Issue | #2 |
Published | Fall 1941 |
Cover Price | 0.10 |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Michael J. Vassallo challenges the original indexer's crediting of the pencils to Jack Binder and the inks to Robin King ?. (GCD Error List, 4 April 2006). |
Characters | Human Torch; Toro; Captain America; Bucky; Sub-Mariner; Destroyer; Whizzer. |
Genre | superhero |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Michael J. Vassallo challenges the original indexer's crediting of the pencils to Jack Binder and the inks to Robin King ?. (GCD Error List, 4 April 2006). |
Reprinted | In Giant-Size Invaders (Marvel 2005) #2; In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Captain America; Bucky; V: Red Skull. |
Synopsis | Top half of the page is an illustrated promo ad for Captain America Comics, featuring the Red Skull. Lower half is a ad for Cap's Sentinels of Liberty, encouraging readers to join up. |
Genre | superhero; ad |
Notes | Found on the inside front cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 6-28-08. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 |
Characters | Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; V: Howe (I); Jim Mack (I, D); Price. |
Synopsis | Human Torch and Toro set out to solve the murder of Jimmy Mack, part owner of an old vaudeville theatre years back, who started a fire to collect insurance money because the show was doing poorly. Unfortunately, his partner named Price was horribly burned in the fire and swore revenge. It's up to the Torch and Toro to discover the identity of the true murderer! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Carl Burgos |
Pencils | Carl Burgos ? |
Inks | Carl Burgos ?; ? |
Notes | Synopsis: Added by Mike Nielsen, 2005-12-14 (Per Sandell ed.), revised by Craig Delich 6-28-08. Art credits from Michael J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (4 April 2006). |
Reprinted | In Giant-Size Invaders (Marvel 2005) #2; In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Col. Carter (I); V: Kuoli (Kurt Mueller; I, D). |
Synopsis | Captain America and Bucky crash on an island in the Pacific while escorting Colonel Carter, who is carrying some vital secret documents, to an important meeting in Singapore. Unfortunately, they are captured by a strange native tribe led by a Nazi wanting those plans! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jack Kirby; Joe Simon (signed) |
Pencils | Jack Kirby (signed); Al Avison ? |
Inks | Joe Simon (signed); Al Gabriele ?; Mort Meskin ? |
Notes | Synopsis: Added by Mike Nielsen, 2005-12-14 (Per Sandell ed.) with revision by Craig Delich 6-28-08. Art credits from Michael J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (4 April 2006). |
Reprinted | In Giant-Size Invaders (Marvel 2005) #2; In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Captain Terror; V: Nazis. |
Synopsis | Promotional advertisement for USA Comics #2 [shows cover], featuring seven thrilling comic features, including Captain Terror. |
Genre | superhero |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 6-28-08. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 |
Characters | Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Villains: Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess (I), Nazis; I: Florence Von Ward, Prof. Herman Berg. |
Synopsis | The Nazis have captured Professor Berg and try to convince him to manufacture bombs for them that carry plague germs. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee ? |
Pencils | Jack Binder (signed) |
Inks | Jack Binder (signed) |
Notes | Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-28-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Destroyer; Whizzer; Captain America; Human Torch; Bucky; Toro; Stan Lee; V: The Nazis; Slug; Lew. |
Synopsis | Editor Stan Lee meets with current heroes featured in All-Winners and together they agreed that the Destroyer and the Whizzer should be added because of their great exploits against the Nazis. |
Genre | superhero; adventure |
Script | Stan Lee (signed) |
Pencils | Jack Kirby (illo) |
Inks | Jack Kirby (illo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Illo credit from Greg Theakston (April 19, 2005). Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-28-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | The Whizzer [Bob Frank, but calls himself Jim Brown in the story]; Villains: Lens, Paul Smythe (I for both). |
Synopsis | The Nazis concoct a plan to first smuggle poisoned jewelry into the United States through a legitimate department store to reek havoc amongst the population, then poison a variety of other items once people catch on to the jewelry scam. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee (signed) |
Pencils | Paul Reinman (signed) |
Inks | Paul Reinman (signed) |
Notes | Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-28-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Dr. Wescott |
Synopsis | The mysteries discussed in this feature revolve around: 1) a 1932 Danish discovery of perfectly preserved bodies of a Viking man and his lady frozen in ice, then transferred to the Royal Museum in Denmark for display under refrigeration; 2) the strange sworn-to appearances of a Dr. Wescott in London on April 12, 1888 when, at the time, he was really at home suffering from a cold; and 3) short discussion on sea serpents. |
Genre | Fact |
Notes | Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-28-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Villains: Count Von Buckner (I), the Nazis. |
Synopsis | Sub-Mariner investigates the sinkings of Allied ships by a Nazi "ghost fleet", but discovers that fleet is nothing more than a movie projected in 3-D with Polaroid lenses! |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Allen Simon ? |
Inks | Allen Simon ? |
Notes | Art credits from Michael J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (4 April 2006). Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-28-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | The Destroyer |
Synopsis | Promotional ad for the new Mystic Comics #6 [cover is shown], head-lining the Destroyer and other great features. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Alex Schomburg |
Inks | Alex Schomburg |
Notes | Found on the inside back cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 6-28-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Toro; Bucky; Tubby Tinkle; Percy Bartwell; Washington Vanderbilt Jefferson; Whitewash Jones; V: Red Skull, Adolf Hitler. |
Synopsis | Illustrated promotional ad for Young Allies Comics #1 [cover reproduced, also with newer art]. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Jack Kirby (cover pic); Lee King [as King] (signed) |
Inks | Syd Shores (cover pic); Lee King [as King] (signed) |
Notes | On the back cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 6-28-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel; Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |