Issue | #16 |
Published | July 1942 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Al Avison [as A. Avison] (signed) |
Inks | Al Avison [as A. Avison] (signed) |
Reprinted | in Marvel Visionaries: Stan Lee (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn]; in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 [2010]; in Marvel Deluxe: Stan Lee (Panini, 2007 series) #1 |
Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Al Avison |
Inks | Al Avison |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Found on the inside front cover. |
Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sgt. Duffy; Betty Ross; Eddie (death); Sally (death); The Hooded Horror (villain, introduction); the Sea People and their Ruler (villains, introduction) |
Synopsis | Cap and Bucky encounter a race of undersea people that have built a temple to their goddess Lai-Son beneath the reef where they sacrifice the townspeople under the command of a Nazi who plans to use them as the spearhead of an invasion. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee ? |
Pencils | Al Avison |
Inks | Al Avison |
Notes | The Masterworks edition lists Manly Wade Wellman as writer and Syd Shores & George Klein with the inks. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010) |
Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers] |
Synopsis | Illustrated house ad for Cap's Sentinels of Liberty, asking readers to join up. |
Genre | superhero |
Notes | Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-9-15. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010) |
Characters | The Imp; Jefferson Vandermeer; group of pirates (villains) |
Synopsis | Jefferson and the Imp set out to uncover some pirate treasure, then run into a blood thirsty group of pirates determined not to let them have it. |
Genre | adventure; children |
Script | Stan Lee (signed) |
Pencils | Chad Grothkopf [as Chad] (signed) |
Inks | Chad Grothkopf [as Chad] (signed) |
Notes | Contents page title; illustrations of Stan Lee and Chad Grothkopf on page 1; last appearance |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010) |
Characters | Percy; Sally |
Synopsis | Percy's attempts to impressive a girl with his roller skating backfires on him.....big time! |
Genre | humor |
Pencils | Mike Sekowsky |
Inks | George Klein |
Notes | Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-9-15. Art credits per Masterworks edition. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010) |
Characters | Dick; un-named partner of Dick's |
Synopsis | Dick and his friend decide to sail back to the United States from China by sailing aboard a Chinese Junk they purchased, but the trip is anything but delightful. |
Genre | adventure |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010) |
Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sgt. Duffy; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt] (villain, apparently dies); Brute Benson (villain, death); Duke Shores (villain); Igor (villain) |
Synopsis | The Red Skull sets out to trap the famed Captain America and succeeds, then takes over Cap's costumed identity, attempting to dishonor the name of America's hero! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee (signed) |
Pencils | Al Avison (signed) |
Inks | Al Avison (signed) |
Notes | The Masterworks edition lists Syd Shores & George Klein as inkers. Captain America is unmasked in this story and his identity revealed to the Red Skull. The Red Skull's next appearance is in Young Allies Comics #4 [his true face is also shown in this story in the guise of an expert archer]. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Visionaries: Stan Lee (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Captain America #600 (Marvel, 2009 series) #600; in Marvel Deluxe: Stan Lee (Panini, 2007 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010) |
Characters | Captain America [Steve Rogers] |
Synopsis | Illustrated house page, which gives the names of the winners of the Captain America Coloring Page Contest, the 1st prize of $50 going to Vincent McQuaid of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the 2nd prize of $15 going to Candido Gomez, Jr. of Tampa, Florida. Also listed are the names of the 35 $1 winners, plus the Sentinels Code Passwords of the Month are given. |
Genre | superhero |
Notes | Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-9-15. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010) |
Characters | Powerhouse Pepper; Dippy Diplomat; Tessie the Typist |
Synopsis | Illustrated ad for Joker Comics #2, with cover illustrated by Basil Wolverton. |
Genre | humor |
Pencils | Lee King [as Lee] (signed) |
Inks | Lee King [as Lee] (signed) |
Notes | Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-9-15. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010) |
Characters | The Secret Stamp [Roddy Colt]; Jerry Dash (reporter); Mr. Snull (railroad ticket agent); Spud Sickles; Titus Locke (villain) |
Synopsis | When Roddy's reporter friend, Jerry Dash, is accused of murdering a fellow reporter, the Secret Stamp goes into action to save his life from an angry mob. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Don Rico ?; Mike Sekowsky ? |
Inks | Don Rico ? Paul Reinman ? |
Notes | Second penciler and second inker credits come from the Masterworks edition. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2010) |