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Issue Details

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.

Cover Details - "Horror Hospital"

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

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

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.

15 page Captain America story "The Unholy Legion"

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

9 page Captain America story "Ivan the Terrible"

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

10 page Captain America story "The Case of the Fake Money Fiends"

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

13 page Captain America story "Horror Hospital"

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

2 page Captain America text story "Captain America and the Bomb Sight Thieves"

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

1 page Sentinels of Liberty promo (ad from the publisher) "Join Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty"

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.

6 page Tuk, Caveboy story "The Ogre of the Cave-Dwellers"

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.

1 page USA Comics and All-Aces Comics promo (ad from the publisher) "Coming Soon!!"

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.

7 page Hurricane story "The Pirate and the Missing Ships"

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.

1 page Captain America illustration

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.