Issue | #2 |
Published | April 1941 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Joe Simon |
Notes | CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS published monthly by Timely Comics, Inc., Meriden, Conn. Entered as second class matter at the post office, Meriden, Conn. Entire contents copyright 1941 by Timely Comics, Inc., 330 W. 42nd St., N. Y., N. Y. Vol. 2 No. 2, April 1941 issues. Yearly subscription $1.00. Printed in U.S.A. |
Characters | Captain America; Bucky; V: Adolf Hitler. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Joe Simon |
Inks | Joe Simon |
Notes | Art credits from Greg Theakston. |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #29; in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 |
Characters | Captain America; Bucky; Adolf Hitler. |
Synopsis | TOC page with text and art re the stories and features that are contained inside the issue. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Simon, Jack Kirby |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Joe Simon |
Notes | Inside front cover. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Betty Ross; V: Benson (I), Finley (I, D), Oriental giants (I, D). |
Synopsis | Cap and Bucky must battle huge oriental giants that came from Tibet, and the master that controlled them, to prevent widespread carnage and destruction. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Reed Crandall |
Notes | Ink credit from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08. |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #29; in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 |
Characters | Captain America; Bucky. |
Synopsis | Illustrated promotional ad for Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty, asking readers to join up, and, for those who have and haven't yet received their badges, that they are on their way. |
Genre | superhero |
Notes | Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 6-9-08. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Henry Baldwin; V: Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goring, Agent 3-21 (I, D). |
Synopsis | Cap and Bucky cross the ocean to challenge the fury of Nazi guns and dive bombing Stukas, staging a two-man Blitz in the stronghold of Hitler himself, as they effect a daring rescue! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Pencils | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Inks | Joe Simon |
Notes | Pencil credits from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08. |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #29; in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 |
Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; V: The Wax Man (Mayor Dobbs)[I]. |
Synopsis | As America's greatest statesmen vanish and die, smothered in death masks made of wax, Captain America and Bucky endeavor to bring justice as well as doom to the Wax-Man's gory dungeons. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Pencils | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Inks | Joe Simon |
Notes | Pencil credits from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08. |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #29; in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 |
Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; V: Herr Glotz. |
Synopsis | Cap and Bucky stop the attempts of the Nazis to blow up the camp recreation hall from a mine shaft running underneath it. |
Genre | superhero |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | The last 1/3 of the 2nd page was a blurb announcing the return of the Red Skull in the next issue. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08. |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #29; in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Tuk; Tanir; I: Princess Eve; King Amir; Villains: Hairy Ones (I, D), Witches of Endor (I). |
Synopsis | Tuk and Ranir save King Amir and his people from the hairy ones, and in return, he gives directions to the pair to the famed Atlantis. |
Genre | barbarian |
Script | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Pencils | Al Avison |
Inks | Al Gabrielle |
Notes | Pencil and ink credits from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-9-08. |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #29; in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Hurricane [Michael Gray]; Dr. Rand; Dr. Holden; V: Pluto, Jivaros (I), Axti (I, D). |
Synopsis | Hurricane agrees to accompany the Holden expedition into the Matto Grasso, where they will join a Doctor Clay, who is battling a strange body wasting disease that is killing thousands there daily. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Jack Kirby |
Notes | Note: the contents page title is used as story title, and Hurricane is "Michael Gray" in this story. Ink credit from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-8-08. |
Reprinted | in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #29; in Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 (December 1999); in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #nn (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #2 [1 p. excerpt] |