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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published May 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. 3, May 1941 issue. Single copies 10c. Yearly subscriptions $1.00. Printed in U.S.A.

Cover Details

Characters Captain America; Bucky; V: Red Skull.
Genre superhero
Pencils Alex Schomburg
Inks Alex Schomburg
Reprinted in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Marvel Visionaries: Stan Lee (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Marvel Deluxe : Stan Lee (Panini, 2007 series) #1

1 page Captain America foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Contents page"

Characters Captain America; Bucky; V: The Hunchback (I; Craig Talbot).
Synopsis TOC for the issue in text and illustration re the features contained in the issue.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon
Letters typeset
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-10-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

17 page Captain America story "The Return of the Red Skull"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; V: Red Skull II (D).
Synopsis The Red Skull returns from the dead to wreak horrible vengeance on unsuspecting victims, including a phony Cap and Bucky, the brainchildren of a group of thugs.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon; Jack Kirby; Al Avison; Al Gabriele
Notes Pencil and ink credits from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-10-08.
Reprinted in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1

1 page Sentinels of Liberty promo (ad from the publisher) "Special Offer to the Readers of Captain America"

Characters Captain America
Synopsis Promotional ad for readers, encouraging them to join Cap's Sentinels of Liberty.
Genre superhero
Notes Entire sequence and info added by Craig Delich 6-10-08.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

17 page Captain America story "The Hunchback of Hollywood and the Movie Murder"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Mark Carstine; Carol Young; Goris Barloff; V: The Hunchback (Craig Talbot)[I].
Synopsis Death and terro lurk behind the scenes of a Hollywood movie set as Cap and Bucky hunt a hunchback madman, whose bloody hand seeks to stop the grinding cameras from filming the truth for a liberty loving public.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Bernie Klein; George Roussos
Notes Ink credits from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-10-08.
Reprinted in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #3; in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1

2 page Captain America text story "Captain America Foils the Traitor's Revenge"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; V: Lou Haines; Colonel Stevens.
Synopsis Lou Haines swears revenge on the life of a Colonel for his being booted out of Camp.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby
Letters typeset
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-10-08.
Reprinted in Marvel Super-Heroes Special (Marvel, 1966 series) #1; in Captain America Sentinel of Liberty (Simon and Schuster, 1979) #nn; in Marvel Visionaries: Stan Lee (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn]; in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Marvel Deluxe : Stan Lee (Panini, 2007 series) #1

11 page Captain America story "The Queer Case of the Murdering Butterfly and the Ancient Mummies"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; V: The Butterfly (Dr. Vitrioli)[I, D], Lenny (I, D).
Synopsis Laughing at law and order, the Butterfly loots a museum of its priceless treasures until Captain America and Bucky steps in to clip his wings.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Reed Crandall
Notes Inks credit from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-10-08.
Reprinted in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #3; in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1

6 page Tuk, Cave-boy story "Atlantis and the False King"

Characters Tuk; GS: Tanir; Eve; Villains: King of Atlantis (I), Soothsayer (I).
Synopsis Tuk and Tanir help Princess Eve regain her rightful throne in Atlantis.
Genre barbarian
Script Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
Pencils Mac Raboy
Inks Mac Raboy
Notes Title taken from contents page; synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-10-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

2 page Amazing Spy Adventures story "The True Story of the Bald Head Message"

Characters King Darius; Istiaeus.
Synopsis The use of a young servant boy to provide a message to the Ionians completely fools the Persians.
Genre spy
Script Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-10-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.

7 page Hurricane story "Satan and the Subway Disasters"

Characters Hurricane; Villains: Pluto [S. Devile], Scarface Rispoli.
Synopsis The use of "infernal death boxes" in causing subway wrecks draws the attention of Hurricane.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils Reed Crandall ?
Inks Reed Crandall ?
Notes Story title taken from contents page title; synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-10-08.
Reprinted In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1.