| Issue | #1 |
| Published | March 1941 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Joe Simon |
| Notes | CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS published by monthly Timely Publications, Meriden, Conn. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Meriden, Conn. Entire contents copyright 1940 by Timely Publications, 330 W. 42nd St., New York, N. Y. Vol. 2, No. 1, March 1941 issue Yearly subscription $1.00. Printed in the U.S.A. |
| Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky Barnes; Adolf Hitler |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Reprinted | in Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #400; in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #2; in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] |
| Characters | Captain America; Bucky Barnes; Villians: Red Skull, Rathkone, Omar. |
| Synopsis | TOC pages introduces the stories and features in text and art for this issue. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Joe Simon |
| Notes | Some info added by Craig Delich 6-9-08. |
| Reprinted | in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 |
| Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers] (Introduction, Origin); Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; J. Arthur Grover; Professor Anton Erskine [Professor Reinstein] (Introduction, Death); President Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Synopsis | The Army is looking for a solution to the threat the Axis Powers pose to the people of America, and they discover the secret answer to their prayers: a super-soldier serum that will create an army of super soldiers! However, only one man receives the serum before it and its creator are destroyed: Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America! |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Al Liederman |
| Notes | Inking credit from Joe Simon, via Greg Theakston. The last half of page 8 is an ad inviting readers to join Captain America's "Sentinels of Liberty". Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08. |
| Reprinted | in Great Comic Book Heroes, The (Dial Press, 1965 series) #nn; in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier (Marvel, 2010 series) #1. |
| Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes}; V: Sando (Von Krantz)[I], Omar (I); Betty Ross. |
| Synopsis | Captain America and Bucky set out to solve the riddle of the connection between a wave of sabotage sweeping the U.S. defense industries and a strange little man who predicted it would happen! |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
| Pencils | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Joe Simon |
| Notes | Pencil credit from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08. |
| Reprinted | in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 |
| Characters | Captain America; Bucky; Villains: The Crusher, Slinky. |
| Synopsis | Cap and Bucky uncover a plot to poison an entire Army post by saboteurs. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Joe Simon? Jack Kirby? |
| Inks | Joe Simon? Jack Kirby? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Art credits and synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08. |
| Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
| Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Admiral Perkins [D]; V: Rathcone (I), Herr Kameleon (I), Strangler (I); I: Sgt. Mike Duffy. |
| Synopsis | A weird figure has carved wooden chess figures of people who must be eliminated before he launches the mightiest blitzkrieg the would has ever seen. Unfortunately for him, two of those figures are Captain America and Bucky! |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
| Pencils | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Joe Simon |
| Notes | Pencils credit from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08. |
| Reprinted | in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 |
| Characters | V: Red Skull II (George Maxon)[I]; Major Croy [D]; General Manor [D]. |
| Synopsis | Cap and Bucky come face to face with a villain who scares the wits out of his victims, then injects them with a poison that convinces others that he has killed them with his eyes! |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Ed Herron |
| Pencils | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Joe Simon |
| Notes | Script and pencils credit from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08. |
| Reprinted | in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Marvel Milestones: Doom, Sub-Mariner & Red Skull (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn]; in Best of Simon and Kirby, The (Titan Books, 2009 series) #[nn] |
| Synopsis | Promotional ad for USA Comics and its features, which goes on sale about January 20th. |
| Pencils | ? [no art, just letters] |
| Inks | ? [no art, just letters] |
| Notes | Sequence added by Craig Delich 6-9-08. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 |
| Characters | I: Hurricane (Mercury, son of "Thor" (actually Zeus), aka Mike Cury); V: Pluto, Piggy Perroni. |
| Synopsis | Alarmed at the gangland murders in a coastal town, Hurricane decides to "join" the gang in order to be in a position to halt their crimes. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Jack Kirby |
| Notes | Inks credit from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08. |
| Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #2 [1 p. excerpt] |
| Characters | I & O: Tuk; I: Phaidor and Rhaya (D, in flashback); I: Tanir; V: Goreks (I, D). |
| Synopsis | Before his death, wise old Ak relates to Tuk about how he was the survivor of the hairless ones who once came to the jungle. Later, he meets up with Tanir, and they decide to team up and travel together. |
| Genre | barbarian |
| Script | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Jack Kirby |
| Notes | Inks credit from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08. |
| Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #2 [1 p. excerpt] |