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Issue Details

Issue #74
Published October 1949
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Cover title changed to Captain America's Weird Tales and series becomes an sf anthology.

Cover Details - "The Red Skull Strikes Again!"

Characters Captain America; Golden Girl; Red Skull
Genre superhero
Pencils Martin Nodell
Inks Martin Nodell
Notes Updated cover credits from Tony Isabella from Gary Colabuono who was able to glean the information from Marty Nodell's personal effects (August 6, 2006). Cover pencil & ink credits given originally to "Al Avison?".

6 page Captain America story "The Red Skull Strikes Again!"

Characters Captain America; Golden Girl; Villain: Red Skull; Master Judge (introduction); Charon (introduction)
Synopsis The Red Skull writes Cap's name in the Book of the Dead in Hell so that the Grim Reaper brings Cap down into Hell to battle the Red Skull. Satan allows the Skull his chance for revenge and tells Cap that he can return to the land of mortals if he defeats the Skull. The Red Skull uses the Grim Reaper's weapon against Cap, but Cap still knocks him into the fire pits below. Satan allows Cap to leave Hell.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee ?
Notes Last Golden Age Captain America Story. Next Captain America Story in Young Men (Marvel, 1953 series) #24 (December 1953).

6 page story "The Frozen Ghost!"

Genre horror

2 page text story "For Gold Alone"

Genre Adventure
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Crime Can't Win (Marvel, 1950 series) #42 (December 1950)

6 page story "The Thing In the Swamps!"

Genre Horror

6 page story "The Tomb of Terror"

Genre Horror