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Issue Details

Issue #6
Published Fall 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Some info added by Craig Delich 7-24-08.

Cover Details

Characters Captain America; Bucky; Human Torch; Toro; Sub-Mariner; Villains: Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Hideki Tojo.
Genre superhero
Letters typ[eset
Notes Some info added by Craig Delich 7-24-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

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

Characters Human Torch; Toro; Destroyer; Vision; Sub-Mariner; Captain America; Bucky.
Synopsis Table of contents with illustrations of the heroes whose stories appear inside the issue.
Genre superhero
Letters typeset
Notes Found on inside front cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 7-24-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

12 page Human Torch story "Hot Stamp Mob"

Characters The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; cameo: Uncle Sam, Minute Man; Villains: Big Eyes, Joe Thomas.
Synopsis A lucky break on getting the address of one Joseph Thomas off a utility bill leads the Torch and Toro directly into a den counterfeiters of U.S. Savings Stamps!
Genre superhero
Notes Splash page gives feature as "The Minute Man and the Human Torch". Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-24-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

1 page Krazy Komics promo (ad from the publisher) "Like a Comet!"

Characters Lolly; Snappy; Ding a Ling; Rusty; Toughy Tomcat
Synopsis Promotional illoed ad, including the cover, for Krazy Komics #2.
Genre humor; funny animals
Pencils ? (cover art), Lee King [as King] (signed, new art)
Inks ? (cover art), Lee King [as King] (signed, new art)
Notes Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 7-24-08.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

12 page The Destroyer story "The Stone-Man Slayer"

Characters Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Villains: Professor Schultz, Lubitch [I, D for both]; un-named Nazi Commandant; Stone Man.
Synopsis A Nazi sculptor and scientist create a new weapon against the Allies for Hitler: a giant man made of stone!
Genre superhero
Notes Synopsis and some info added by Craig Delich 7-24-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

1 page Marvel Comics promo (ad from the publisher) "Marvel at the World's Greatest Heroes in the Most Exciting Adventures You've Ever Read!"

Characters Human Torch; the Patriot; Sub-Mariner; Jimmy Jupiter; the Vision; the Angel; Terry Vance; the Patriot
Synopsis Illustrated ad for Marvel Comics.
Genre superhero
Pencils Lee King [as Lee] (signed)
Inks Lee King [as Lee] (signed)
Notes Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 7-24-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

2 page text story "The Woim Toins"

Characters Oswald Perkins; Mr. Styles; Villians: "The Boss" [Christopher Fitzgerald Wampus], Willy Wickerschnikle.
Synopsis When "The Boss" sells Willy a bunch of worthless gold stock in the Gleeful Gopher Mine, both are estatic.....that is until "The Boss" believes the stock is really worth something and attempts to buy it back.
Genre adventure
Script Mickey Spillane (signed)
Pencils ? [spot illo]
Inks ? [spot illo]
Letters typeset
Notes Sequence information by Greg Theakston (April 1, 2006). Synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-24-08. Reprint note for Primal Spillane from Arthur Lortie, August 2008.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006); in Primal Spillane: Early Stories 1941-1942 (Gryphon Books, 2004 series)

12 page Captain America story "The Mock Mikado Strikes"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Villains: Baron Jujitso [I, D], Mock Mikado
Synopsis In the 19th Century, the Japanese Emperor's wife has two sons.....something that could lead to a civil war between the two later down the road. However, one, the Mock Mikado, decides to conquer the U.S. before his brother does [who is the leader of Japan], then conquer his brother's throne as well!
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Avison
Notes Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-24-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

1 page Captain America Comics advertisement "Tops! in Thrills! Mystery! Action! Comedy! Patriotism!"

Characters Captain America
Synopsis Illustrated ad for Captain America Comics, as well as a plug to join Cap's Sentinels of Liberty.
Genre superhero
Pencils Lee King (signed)
Inks Lee King (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 7-24-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marcvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

10 page The Black Avenger story

Characters The Black Avenger [Jerry Carstairs][I]; V: Kurt Weidner [D].
Synopsis Jerry is asked by the FBI to take the place of a member of a Nazi spy ring who looks just like him!
Genre superhero
Script Eddie Robbins (signed as Robin)
Pencils Eddie Robbins (signed as Robin)
Inks Eddie Robbins (signed as Robin)
Notes Writer, pencil, and ink credit update by Greg Theakston (April 1, 2006). Writer/artist revision by Craig Delich on 7-24-08 from Robin King? to Eddie Robbins [the Who's Who verifies Robbins as doing this strip]. Synopsis and some info added by Craig Delich 7-24-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

1 page Young Allies promo (ad from the publisher) "Presenting -- Horror in Hollywood!"

Characters Bucky; Toro; Tubby Tinkle; Percy Bartwell; Washington Vanderbilt Jefferson; Whitewash Jones; V: The Owl.
Synopsis Illustrated ad, with cover reprinted, for Young Allies Comics #6.
Genre superhero
Pencils Alex Schomburg ? (cover); Lee King; Biro
Inks Alex Schomburg ? (cover); Lee King; Biro
Notes Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 7-24-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

12 page Sub-Mariner story "Spies Use Their Heads"

Characters Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; J.J. Harris; John Feather-in-Hat; V: Gojo [I, D].
Synopsis Namor, after finding a man scalped, tracks down a nefarious Japanese gang whose leader is tracking down and killing American spies in Japan, who are returning to the States with vital Japanese info hidden on parts of their bodies!
Genre superhero
Script Bill Everett?
Pencils Bill Everett
Notes Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 7-24-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "From the Screen to You!"

Synopsis Illustrated ad for Terry Toons Comics #1 [cover displayed as well as new art].
Genre funny animals
Pencils ? (cover), Lee King [as Lee] (signed)
Inks ? (cover), Lee King [as Lee] (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Found on the inside back cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 7-24-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006).

2 page text story "Man in the Moon"

Genre adventure
Script Mickey Spillane (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Order of this sequence is not known. Its existence and reprint information are from the book "PRIMAL SPILLANE: THE EARLY STORIES, 1941-1942", (edited by Max Allan Collins and Lynn F. Myers, Jr., Gryphon Books, 2003), provided by Arthur Lortie, 6/29/2006. It does not appear in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics #2.
Reprinted In Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Bonanza, 1971 series) #nn; in Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1971 series) #nn; in "PRIMAL SPILLANE: THE EARLY STORIES, 1941-1942", (edited by Max Allan Collins and Lynn F. Myers, Jr., Gryphon Books, 2003).