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Issue: Young Allies #5
Publication Date: January 1942
 
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Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: U.S.A. Comic Magazine Corp.
On Sale Date: 08/28/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: YOUNG ALLIES is published quarterly at Meriden, Conn. by U.S.A. Comic Magazine Corp. Entered as second class matter July 1, 1941 at the post office at Meriden, Conn., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Contents copyright 1942 by U.S.A. Comic Magazine Corp., 330 W. 42nd St., New York, N. Y., Martin Goodman, Pres. Vol. 1, No. 4, Fall 1942 issue. Yearly subscription $.40 in the U.S.A. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and or institutions appearing in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and that any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. Printed in the U.S.A.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Horror in Hollywood!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Alex Schomburg
Alex Schomburg
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Young Allies
Young Allies [Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Bucky [James Barnes]; Knuckles [Percival Aloysius O'Toole]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Tubby [Henry Tinkle]]; Owl
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2012
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2012
as Young Allies #5 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Masterworks edition lists Alex Schomburg definitely as the cover's artist.
From the screen to you!!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ernie Hart ? (cover); ?
Ernie Hart ? (cover); ?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Terry Toons Comics
Pvt. Gandy Goose; Rudy Rooster; Oscar Pig; Dinky Duck; Frenchy Rabbit; Wacky Willie; Bertie Mouse; Andy Wolf
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2012
as From the screen to you!! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Illustrated promotional ad, with cover reprinted, for the first issue of Terry Toons Comics.

Found on the inside front cover.
Horror in Hollywood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee (signed)
Don Rico (signed); Al Avison ?
Syd Shores ?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Young Allies
Young Allies [Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Bucky [James Barnes]; Knuckles [Percival Aloysius O'Toole]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Tubby [Henry Tinkle]]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Montgomery Jeffrey (Colossal Studios producer); H.G. Romaninhoff (studio director); Bruce Brent (actor, death); Beadle (cameraman); Miss Dawn (actress); Owl [aka Karns] (villain, introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); von Richt (villain, death)
The Young Allies, aided by the Torch and Captain America, take on a new villain called the Owl, sent to America by Hitler himself, to ruin the morale and break the spirit of Americans nationwide. The Owl decides to begin this operation in Hollywood, where he plans to destroy the Young Allies, who have been offered a chance to make a movie about their exploits.
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2012
as Horror in Hollywood [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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49
The Masterworks edition lists the writer as unknown (splash is signed by Lee), pencils by Don Rico and unknown, inks by George Klein and unknown. The splash page is signed by Don Rico.
Tops! in Thrills! Mystery! Action! Comedy! Patriotism!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee [as Lee] (signed)
Bill King [as King] (signed)
Bill King [as King] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain America
Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2012
as Tops! in Thrills! Mystery! Action! Comedy! Patriotism! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Illustrated promotional ad for Captain America Comics and providing a coupon for readers to join Cap's Sentinels of Liberty.
Kid Crime-Buster

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure
Jerry Calhoun; Frankie Walling; T. J. Franklin; Arco (villain); Joe (villain); Monte Clawson (villain)
Jerry gets hit on the head with a pack of chewing gum wrapped in paper with a pin-hole message for help. It seems that Franklin was kidnapped by the Clawson gang and forced to turn over $65,000 in cash and securities.
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2012
as Kid Crime-Buster [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Your Life Depends on It!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stan Lee (signed)
Al Avison (signed)
Al Avison (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain America
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Adolf Hitler (villain, cameo); Hideki Tojo (villain, cameo)
After cleaning up a group of spies, Cap begins to tell Bucky, and the readers, exactly why buying war stamps and bonds is vitally important to the life of every American.
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2012
as Your Life Depends On It! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
War Bond promotional advertisement.

The Masterworks edition lists Avison as penciler only and inks by George Klein.
Marvel Comics: The Royal Family of Famous Names!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Marvel Comics
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Angel [Tom Halloway]; Terry Vance; Vision [Aarkus]; Jimmy Jupiter; Patriot [Jeffrey Mace]
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2012
as Marvel Comics: The Royal Family of Famous Names! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Illustrated promotional ad for Marvel Mystery Comics with head-views of main characters shown.
Bush-League Gatekeeper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
M. Fred
M. Fred
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Norman the Doorman
Norman the Doorman; un-named streetcar conductor; Joey; Skinny; Butch
Norman loses his pass to the ball game to a street car conductor, who has it, in turn, lifted by a group of juvenile delinquents, who all use the same pass to get into the game.
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2012
as Bush-League Gatekeeper [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Credits per the Masterworks edition.
[untitled]

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Morgenthal, Jr. (credited)
? (illustration)
? (illustration)
?; typeset
Subject Matter
opinion
A special message to the boys and girls of America from Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury
The publishers donated this space, on behalf of the U.S. Savings Bonds and War Stamps campaign, to published a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., encouraging the boys and girls of America to buy at least one 10 cent Savings Stamp each week to help the war effort.
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies #2 [Regular Edition] published March 2012
as "A special message to the boys and girls of America from Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury" [Public Service Announcement on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Found on the inside back cover.

A letter from the Treasury Secretary to the boys and girlsd of America, encouaging them to buy at least one 10 cent Saving Stamp each week.

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