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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published Spring 1943
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Some info added by Craig Delich 8-1-08.

Cover Details

Characters Captain America; Bucky; Human Torch; Toro; Sub-Mariner; V: Nazis.
Genre Super-hero
Pencils Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
Inks Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg
Notes Some info added by Craig Delich 8-1-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

12 page Human Torch story "Invasion By Ice"

Characters Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Villains: Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering, Herr Blucher (I).
Synopsis Torch and Toro must stop the mad plans of a Nazi lunatic, who was released from an asylum, from assisting Hitler in a fantastic plan to invade England.
Genre superhero
Pencils Harry Sahle?
Inks Harry Sahle?
Notes Story title revision, much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-1-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

12 page Captain America story "The Plot To Kill MacArthur"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; GS: Gen. Douglas MacArthur; Villains: Kuhomai (I, D), the Japanese.
Synopsis A cruel Japnese warlord, thirsting for revenge for the shame thrust upon the 'honorable' ancestors of Nippon by the United States, devises a plan to kill General Douglas MacArthur in order to wipe out the memory of the Japanese defeat in the Pacific.
Genre superhero
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-1-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

12 page Sub-Mariner story "Changes the Face of the Earth"

Characters The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Pierre; V: Lt. Werner [Captain Bore].
Synopsis A secret arm of U.S. Intelligence Services gives the Sub-Mariner a vital message for him to deliver to the French Underground HQ in Paris. But he discovers that the U.S. Officer to accompany him is actually a Nazi agent in disguise, deadset to kill Namor before that message can be delivered.
Genre superhero
Pencils Carl Pfeufer?
Inks Carl Pfeufer?
Notes Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-1-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

2 page text story "Mis-Fire"

Characters Andy; Villains: Cleve, Blane [both D].
Synopsis Andy is forced to accompany two criminals into a forest, who are intent on destroying it with wax-covered incendiary bombs. Knowing that this forest was vital to U.S. industry, he works hard to rid Uncle Sam of this threat.
Genre crime
Letters typeset
Notes Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-1-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

12 page The Destroyer story "To Hitler, From Hell"

Characters The Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; V: Satan, Madam Satan, Attila the Hun, Adolf Hitler.
Synopsis Satan, disgusted with how Hitler has muffed the war so far, decides to make Attila the Hun Hitler's new boss, a decision that doesn't set well with the Fuhrer!
Genre superhero
Inks Al Gabriele?
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-1-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

1 page Captain America promo (ad from the publisher) "Thrill After Thrill on Every Page!"

Characters Captain America
Synopsis Illustrated ad urging readers to read Captain America Comics every month, and to join Cap's Sentinels of Liberty.
Genre superhero
Notes Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-1-08.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

12 page The Whizzer story "Holdup! Robbery! Murder!"

Characters The Whizzer [Jack Robinson]; I: Raffles; V: Riko & his mob (I).
Synopsis After the Rico mob robs a bank, they lock two officials inside the vault. Whizzer is called in to handle the situation, but he discovers he needs the assistance of a reformed safe-cracker to accomplish the task before the two men die.
Genre superhero
Pencils George Klein
Inks George Klein
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-1-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).