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Issue: Captain America Comics #1
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Publications
On Sale Date: 12/20/1940
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Simon
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.



From the indicia: CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS published by monthly Timely Publications, Meriden, Conn. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Meriden, Conn. Entire contents copyright 1940 by Timely Publications, 330 W. 42nd St., New York, N. Y. Vol. 2, No. 1, March 1941 issue Yearly subscription $1.00. Printed in the U.S.A.

Per artist George Roussos in an interview, he claimed to have inked 11-12 pages of this issue. Unknown as to what stories George inked. (as related by Dave Reeder on the Error List, 26 Feb 2011).
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S. (through about early 1944, narrower thereafter)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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CGC 4.5 Unrestored
CGC census August 2011: 6 in 4.5, 30 higher.

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Jack Kirby
Joe Simon ?; Syd Shores ?
?
?; Joe Simon (logo design)
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain America
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky Barnes; Adolf Hitler
Smashing thru, Captain America came face to face with Hitler...
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby #1 published October 2004
FlagMarvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby #2 published March 2006
FlagCaptain America #400 [Direct Edition] published May 1992
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FlagMarvel Milestone Edition: Captain America Comics #1 #[nn] published March 1995
as Meet Captain America [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagThe Complete Jack Kirby #[2] published January 1997
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCaptain America: The Classic Years #1 published July 1998
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FlagMarvel Milestones: Wolverine, X-Men & Tuk: Caveboy #[nn] published January 2005
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FlagFallen Son: The Death of Captain America #[nn] published January 2009
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FlagCaptain America Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 [Regular Cover] published June 2009
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FlagCaptain America: The Legacy of Captain America #[nn] published January 2011
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Logo design credit from Todd Klein via his Facebook page, used with permission.

Syd Shores recalled that his first job at Timely was inking this cover (Alter Ego #11, page 46). Examining it in detail Simon appears to have inked the heads, at least, of Captain America and Bucky, and probably that of Hitler also. Some of the far background, including the image on the screen and the faces of at least some German soldiers are more crude in style and may well be Shores' work.
..Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Joe Simon
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain America
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky Barnes; Red Skull; Rathkone; Omar
Reprinting
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FlagCaptain America Comics #1: 70th Anniversary Special #[nn] [unnamed variant] published May 2011
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FlagGolden Age Captain America Omnibus #1 [Lee Weeks Cover] published February 2014
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Case No. 1. Meet Captain America

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Simon; Jack Kirby (credited)
Jack Kirby (credited)
Al Liederman; Syd Shores; Joe Simon (credited); Jack Kirby
?
Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain America
Captain America [Steve Rogers] (introduction, origin); Bucky [Bucky Barnes] (introduction); President Franklin D. Roosevelt; General Phillips (unnamed, introduction); J. Arthur Grover [J. Edgar Hoover]; Agent X-13 (introduction); Professor Reinstein (introduction, dies); Heinz Kruger (unnamed, introduction, dies)
U.S.A. --- 1941
The Army is looking for a solution to the threat the Axis Powers pose to the people of America, and they discover the secret answer to their prayers: a super-soldier serum that will create an army of super soldiers! However, only one man receives the serum before it and its creator are destroyed: Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America!
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FlagGolden Age of Marvel #2 published January 1999
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FlagFallen Son: The Death of Captain America #[nn] published January 2009
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FlagSteve Rogers: Super-Soldier #1 [unnamed variant] published September 2010
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FlagCaptain America 70th Anniversary Magazine #20 [unnamed variant] published January 2011
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FlagCaptain America: The Legacy of Captain America #[nn] published January 2011
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FlagCaptain America Comics #1: 70th Anniversary Special #[nn] [unnamed variant] published May 2011
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FlagGolden Age Captain America Omnibus #1 [Lee Weeks Cover] published February 2014
as Meet Captain America [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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as Meet Captain America [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7.5
The last half of page 8 is an ad inviting readers to join Captain America's "Sentinels of Liberty".
Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain America
Captain America; Bucky; Betty Ross
Reprinting
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FlagMarvel Milestone Edition: Captain America Comics #1 #[nn] published March 1995
as Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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FlagGolden Age Captain America Omnibus #1 [Lee Weeks Cover] published February 2014
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FlagMarvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus #[nn] published November 2014
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An advertisement inviting readers to join Captain America's "Sentinels of Liberty".
Case No. 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Simon; Jack Kirby (credited)
Joe Simon; Jack Kirby (credited)
Joe Simon (credited)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain America
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Betty Ross (introduction; later named Betsy Ross); Sando [Von Krantz] (introduction, villain); Omar (introduction)
Captain America and Bucky set out to solve the riddle of the connection between a wave of sabotage sweeping the U.S. defense industries and a strange little man who predicted it would happen.
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FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #1 [Regular Edition] published March 2005
as Case No. 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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as Case No. 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCaptain America Comics #1: 70th Anniversary Special #[nn] [unnamed variant] published May 2011
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FlagGolden Age Captain America Omnibus #1 [Lee Weeks Cover] published February 2014
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FlagMarvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus #[nn] published November 2014
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Miscellaneous
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Captain America and the Soldiers' Soup

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Joe Simon ? (illustrations); Jack Kirby ? (illustrations)
Joe Simon ? (illustrations); Jack Kirby ? (illustrations)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain America
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; The Crusher (villain); Slinky (villain)
Cap and Bucky uncover a plot to poison an entire Army post by saboteurs.
Reprinting
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as Captain America and the Soldiers' Soup [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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as Captain America and the Soldiers' Soup [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Chess Board of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Simon; Jack Kirby (credited)
Joe Simon; Jack Kirby (credited)
Joe Simon (credited); Syd Shores
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain America
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Admiral Perkins (dies); Sgt. Mike Duffy (introduction); Rathcone (introduction, villain); Herr Kameleon (introduction, villain); Strangler (introduction, villain)
A weird figure has carved wooden chess figures of people who must be eliminated before he launches the mightiest blitzkrieg the world has ever seen. Unfortunately for him, two of those figures are Captain America and Bucky!
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FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #1 [Regular Edition] published March 2005
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FlagCaptain America Comics #1: 70th Anniversary Special #[nn] [unnamed variant] published May 2011
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FlagGolden Age Captain America Omnibus #1 [Lee Weeks Cover] published February 2014
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FlagMarvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus #[nn] published November 2014
as The Chess Board of Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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The Riddle of the Red Skull

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ed Herron
Joe Simon; Jack Kirby (credited)
Joe Simon (credited)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain America
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Red Skull [George Maxon] (villain, introduction); Major Croy (dies); General Manor (dies)
Cap and Bucky come face to face with a villain who scares the wits out of his victims, then injects them with a poison that convinces others that he has killed them with his eyes!
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Milestones: Doom, Sub-Mariner & Red Skull #[nn] published January 2005
FlagMarvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby #2 published March 2006
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FlagCaptain America: The Classic Years #1 published July 1998
as The Riddle of the Red Skull [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #1 [Regular Edition] published March 2005
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FlagGolden Age Captain America Omnibus #1 [Lee Weeks Cover] published February 2014
as The Riddle of the Red Skull [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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as The Riddle of the Red Skull [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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USA Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Reprinting
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FlagMarvel Milestone Edition: Captain America Comics #1 #[nn] published March 1995
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FlagGolden Age Captain America Omnibus #1 [Lee Weeks Cover] published February 2014
as USA Comics [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Murder, Ltd.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
?
Jack Kirby
Subject Matter
superhero
Hurricane
Hurricane [Mike Cury] (introduction); Pluto (villain); Piggy Perroni (villain)
Alarmed at the gangland murders in a coastal town, Hurricane decides to "join" the gang in order to be in a position to halt their crimes.
Reprinting
FlagGolden Age of Marvel #2 published January 1999
as Murder Ltd. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #1 [Regular Edition] published March 2005
as Murder, Ltd. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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as Murder Ltd. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCaptain America Comics #1: 70th Anniversary Special #[nn] [unnamed variant] published May 2011
as Murder Ltd. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGolden Age Captain America Omnibus #1 [Lee Weeks Cover] published February 2014
as Murder, Ltd. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Stories from the Dark Ages

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
?
Jack Kirby
Subject Matter
prehistoric
Tuk, Caveboy
Tuk (introduction, origin); Ak; Phaidor (introduction, dies in flashback); Rhaya (introduction, dies in flashback); Tanir (introduction); Goreks (villain, introduction, dies)
Before his death, wise old Ak relates to Tuk about how he was the survivor of the hairless ones who once came to the jungle. Later, he meets up with Tanir, and they decide to team up and travel together.
Reprinting
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as Stories from the Dark Ages [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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as Stories from the Dark Ages [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCaptain America Comics #1: 70th Anniversary Special #[nn] [unnamed variant] published May 2011
as Stories from the Dark Ages [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGolden Age Captain America Omnibus #1 [Lee Weeks Cover] published February 2014
as Stories from the Dark Ages [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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