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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published Winter 1941-42
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Michael J. Vassallo challenges the original indexer's crediting of the art to Robin King ? (4 April 2006).

Cover Details

Characters Captain America; Bucky; Human Torch; Toro; the Destroyer; the Whizzer; Sub-Mariner.
Genre superhero
Notes Michael J. Vassallo challenges the original indexer's crediting of the art to Robin King ? (4 April 2006).
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "All Winners"

Characters Human Torch; Toro; Captain America; the Whizzer; the Sub-Mariner; the Destroyer
Synopsis Illustrated table of contents of the various features and stories included in the issue.
Genre superhero
Letters typeset
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.

12 page Human Torch story "The Case of the Black Dragon Society"

Characters Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Ray Thompson [D]; Howard Smith; Villains: The Black Dragon Society [I, Micka is the head].
Synopsis After the mysterious suicide of a agent of the Black Dragon Society, who has just killed the owner of many oil wells, the Torch and Toro head east to see the owner of one of those wells, discovering the Japanese plan to blow up its pipeline.
Genre superhero
Script Carl Burgos ?
Pencils Carl Burgos ?
Inks Carl Burgos ?; Harry Sahle ?
Notes Inks 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.

12 page Captain America story "The Canvas of Doom!"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; V: The Artist (I).
Synopsis Cap and Bucky come face to face with a lunatic artist, who paints portraits of his victims in the act or throes of death, then invites them to view the canvas, which hypnotizes them into doing away with themselves.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (signed as S.T. Anley]
Pencils Al Avison (signed)
Inks Al Avison (signed); Syd Shores ?
Notes Inks credit from Michale J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (4 April 2006). The original indexer credited Bob Powell. Synopsus added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

1 page Marvel Comics advertisement "Whee-eee Boom!"

Characters The Vision; the Sub-Mariner; Jimmy Jupiter; the Patriot; the Human Torch; Toro; the Angel.
Synopsis Illustrated ad for Marvel Comics and all of its many comic features.
Genre superhero; ad
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.

12 page Whizzer story "Terror Prison"

Characters The Whizzer [Bob Frank]; Pedro Castello; Big Sam; Vic Rommdo; V: The Black (the prison Warden, I).
Synopsis The Whizzer goes undercover in a prison where riots, fighting and murder has occured in order to gain inside information. But he is unaware that the appearance of a mysterious criminal called "The Black" is somehow tied to the prison's Warden!
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (signed as Neel Nats]
Pencils Mike Sekowsky (signed as Michael Sekowsky)
Inks George Klein (signed)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

2 page text story "Jungle Drums"

Characters Greg Lamare; V: Carson Wolf.
Synopsis Greg faces a threat from Carson Wolf, a notorious trader who has been trying to pressure the friendly and peaceful Senu tribe to sell him ivory at very low prices.
Genre jungle
Letters typeset
Notes The 2nd page of the story also contains the "Statement of Ownership", which lists Abraham Goodman as Business Manager and Martin Goodman as Managing Editor. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

12 page The Sub-Mariner story "The Ship of Horrors"

Characters The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Lance Johnson; Cecilia Johnson; V: Daglio.
Synopsis Namor must deal with a group of cut-throat mutineers, led by Daglio, who threatens the life of a ship's owner and his daughter if he refuses to turn over a secret chart, which indicates the location of where a fabulously wealthy treasure ship sank.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Everett (signed)
Pencils Bill Everett (signed)
Inks Bill Everett (signed)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

1 page Young Allies Comics advertisement "The Surpise Success of the Century!"

Characters Toro; Bucky; Tubby Tinkle; Washington Vanderbilt Jefferson; Percy Bartwell; Whitewash Jones; V: the Nazis.
Synopsis Illustrated promotional ad [with the cover] for Young Allies Comics #2.
Genre superhero; ad
Pencils Syd Shores
Inks Syd Shores
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.

12 page The Destroyer story "The Secret Tunnel of Death!"

Characters The Destroyer [Keen Marlowe]; Villains: Dr. Dragon (I), Adolf Hitler, the Nazis.
Synopsis The Destroyer sets out to stop the Nazis, led by Doctor Dragon, from completing an undersea tunnel to England that will expedite the German invasion.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee ?
Pencils Chad Grothkopf ?; John Forte ?
Inks Chad Grothkopf ?
Notes Art credits from Michael J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (4 April 2006). The original indexer credited Al Gabriele ? with the inks. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-28-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

1 page USA Comics advertisement "As Powerful as it's Name!"

Characters Captain Terror
Synopsis Illustrated ad [featuring the cover] for USA Comics #3 and all of the comic features contained therein.
Genre superhero; ad
Inks Joe Simon
Letters ?, most typeset
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.