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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published Winter 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Some info added by Craig Delich 8-26-09.

Cover Details

Characters The Young Allies: Toro; Bucky; Percival Aloysius O'Toole [aka Knuckles]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Henry Tinkle [aka Tubby]; the Nazis.
Genre superhero
Pencils Syd Shores
Inks Syd Shores
Notes Some info added by Craig Delich 8-26-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.

1 page Young Allies foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "The Young Allies"

Characters Captain America; Bucky
Synopsis Table of contents, listing each feature with short synopsis. Also has illustrated promotional ad for Captain America Comics #11.
Pencils Al Avision
Inks Syd Shores
Letters typeset
Notes Found on the inside front cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-26-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.

10 page The Young Allies story "Fate Spins an Evil Web (Chapter 1)"

Characters The Young Allies: Toro; Bucky; Percival Aloysius O'Toole [aka Knuckles]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Henry Tinkle [aka Tubby]; Black Talon (villain), Baron Boche (I, villain), Monk (villain); the Nazis (villains); Martin and Dora Livingstone [I].
Synopsis Black Talon makes an agreement with Nazi butcher Baron Boche to obtain a portion of American land that could provide raw materials for the Nazi war machine. Talon remembers hearing about a Dr. Livingstone, who was searching for undiscovered land, and when the Allies discover a bottle in the water with a message from that doctor inside, Talon's men manhandle the boys and Livingstone's wife to get that bottle and message inside.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Al Gabriele
Inks Al Gabriele
Notes Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-26-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.

10 page The Young Allies story "Trapped In the Whirlpool of Death (Chapter 2)"

Characters The Young Allies: Toro; Bucky; Percival Aloysius O'Toole [aka Knuckles]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Henry Tinkle [aka Tubby]; the Black Talon (villain); Dora Livingstone.
Synopsis Repelling the Talon and his men, the Allies and Dora read the message from her father inside the bottle about this land he calls New America. The group books passage on a ship to discover this land and lay claim to it, but the Talon kidnaps Dora first and threatens to torture the information out of her. The Allies rescue her and are invited to spend the night at her house before leaving on the voyage. Unfortunately for them, the Talon and his men enter the home through an underground passage and toss the Allies into a whirlpool under the home.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Al Gabriele?
Inks Al Gabriele
Notes Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-26-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.

11 page The Young Allies story "Cavern of Doom (Chapter 3)"

Characters The Young Allies: Toro; Bucky; Percival Aloysius O'Toole [aka Knuckles]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Henry Tinkle [aka Tubby]; Dora Livingstone; Captain Weatherbee; the Black Talon (villain)
Synopsis Rescued from the whirlpool and holding off a giant dealy spider, the Allies grab Dora and attempt to escape from her home and the clutches of the Talon. Arriving at the ship that will take them on their voyage, the group is shocked to discover the Talon and his men have taken over the ship. After a brief struggle, the Talon's crew retreats and a Captain Weatherbee, with the Allies as the crew, all set sail for New America, not knowing the Talon is hiding on board!
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Al Gabriele
Inks Al Gabriele
Notes Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-26-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.

9 page The Young Allies story "(Chapter 4)"

Characters The Young Allies: Toro; Bucky; Percival Aloysius O'Toole [aka Knuckles]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Henry Tinkle [aka Tubby]; Dora Livingstone; the Black Talon (villain; aka Captain Weatherbee).
Synopsis Not able to find the Talon aboard, the Allies and all are thrilled to finally arrive to the land they are searching for, but a sudden storm strikes and all believe Toro died in the storm. Meanwhile, the Talon meets with the island's inhabitants and arranges for them to kill the Allies while he finds the treasure discovered by Dora's father. Escaping from that peril with the help of Toro, who suddenly reappears, the Allies and Dora receive a drum message from her father and they seek him out. Unfortunately, and as Bucky soon discovers, Captain Weatherby is actually the Talon in disguise!
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Al Gabriele
Inks Al Gabriele
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-26-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.

9 page The Young Allies story "Fighting the Nazi Lamp of Death (Chapter 5)"

Characters The Young Allies: Toro; Bucky; Percival Aloysius O'Toole [aka Knuckles]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Henry Tinkle [aka Tubby]; Dora Livingstone; Dr. Martin Livingstone; the Black Talon (villain); Baron Boche (villain); the Nazis (villains).
Synopsis The Allies chase the Talon into an underground passage inside a pyramid in the Haunted City on the island, but are trapped until rescued by Martin Livingstone himself. Then the group races out to save Dora from the evil clutches of the Talon and Baron Boche.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Al Gabriele
Inks Al Gabriele
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-26-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.

11 page The Young Allies story "The Battle With Nazi Invaders (Chapter 6)"

Characters The Young Allies: Toro; Bucky; Percival Aloysius O'Toole [aka Knuckles]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Henry Tinkle [aka Tubby]; Dora Livingstone; Dr. Martin Livingstorne; the Black Talon (villains); Baron Boche (villain); the Nazis (villains); GS: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; the Human Torch [Jim Hammond].
Synopsis The Allies, along with Dora and Martin Livingstone, become the prisoners of the Nazi horde, but soon escape and take off in a Nazi plane. The plane is chased and shot down by the Talon, who pitches the Allies into the tentacles of a giant octopus. They escape and Toro flies back to America to enlist the aid of Captain America and the Torch, who help to defeat the Talon's forces once and for all.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Al Gabriele
Inks Al Gabriele
Notes Mucbh info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-26-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.

1 page Unsolved Mysteries filler

Synopsis The mysteries included involved: frozen mammoths, the Haunted Castle and the Betsy Ross Legend.
Genre fact
Script Stan Lee?
Notes Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-26-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.

2 page text story "Cub Reporter"

Characters Randy Lincoln; Editor Pierson; Robert Crosby; Colonel George Crosby; un-named kidnapper
Synopsis Newspaper reporter Lincoln is on the trail of a kidnapped boy, who had wandered into a park and disappeared. Soon after it is discovered that he was kidnapped and a large ransom is being demanded.
Genre adventure
Letters typeset
Notes The last page of the story has the Statement of Ownership, indicating that the Publisher is U.S.A. Comic Magazine Publishing Corporation, Managing Editor being Martin Goodman and the Business Manager to be Abraham Goodman. Note, much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-26-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1

1 page Debunker filler

Synopsis This illustrated filler informs readers about how monkeys search each other for fleas, how mountain lions, pumas and panthers are different, and that long, slender hands indicate a person's artistic nature.
Genre fact
Script Stan Lee?
Notes Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-26-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.

1 page All-Winners Comics (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "The Greatest Yet!"

Characters The Human Torch; Captain America; the Whizzer; the Destroyer; the Sub-Mariner.
Synopsis Illustrated promotional house ad for All-Winners Comics #3.
Genre superhero; ad
Notes Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-26-09.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1.