Issue | #4 |
Published | Summer 1942 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Some info added by Craig Delich 8-28-09. |
Characters | The Young Allies: The Young Allies: Bucky; Toro; Percival Aloysius O'Toole [aka Knuckles]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Henry Tinkle [aka Tubby]; The Red Skull. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Al Gabriele (signed) |
Inks | George Klein |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Some info added by Craig Delich 8-28-09. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1. |
Characters | The Young Allies: The Young Allies: Bucky; Toro; Percival Aloysius O'Toole [aka Knuckles]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Henry Tinkle [aka Tubby]; the Red Skull. |
Synopsis | Illustrated contents page w/minimal informative text about story. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Al Gabriele (signed) |
Inks | George Klein |
Notes | Contents page on the inside front cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-28-09. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1. |
Characters | The Young Allies: The Young Allies: Bucky; Toro; Percival Aloysius O'Toole [aka Knuckles]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Henry Tinkle [aka Tubby]; the Red Skull (villain); Captain America (Steve Rogers, guest star); Bucky [Bucky Barnes, guest star]; the Human Torch (Jim Hammond, guest star); Betty Ross (guest star). |
Synopsis | Having escaped from certain death from falling from an airplane, the Red Skull begins a campaign to sabotage the entire American defense effort. The Young Allies and Betty Ross confront the Skull several times unsuccessfully, and finally they call in the Human Torch and Captain America to bring the battle to a sucessful conclusion. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee (signed on contents page) |
Pencils | Al Gabriele (signed on contents page) |
Inks | George Klein |
Notes | Continued from Captain American Comics #16. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-28-09. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1. |
Characters | Spike; Sam; Doc; Pierre; Big Red |
Synopsis | Five of the toughest criminals alive head out to Alaska on a search for a fabulous treasure, unaware that only one of them would discover the treasure alive. The ironic part is that the other four, now dead, discovered that treasure, then threw it away! |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Stan Lee (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-28-09. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 |
Synopsis | The editors print a letter from the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthal, Jr., which asks the boys and girls of America to buy at least one 10 cent savings stamp every week. |
Script | Henry Morgenthal, Jr. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-28-09. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1. |
Characters | Pedro the Peril (I, villain); Jose Canusi (villain); Belladona; Paola (villain); Fernando (villain); Don Rico (villain). |
Synopsis | Pedro heads into town to steal cinnamon candy, but when he and his men arrive, the Sheriff tells him that Don Rico has already robbed the towns people of everything they own. |
Genre | humor |
Pencils | M. Fred (signed) |
Inks | M. Fred (signed) |
Notes | Writer revision from from M. Fred to ? by Craig Delich. The Who's Who states that Fred was an artist only. Notes, much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-28-09. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1. |
Characters | Keith Clark |
Synopsis | Stage magician Keith Clark demonstrates and explains how various magic tricks are done, including "Dancing on Broken Glass", "Snake Charming" trick, "The Phantom Bracelet" and many more. |
Pencils | Red Holmdale (signed) |
Inks | Red Holmdale (signed) |
Notes | Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-28-09. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1. |
Characters | The Vagabond [Chauncey Throttlebottom III]; Egg-Head (villain; I). |
Synopsis | Thumbing a ride, the Vagabond becomes a victim of thieves after the load of rare perfumes being carried in the truck he is riding in. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee? |
Pencils | Ed Winiarski |
Inks | Ed Winiarski |
Notes | Vagabond's appearance is between USA Comics #4 and Comedy Comics #11. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-28-09. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1. |
Characters | The Human Torch; the Sub-Mariner. |
Synopsis | Illustrated promotional house ad for Human Torch Comics #8 and Sub-Mariner Comics #6. |
Genre | superhero |
Notes | Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-28-09. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1. |
Characters | Keith Clark |
Synopsis | Stage magician Keith Clark demonstrates and explains how various magic tricks are done, including "The Disappearing Elephant", "Three Glasses and a Sheet of Paper", "The Mysterious Knot" and more. |
Pencils | Red Holmdale (signed) |
Inks | Red Holmdale (signed) |
Notes | Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-28-09. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1. |
Characters | Captain America |
Synopsis | Illustrated house ad for Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty. |
Genre | superhero |
Notes | Found on the inside back cover. Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-28-09. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1. |
Characters | Ziggy Pig; Toughy Tomcat; Posty Pelican; Dingaling |
Synopsis | Illustrated promotional non-house ad for Krazy Komics. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-28-09. Back cover. |
Reprinted | In Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 |