Issue | #4 |
Published | June 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. 4, June 1941 issue. Single copies 10c. Yearly subscription $1.00. Printed in U.S.A. |
Characters | Captain America; Bucky. |
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 |
Characters | Captain America; Bucky; V: Ivan the Terrible. |
Synopsis | TOC of contents page, which, in text and art, informs readers of the stories and features found inside the issue. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Joe Simon |
Notes | Found on the inside front cover. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; GS: President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Villains: The Unholy Legion (I), Herr Snupp (I). |
Synopsis | Cap and Bucky investigate the strange enigma of the death and destruction that followed in the wake of mysterious beggars, whose bore the brand of the swastika. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Al Avison; Al Gabriele |
Notes | Ink credits from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-12-08. |
Reprinted | in Captain America: The Classic Years (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (June 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 |
Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Betty Ross; King Peter Ross; V: Ivan the Terrible. |
Synopsis | Out of the pages of history steps the most brutal and feared tyrant of the Middle Ages to conquer all that dare to cross his path...that is, until he picked on Captain America and Bucky. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Notes | Inks credits from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-12-08. |
Reprinted | in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #4; 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]; Tom Peters; Betty Ross; Villians: counterfeiting gang. |
Synopsis | Cap and Bucky dare to enter a haunted house in order to discover what the strange noises were emanating from it, and end up breaking up a large counterfeiting ring flooding the nation with millions of dollars in counterfeit bills. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Pencils | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Inks | Joe Simon |
Notes | Pencils credits from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-12-08. |
Reprinted | in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #4; 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]; Miss Ray; Betty Ross; Sgt. Duffy; Villains: Dr. Grimm (I, D), Gorro (I, D), Igan (I), Lomm (I). |
Synopsis | Blood curdling screams coming from a desolate sanitarium lead Captain America into to the most horrible mystery of his career. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Pencils | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Inks | Joe Simon |
Notes | Pencils credits from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-12-08. |
Reprinted | in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #4; 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]; I: Sentinels of Liberty; Prof. Colby; Villains: One-Eye, Monk. |
Synopsis | The Sentinels of Liberty hold a meeting and invite Steve Rogers to speak to them. But when a gang of toughs show up to steal a valuable invention next door from a professor's lab, it's Captain America who tells the boys to come to the aid of the professor. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee (signed} |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-12-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Young Allies 70th Anniversary Special (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 |
Characters | Captain America; Bucky. |
Synopsis | Promotional ad encouraging readers to join the Sentinels of Liberty. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Inks | Joe Simon |
Notes | The image of Cap and Bucky to top was taken from the splash of "The Wax Statue That Struck Death" from Captain America #2. Entire sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 6-12-08. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Tuk; Tanir; V: Bonzo the Brute (I); GS: Eve. |
Synopsis | Tuk and Tanir must find a way to stop the destructive and wanton behavior of one Bonzo the Brute! |
Genre | barbarian |
Script | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Pencils | Reed Crandall ? |
Inks | Reed Crandall ? |
Notes | Story title taken from the contents page; synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-12-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Captain America; the Defender; the Angel; Sub-Mariner; the Fiery Mask; Human Torch; Toro; Hurricane; Rockman |
Synopsis | Promtional ad, in text and art, for the new issue of USA Comics and a new comics, All-Aces, coming in the summer. Also, the editors warn all imitators of the character of Captain America that they will prosecute, to the fullest extent of the law, any imitations of their copyrighted feature. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | various |
Inks | various |
Notes | Entire sequence and info added by Craig Delich 6-12-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Hurricane; Villains: John Caruthers [D] and his gang. |
Synopsis | When criminals mysteriously disappear from the American scene, the public was relieved....but Hurricane became very suspicious. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Simon; Jack Kirby |
Pencils | Reed Crandall ? |
Inks | Reed Crandall ? |
Notes | Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-12-08. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |
Characters | Captain America; Bucky. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Joe Simon |
Notes | Found on the back cover. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #1. |