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Issue: Captain America Comics #1
Publication Date: March 1941
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Issues: #1 of 73 Issues
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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)
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Disclose Notes: 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.
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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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CGC 4.5 Unrestored
CGC census August 2011: 6 in 4.5, 30 higher.
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Smashing thru, Captain America came face to face with Hitler...
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby #2 published March 2006
In Content Item: FlagCaptain America #400 [Direct Edition] published May 1992
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Disclose Notes: 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). Per Keith Chandler, 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 cruder in style and may well be Shores' work.

However, per Syd's daughter, Nancy Shores Karlebach, Syd's wife kept a detailed scrapbook and she recorded that Syd became a part of the staff of Timely not until March 24, 1941 (posted on the Joe Simon Appreciation Facebook page, 27 May 2021). So he could not have been involved in the creation of this issue as a "staffer."

Joe Simon's grandchild, Jesse Simon, confirms this cover's work is by Simon and Kirby, Jack Kirby's pencils, and Joe Simon's pencils and inks (via Joe Simon Appreciation Facebook page, posted 28 May 2021).

Michael J. Vassallo examined the work and concludes "Kirby/Simon is the most likely answer - Joe Simon certainly had a hand in the cover design, I'm certain. Syd Shores has been attributed as an inker but this is old data stemming from a Shores interview in the early 1970s. I just don't know if Shores was with the crew as early as this first issue. Did Al Liederman help ink it? I don't know, but I highly doubt it." (posted to the Joe Simon Appreciation Facebook page, 28 May 2021).

Vassallo, after a discussion with Nancy Shores Karlebach, noted in a 2 June 2021 conversation, that there is the need to reconcile two seemingly disparate notions. First of all, Syd gave an interview saying he worked on the first issue; Syd told his family the same. Secondly, Syd joined the staff “after” the issue was produced, so could not have worked on the issue as a “staffer.” Finally, the only way to reconcile this, without knowing the veracity, is to postulate Syd worked off-staff, off-site within the loose Simon and Kirby “shop” that produced the issue, along with Al Liederman (and anyone else who we will never know).
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Rathkone
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Case No. 1. Meet Captain America

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First Line: U.S.A. --- 1941
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 7.5
Disclose Notes: The last half of page 8 is an ad inviting readers to join Captain America's "Sentinels of Liberty".
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Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty

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Genres: superhero
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Disclose Notes: An advertisement inviting readers to join Captain America's "Sentinels of Liberty".
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Case No. 2

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Genres: superhero
First Line: What connection was there...
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 7
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Captain America and the Soldiers' Soup

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Genres: superhero
Synopsis: Captain America and Bucky uncover a plot to poison an entire Army post by saboteurs.
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Pages: 2
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The Chess Board of Death

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Genres: superhero
First Line: Weird horror struck at army officers...
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 16
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The Riddle of the Red Skull

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Genres: superhero
Synopsis: 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!
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Pages: 14
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USA Comics

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Pages: 1
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Murder, Ltd.

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hurricane
Character(s): Tim O'Leary; Police Commissioner Regan; District Attorney Nelson; Trigger Bates
Synopsis: 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.
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Pages: 10
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Stories from the Dark Ages

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Genres: adventure, historical, prehistoric
Feature(s): Tuk, Caveboy
Character(s): Ak; Phaidor (introduction, dies in flashback); Rhaya (introduction, dies in flashback); Tanir (introduction); Goreks (villain, introduction, dies)
Synopsis: 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.
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