Issue | #4 |
Published | Spring 1942 |
Cover Price | 0.10 |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Characters | Captain America; Bucky; the Whizzer; the Sub-Mariner; the Destroyer; the Human Torch; Toro. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Al Avison (signed as A. Avison) |
Inks | Al Avison (signed as A. Avison) |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Human Torch; Toro; Destroyer; Whizzer; Captain America; Bucky; Sub-Mariner. |
Synopsis | Illustrated table of contents reviewing each of the features found in the issue. |
Genre | superhero |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 6-29-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Villains: Moppino (I, D), the Japanese. |
Synopsis | Torch and Toro, now that war against Japan has been declared, must face the murder, crime and sabotage that Moppino, the high priest of the rising sun temple, wishes to perpetrate against the city of New York. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Carl Burgos (signed) |
Pencils | Carl Burgos (signed) |
Inks | Carl Burgos (signed) |
Notes | Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-29-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Captain America |
Synopsis | Illustrated ad, encouraging readers to join Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty. |
Genre | superhero |
Notes | Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 6-29-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sgt. Duffy; V: Mysto the Magician [The Sorcerer] (I). |
Synopsis | Steve and Bucky are allowed to go and see a magician's act, but when Mysto uses the Colonel of the post in his act, and they BOTH disappear, Captain America and Bucky head to "Sorcerer's Hollow" to track them down. There they rescue the Colonel and are told that the sorcerer is actually a Japanese spy trying to force the Colonel to reveal the defense secrets of America's new air base. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Al Avison ? |
Inks | George Klein ? |
Notes | Art credits from Michael J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (4 April 2006). The original indexer credited the pencils to Bob Powell and the inks to Al Avison. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-29-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | The Whizzer [Bob Frank]; V: Leet Brannis. |
Synopsis | Whizzer gets on the trail of a gang of crooks who turn in false alarms in order to divert the attention of the Police while they rob theatres. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee ? |
Pencils | Howard James (signed as Howard Johns] |
Inks | Howard James (signed as Howard Johns] |
Notes | Title from contents page. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-29-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Jack Carson; Bill Carson; Silas Henry; Sheriff Watson; Villains: Meanie McGee, Spot. |
Synopsis | Jack and Bill Carson are on the trail of Meanie McGee and his pal, Spot, who are after the fortune amassed by miser Silas Henry, who doesn't trust banks and keeps his money hidden away. |
Genre | adventure |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-29-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; V: Dr. Felix Sak (I). |
Synopsis | The Navy Department calls in Prince Namor to help clear out the Nazi U-boat menace along America's Atlantic seaboard, and runs into Dr. Sak, who has created an underwater cavern from which the subs can attack at will and not have their place of origin discovered. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Bill Everett ? |
Pencils | Bill Everett (signed) |
Inks | Bill Everett (signed); Carl Pfeufer ? |
Notes | Ink credits from Michael J. Vassallo via the GCD Error List (4 April 2006). Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-29-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Dippy Diplomat; Tessie the Typist; Powerhouse Pepper |
Synopsis | Illustrated ad [featuring the cover and new art] for Joker Comics #2. |
Genre | humor |
Pencils | Basil Wolverton (cover); Lee King [as Lee] (signed) |
Inks | Basil Wolverton (cover); Lee King [as Lee] (signed) |
Notes | Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 6-29-08. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 |
Characters | The Destroyer [Keen Marlowe]; Flora; Villains: Heinrich Bungler (I), Adolf Hitler; Pastor Muller [I]. |
Synopsis | The Destroyer hears that a Gestapo agent is going to behead Pastor Muller, who has been defying Hitler, and sets out to save his life. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Al Gabriele ? |
Notes | Title from contents page. Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006). Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-29-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Toro; Bucky; Whitewash Jones; Washington Vanderbilt Jefferson; Tubby Tinkle; Percy Bartwell. |
Synopsis | Illustrated ad for Young Allies Comics #3 [displaying cover] with new art as well. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Al Gabriele [cover]; Lee King (signed as Lee) |
Inks | George Klein [cover]; Lee King (signed as Lee) |
Letters | ?; most typeset |
Notes | Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 6-29-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |