Notes Writer revision from from M. Fred to ? by Craig Delich. The Who's Who states that Fred was an artist only. Notes, much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.

2 page Hocus Pocus activity

Characters Keith Clark
Synopsis Stage magician Keith Clark demonstrates and explains how various magic tricks are done, including "Dancing on Broken Glass", "Snake Charming" trick, "The Phantom Bracelet" and many more.
Pencils Red Holmdale (signed)
Inks Red Holmdale (signed)
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.

7 page The Vagabond story "The Revenge of Egg-Head"

Characters The Vagabond [Chauncey Throttlebottom III]; Egg-Head (villain; I).
Synopsis Thumbing a ride, the Vagabond becomes a victim of thieves after the load of rare perfumes being carried in the truck he is riding in.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee?
Pencils Ed Winiarski
Inks Ed Winiarski
Notes Vagabond's appearance is between USA Comics #4 and Comedy Comics #11. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.

1 page Human Torch/Sub-Mariner Comics promo (ad from the publisher) "Smash Return!"

Characters The Human Torch; the Sub-Mariner.
Synopsis Illustrated promotional house ad for Human Torch Comics #8 and Sub-Mariner Comics #6.
Genre superhero
Notes Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.

1 page Hocus Pocus activity

Characters Keith Clark
Synopsis Stage magician Keith Clark demonstrates and explains how various magic tricks are done, including "The Disappearing Elephant", "Three Glasses and a Sheet of Paper", "The Mysterious Knot" and more.
Pencils Red Holmdale (signed)
Inks Red Holmdale (signed)
Notes Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.

1 page Sentinels of Liberty promo (ad from the publisher) "Don't Delay Another Second!"

Characters Captain America
Synopsis Illustrated house ad for Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty.
Genre superhero
Notes Found on the inside back cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.

1 page Krazy Komics advertisement

Characters Ziggy Pig; Toughy Tomcat; Posty Pelican; Dingaling
Synopsis Illustrated promotional non-house ad for Krazy Komics.
Letters typeset
Notes Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-28-09. Back cover.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1