Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	Winter 1944-1945
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Vince Fago

Cover Details

Characters	Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Human Torch; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Bucky Barnes; Toro
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Alex Schomburg
Inks	Alex Schomburg

14 page Captain America story "The Bamboo Knife Butcher"

Characters	Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Smallen (first appearance; villain; death); a gang of savages (first appearance; villains); Mrs. James Mallon (first appearance); Jim Mallon, Jr. (first appearance)
Synopsis	Natives exert a strange influence over a man and he sends his nephew's mother a shrunken head and claims it is her son. Her son is still alive, however, and Captain America and Bucky rescue him and send the uncle plunging to his doom.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Vince Alascia
Inks	Al Bellman

12 page Human Torch story "The Shadow of the Stalking Death"

Characters	Human Torch; The Past [Tim] (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Al Bellman
Inks	Al Bellman

7 page Whizzer story "Speed For Sale"

Characters	Whizzer [Jack Robinson]; Ed "Mock" Turtle (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jack Binder
Inks	Al Gabriele
Notes	Whizzer is still "Jack Robinson."

13 page Sub-Mariner story "The Mystery of the Great Lakes"

Characters	Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Herr Swastika (first appearance; villain); the Nazis (villains)
Genre	superhero
Script	Bob Powell?
Pencils	Bob Powell
Inks	Bob Powell