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Issue Details

Issue #13
Published April 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Japanese soldier (supposed to be Hideki Tojo?)
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Avison
Inks Al Avison
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010)

1 page credits "Contents page"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
Synopsis Illustrated contents page with short synopses for each story therein.
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Avison ?
Inks Al Avison ?
Letters typeset
Notes Found on the inside front cover. Stan Lee is listed as editor for this issue.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010)

20 page Captain America story "The League of the Unicorn!"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Prince Tsaihoon; Princess Yana; The League of the Unicorns (villains, introduction), King Unicorn Zong [Burton J. Hargraves] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis A railroad boss poses as King Zong, leader of the League of Unicorns, an oriental criminal gang that wear helmets with spikes on their foreheads to slay enemies. Zong hopes to profit from sowing discord between China and the Allies, but Cap and Bucky defeat him and hand him over to police.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee ?
Pencils Al Avison (signed)
Inks Al Avison (signed)
Notes The Masterworks edition lists Al Avison as penciller with inks by Syd Shores and George Klein.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010)

1 page Polly Tix filler

Characters Polly Tix; Mrs. Polly
Synopsis Polly returns home from what he considers a dull ocean trip, but his wife discovers some hany-panky that went on.
Genre humor
Script Fred Schwab
Pencils Fred Schwab
Inks Fred Schwab
Letters Fred Schwab
Notes Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-7-3.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010)

20 page Captain America story "The Lighthouse of Horror"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Duffy; Betty Ross; un-named lighthouse keeper; The Looter [Mr. Phillips] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis Cap and Bucky must stop the activities of 20th Century pirates who are able to block the beam of a lighthouse, causing ships to run aground so they can be looted by the criminals.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee?
Pencils Al Avison (signed)
Inks Al Avison (signed)
Notes The Masterworks edition lists Al Avison doing pencils, George Klein as doing inks.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010)

2 page text story "Wild West"

Characters Grandpop Saunders; Tom Saunders; Blackie Dione [as Oliver Wentworth] (villain)
Synopsis A notorious gunman and killer in disguise from Chicago appears one day in Butlertown, intent on buying a ranch.....but not just any ranch.....the ranch belonging to Grandpop Saunders, which has a fortune in gold in a mine located on the property.
Genre adventure
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010)

7 page The Imp story "Doctor Sinn"

Characters The Imp; Jefferson Vandemeer; Dr. Sinn (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis The Imp tangles with Dr. Sinn, who has discovered a book on black magic which reveals magic words that makes Sinn the most powerful man alive!
Genre humor; crime
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Chad Grothkopf [as Chad] (signed)
Inks Chad Grothkopf [as Chad] (signed)
Letters Chad Grothkopf ?
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010)

5 page Headline Hunter story "The One Man Invasion!"

Characters Headline Hunter [Jerry Hunter]; Lord Danvers; Herr Horner (villain); Cramm (villain, Gestapo agent)
Synopsis A pair of Nazi agents enter the U.S. to kidnap a British newspaper publisher and take him to Germany, all to prevent the publishers' anti-Nazi articles from seeing print.
Genre crime
Notes The story title was taken from the contents page.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010)

1 page Sentinels of Liberty filler "Sentinels of Liberty Secret Club News"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
Synopsis Illustrated club page which encourages all Sentinels to keep fighting the enemy by purchasing U.S. defense stamps and supporting the Red Cross.
Genre superhero
Letters typeset
Notes Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-7-3.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010)

8 page The Secret Stamp, U.S. Defense Agent story "Origin of the Secret Stamp"

Characters The Secret Stamp [Roddy Colt] (introduction and origin); Tom Colt; Jerry Dash (reporter); Mr. Williams (banker); Spud Sickles
Synopsis A group of criminals, who have stolen many defense stamps from Roddy Colt, are threatening to kill a local banker until he pays them $10,000.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Don Rico (signed)
Inks Don Rico (signed)
Notes The Masterworks edition lists Don Rico as penciler and George Klein as inker.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010)

1 page Captain America filler "Don't Delay Another Second!"

Characters Captain Amerioca [Steve Rogers]
Synopsis Illustrated house ad encouraging readers to join Cap's Sentinels of Liberty.
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Avison ?
Inks Al Avison ?
Letters typeset
Notes Found on the inside back cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-7-3.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010)