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Issue Details

Issue #16
Published July 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "Red Skull's cry of alarm rings out as Captain America crashes into his terror chamber!"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Avison [as A. Avison] (signed)
Inks Al Avison [as A. Avison] (signed)
Reprinted in Marvel Visionaries: Stan Lee (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn]; in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 [2010]; in Marvel Deluxe: Stan Lee (Panini, 2007 series) #1

1 page credits "Contents page"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Avison
Inks Al Avison
Letters typeset
Notes Found on the inside front cover.

20 page Captain America story "The Horror of the Seas"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sgt. Duffy; Betty Ross; Eddie (death); Sally (death); The Hooded Horror (villain, introduction); the Sea People and their Ruler (villains, introduction)
Synopsis Cap and Bucky encounter a race of undersea people that have built a temple to their goddess Lai-Son beneath the reef where they sacrifice the townspeople under the command of a Nazi who plans to use them as the spearhead of an invasion.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee ?
Pencils Al Avison
Inks Al Avison
Notes The Masterworks edition lists Manly Wade Wellman as writer and Syd Shores & George Klein with the inks.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010)

1 page Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty promo (ad from the publisher) "Don't Delay Another Second!"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Synopsis Illustrated house ad for Cap's Sentinels of Liberty, asking readers to join up.
Genre superhero
Notes Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-9-15.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010)

7 page Imp story "The Imp and the Pirates"

Characters The Imp; Jefferson Vandermeer; group of pirates (villains)
Synopsis Jefferson and the Imp set out to uncover some pirate treasure, then run into a blood thirsty group of pirates determined not to let them have it.
Genre adventure; children
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Chad Grothkopf [as Chad] (signed)
Inks Chad Grothkopf [as Chad] (signed)
Notes Contents page title; illustrations of Stan Lee and Chad Grothkopf on page 1; last appearance
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010)

1 page Percy filler

Characters Percy; Sally
Synopsis Percy's attempts to impressive a girl with his roller skating backfires on him.....big time!
Genre humor
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks George Klein
Notes Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-9-15. Art credits per Masterworks edition.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010)

2 page text story "Pacific Voyage"

Characters Dick; un-named partner of Dick's
Synopsis Dick and his friend decide to sail back to the United States from China by sailing aboard a Chinese Junk they purchased, but the trip is anything but delightful.
Genre adventure
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010)

24 page Captain America story "Red Skull's Deadly Revenge"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sgt. Duffy; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt] (villain, apparently dies); Brute Benson (villain, death); Duke Shores (villain); Igor (villain)
Synopsis The Red Skull sets out to trap the famed Captain America and succeeds, then takes over Cap's costumed identity, attempting to dishonor the name of America's hero!
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Al Avison (signed)
Inks Al Avison (signed)
Notes The Masterworks edition lists Syd Shores & George Klein as inkers. Captain America is unmasked in this story and his identity revealed to the Red Skull. The Red Skull's next appearance is in Young Allies Comics #4 [his true face is also shown in this story in the guise of an expert archer].
Reprinted in Marvel Visionaries: Stan Lee (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Captain America #600 (Marvel, 2009 series) #600; in Marvel Deluxe: Stan Lee (Panini, 2007 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010)

1 page Sentinels of Liberty Secret Club News promo (ad from the publisher)

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Synopsis Illustrated house page, which gives the names of the winners of the Captain America Coloring Page Contest, the 1st prize of $50 going to Vincent McQuaid of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the 2nd prize of $15 going to Candido Gomez, Jr. of Tampa, Florida. Also listed are the names of the 35 $1 winners, plus the Sentinels Code Passwords of the Month are given.
Genre superhero
Notes Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-9-15.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010)

1 page Joker Comics promo (ad from the publisher)

Characters Powerhouse Pepper; Dippy Diplomat; Tessie the Typist
Synopsis Illustrated ad for Joker Comics #2, with cover illustrated by Basil Wolverton.
Genre humor
Pencils Lee King [as Lee] (signed)
Inks Lee King [as Lee] (signed)
Notes Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-9-15.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010)

7 page The Secret Stamp story "Murder in Cross Lane"

Characters The Secret Stamp [Roddy Colt]; Jerry Dash (reporter); Mr. Snull (railroad ticket agent); Spud Sickles; Titus Locke (villain)
Synopsis When Roddy's reporter friend, Jerry Dash, is accused of murdering a fellow reporter, the Secret Stamp goes into action to save his life from an angry mob.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Don Rico ?; Mike Sekowsky ?
Inks Don Rico ? Paul Reinman ?
Notes Second penciler and second inker credits come from the Masterworks edition.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010)