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Issue Details

Issue #12
Published March 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Some info added by Craig Delich 7-18-09.

Cover Details - "The Weird Case of the Pygmies of Terror"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Dr. Crime
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Avison (signed)
Inks Al Avison (signed)
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2009)

1 page Captain America credits "Contents Page"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
Synopsis Illustrated contents page, listing each inside feature with short synopsis of each.
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Avison ?
Inks Al Avison ?
Letters typeset
Notes Found on the inside front cover.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2009)

20 page Captain America story "The Terrible Menace of the Pygmies of Terror!"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Duffy; Dr. Crime [Dr. Edward Elmgren] (villain, introduction); Professor Gibbs (villain); Jim Barney (villain); Knuckles Sampson (villain, death); Paul Fung (villain, death)
Synopsis A scientist returns from the Amazon with a secret gas that turns people into the size of pgymies to rob and kill for him, and Cap & Bucky must figure out a way to stop him after being shrunken themselves.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Al Avison (signed)
Inks Al Avison (signed)
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2009)

1 page Sentinels of Liberty advertisement "Don't Delay Another Second!"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Synopsis Illustrated ad featuring Captain America encouraging readers to join the Sentinels of Liberty.
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Avison ?
Inks Al Avison ?
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2009)

20 page Captain America story "The Case of Rozzo the Rebel"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; President Alvaro; Lotta; Rozzo (villain; introduction, death); Felipe (villain)
Synopsis Two old comrades, who once swore to share half of the other's wealth in life, suddenly find themselves opposed to one another, even unto the death!
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Avison (signed)
Inks Al Avison (signed)
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2009)

6 page The Imp story "Introducing the Imp"

Characters The Imp (introduction); Jefferson Vandermeer; a monster (death); the Spider (villain)
Synopsis The Imp is called forth to fight a monstrous dragon, and not only causes the beast to drown, but he aids in the capture of the Spider and his men.
Genre fantasy; adventure
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Chad Grothkopf [as Chad] (signed)
Inks Chad Grothkopf [as Chad] (signed)
Letters Chad Grothkopf ?
Notes The story in told in rhyme. Oddity: the Imp lives in the ear of Jefferson Vandermeer! Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2009-7-18.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2009)

2 page text story "Timber!"

Characters Pat Cowley; Mr. Cowley; Lamson (villain); Corivan (villain)
Synopsis Two rival loggers engage in a race to see which could float the most logs down the Red River. The reward? A fat contract with the Ames Lumber Company.
Genre adventure
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2009)

7 page Father Time, Nemesis of Evildoers story "The Flaming Horror"

Characters Father Time [Larry Scott]; Beretti (villain); Spike (villain)
Synopsis Father Time must deal with a mobster who has set fire to his own building to collect the insurance. In doing so, he shoots and kills a man, and kidnaps his daughter, to hush up those who know the truth about the situation.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Alderman (signed)
Inks Jack Alderman (signed)
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2009)

5 page Headline Hunter story "The Silent Death?"

Characters Headline Hunter [Jerry Hunter]; Ed; Guy Stanford (villain, death)
Synopsis Hunter must deal with an angry group of Londoners who have been led to believe that one of Headline's stories led to the sinking of two British ships by the Nazis.
Genre crime
Script Stan Lee [as Neel Nats] (signed)
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2009)