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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published April 1941
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Joe Simon
Notes CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS published monthly by Timely Comics, Inc., Meriden, Conn. Entered as second class matter at the post office, Meriden, Conn. Entire contents copyright 1941 by Timely Comics, Inc., 330 W. 42nd St., N. Y., N. Y. Vol. 2 No. 2, April 1941 issues. Yearly subscription $1.00. Printed in U.S.A.

Cover Details - "Trapped in the Nazi Stonghold!"

Characters Captain America; Bucky; V: Adolf Hitler.
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Simon
Inks Joe Simon
Notes Art credits from Greg Theakston.
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #29; in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1

1 page Captain America story "Contents page"

Characters Captain America; Bucky; Adolf Hitler.
Synopsis TOC page with text and art re the stories and features that are contained inside the issue.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon
Notes Inside front cover. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

15 page Captain America story "The Ageless Orientals That Wouldn't Die!!"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Betty Ross; V: Benson (I), Finley (I, D), Oriental giants (I, D).
Synopsis Cap and Bucky must battle huge oriental giants that came from Tibet, and the master that controlled them, to prevent widespread carnage and destruction.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Reed Crandall
Notes Ink credit from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08.
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #29; in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1

1 page Sentinels of Liberty promo (ad from the publisher) "A Message From Captain America"

Characters Captain America; Bucky.
Synopsis Illustrated promotional ad for Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty, asking readers to join up, and, for those who have and haven't yet received their badges, that they are on their way.
Genre superhero
Notes Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 6-9-08.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

15 page Captain America story "Trapped in the Nazi Stronghold"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Henry Baldwin; V: Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goring, Agent 3-21 (I, D).
Synopsis Cap and Bucky cross the ocean to challenge the fury of Nazi guns and dive bombing Stukas, staging a two-man Blitz in the stronghold of Hitler himself, as they effect a daring rescue!
Genre superhero
Script Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon
Notes Pencil credits from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08.
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #29; in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1

15 page Captain America story "The Wax Statue That Struck Death"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; V: The Wax Man (Mayor Dobbs)[I].
Synopsis As America's greatest statesmen vanish and die, smothered in death masks made of wax, Captain America and Bucky endeavor to bring justice as well as doom to the Wax-Man's gory dungeons.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon
Notes Pencil credits from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08.
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #29; in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1

1 page Captain America text story "Short Circuit"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; V: Herr Glotz.
Synopsis Cap and Bucky stop the attempts of the Nazis to blow up the camp recreation hall from a mine shaft running underneath it.
Genre superhero
Letters typeset
Notes The last 1/3 of the 2nd page was a blurb announcing the return of the Red Skull in the next issue. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08.
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #29; in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

6 page Tuk, Caveboy story "The Valley of the Mist"

Characters Tuk; Tanir; I: Princess Eve; King Amir; Villains: Hairy Ones (I, D), Witches of Endor (I).
Synopsis Tuk and Ranir save King Amir and his people from the hairy ones, and in return, he gives directions to the pair to the famed Atlantis.
Genre barbarian
Script Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils Al Avison
Inks Al Gabrielle
Notes Pencil and ink credits from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08.
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #29; in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

10 page Hurricane story "The Devil and the Green Plague"

Characters Hurricane [Michael Gray]; Dr. Rand; Dr. Holden; V: Pluto, Jivaros (I), Axti (I, D).
Synopsis Hurricane agrees to accompany the Holden expedition into the Matto Grasso, where they will join a Doctor Clay, who is battling a strange body wasting disease that is killing thousands there daily.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Jack Kirby
Notes Note: the contents page title is used as story title, and Hurricane is "Michael Gray" in this story. Ink credit from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-8-08.
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #29; in Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 (December 1999); in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #nn (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #2 [1 p. excerpt]