Issue | #5 |
Published | August 1941 |
Cover Price | 0.10 |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Joe Simon |
Notes | Some info added by Craig Delich 1-3-09. |
Characters | Captain America; Bucky; V: the Ringmaster; images of Betty Ross, Red Skull. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Syd Shores |
Notes | Some info added by Craig Delich 1-3-09. |
Reprinted | In Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2008). |
Characters | Captain America; Bucky; Villains: Captain Okada, the Ringmaster. |
Synopsis | Illustrated contents page listing the various features w/synopses of many stories. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | various |
Inks | various |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Found on the inside front cover. Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-3-09. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2008). |
Characters | Captain America [Steve Roger]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Betty Ross; Sergeant Duffy; General Blaine [D]; Defense Commissioner Newsome [D]; Villains: The Ringmaster and his Circus [Tommy Thumb, Zandow the Strong Man, Omir the Snake Charmer, Trapeze Trio (I). |
Synopsis | Steve and Bucky decide to visit the circus for some fun, but its Cap and Bucky that face the Ringmaster's Wheel of Death and its purpose: to allow the villain to place America into a steel vise of terror, using vicious mobsters as his personal Gestapo! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Simon, Jack Kirby (signed) |
Pencils | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby (signed) |
Inks | Joe Simon (signed) |
Notes | Pencils credits from Greg Theakston. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-3-09. |
Reprinted | In Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #5; in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2008). |
Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Duffy; General Haywood; Commander Phillips; Marie; Villains: Captain Okada, Toshio [I, D for both]. |
Synopsis | Captain America and Bucky investigate the disappearance of the patrol Boat "Winfield" with its crew, and discover a sinister villain responsible that has his HQ inside a monstrous sea serpent. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Simon, Jack Kirby |
Pencils | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Inks | Joe Simon |
Notes | Pencils credits from Greg Theakston. Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-3-09. |
Reprinted | In Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #5; in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2008). |
Characters | The Human Torch; Toro; the Black Marvel; the Sub-Mariner; Captain America; Bucky; the Angel. |
Synopsis | Illustrated promotional ad for the features appearing in All-Winners Quarterly #1. Sale date listed as May 10, 1941. |
Genre | superhero |
Letters | ?, most typeset |
Notes | Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 1-3-09. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2008). |
Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; the Sentinels of Liberty; Heinrich Schmidt; Bob Schmidt; Villains: the Nazis [Hans, Fritz, others]. |
Synopsis | When a Nazi Bund beats up a man of German descent [because he won't join up], Captain America and Bucky attack the Bund camp and Cap is captured. Bucky races back to the city and enlists the aid of the Sentinels of Liberty to help rescue Cap and round up the rogues. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Simon, Jack Kirby |
Pencils | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Inks | Joe Simon |
Notes | Pencil credits from Greg Theakston. Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-3-08. |
Reprinted | In Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #5; in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2008). |
Characters | Captain America; Bucky |
Synopsis | Illustrated promotional ad for Cap's Sentinels of Liberty, whose goal was to have 100,000 members by July 4, 1941. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | ?? |
Letters | ?; most typeset |
Notes | Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 1-3-09. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2008). |
Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Jerry Briggs; Mr. Briggs; V: Muggsy. |
Synopsis | Jerry has just attended his first meeting of the Sentinels of Liberty, but wishes someday to acutally see Captain America in the flesh. However, when his father finds out where he has been, he forbids his son to attend any more meetings because he believes that Cap is a fake. Both are in for the surprise of their life when Cap does appear.....to stop the theft of a large ruby. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Inks | Joe Simon |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-3-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2008); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2008). |
Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Tom Jason; V: Pepo Laroc (I) |
Synopsis | Steve and Bucky visit a POW at Devil's Island, but are alarmed at his physical condition and obvious fear of the prison's commandant. So, Captain America and Bucky decide to get to the bottom of the situation as only they can. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Simon, Jack Kirby |
Pencils | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Inks | Joe Simon |
Notes | Pencils credits from Greg Theakston. The last half of page 6 is an illustrated ad for Marvel Mystery Comics #21, depicting its cover with text. Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-3-09. |
Reprinted | In Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Essential Captain America (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (2000); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2008). |
Characters | Headline Hunter [Jerry Hunter]; Ambassador Jordan; Mr. Billings; Mr. Crawford; V: Mr. Cooles. |
Synopsis | Hunter is called to the American Embassy in London to investigate the theft of the Ambassador's briefcase which contained the food contract between America and England. If it isn't recovered within 24 hours,the Nazis will learn the locations of Allied convoys and sink them. |
Genre | crime |
Script | Stan Lee (signed) |
Pencils | Charles Nicholas |
Inks | Charles Nicholas |
Notes | Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-3-09. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2008). |
Characters | Tuk; Tanir; V: Bonzo [D]. |
Synopsis | Tuk makes haste to save his friend Tanir from the evil clutches of Bonzo. |
Genre | barbarian |
Script | Joe Simon, Jack Kirby |
Pencils | Reed Crandall ? |
Inks | Reed Crandall ? |
Notes | Last appearance. The main splash MAY have art by Simon and Kirby. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-3-09. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2008). |
Characters | Hurricane [Harry Kane]; Villains: Horace Flinthart [D], Nick. |
Synopsis | Hurricane sees a connection between a retired financier giving millions away to charity and the fact that the Master of Speed is getting counterfeit bills from every bank he seeks to get change from. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee? |
Pencils | Charles Nicholas |
Inks | Charles Nicholas |
Notes | Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 1-3-09. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2008). |