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Issue: Captain America Comics #13
Publication Date: April 1942
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Issues: #13 of 73 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/02/1942
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: 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. 2.
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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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Avison
Inker(s): Al Avison
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Japanese soldier (supposed to be Hideki Tojo?)
First Line: You started it!
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2010
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Contents Page

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Al Avison ?
Inker(s): Al Avison ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
Synopsis: Illustrated contents page with short synopses for each story therein.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2010
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front cover. Stan Lee is listed as editor for this issue.
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The League of the Unicorn!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Avison (signed)
Inker(s): Syd Shores
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Prince Tsaihoon; Princess Yana; The League of the Unicorns (villains, introduction); King Unicorn Zong [Burton J. Hargraves] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: A railroad boss poses as King Zong, leader of the League of Unicorns, an oriental criminal gang that wear helmets with spikes on their foreheads to slay enemies. Zong hopes to profit from sowing discord between China and the Allies, but Cap and Bucky defeat him and hand him over to the police.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2010
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition lists Al Avison as penciller with inks by Syd Shores and George Klein.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Schwab
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Fred Schwab
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Polly Tix
Character(s): Polly Tix; Mrs. Polly
First Line: Poor thing must be starved!
Synopsis: Polly returns home from what he considers a dull ocean trip, but his wife discovers some hanky-panky that went on.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2010
From Content Item: FlagStar Comics #9 published January 1938
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Lighthouse of Horror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Avison (signed)
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Duffy; Betty Ross; un-named lighthouse keeper; The Looter [Mr. Phillips] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Cap and Bucky must stop the activities of 20th Century pirates who are able to block the beam of a lighthouse, causing ships to run aground so they can be looted by the criminals.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2010
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition lists Al Avison doing pencils, George Klein as doing inks.
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Wild West

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Grandpop Saunders; Tom Saunders; Blackie Dione [as Oliver Wentworth] (villain)
Synopsis: A notorious gunman and killer in disguise from Chicago appears one day in Butlertown, intent on buying a ranch.....but not just any ranch.....the ranch belonging to Grandpop Saunders, which has a fortune in gold in a mine located on the property.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2010
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Doctor Sinn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Chad Grothkopf [as Chad] (signed)
Inker(s): Chad Grothkopf [as Chad] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Chad Grothkopf ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, humorous
Feature(s): The Imp
Character(s): The Imp; Jefferson Vandemeer; Dr. Sinn (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: The Imp tangles with Dr. Sinn, who has discovered a book on black magic which reveals magic words that makes Sinn the most powerful man alive!
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2010
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The One Man Invasion!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Headline Hunter
Character(s): Headline Hunter [Jerry Hunter]; Lord Danvers; Herr Horner (villain); Cramm (villain, Gestapo agent)
Synopsis: A pair of Nazi agents enter the U.S. to kidnap a British newspaper publisher and take him to Germany, all to prevent the publishers' anti-Nazi articles from seeing print.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2010
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The story title was taken from the contents page.
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Sentinels of Liberty Secret Club News

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sentinels of Liberty
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
Synopsis: Illustrated club page which encourages all Sentinels to keep fighting the enemy by purchasing U.S. defense stamps and supporting the Red Cross.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2010
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Origin of the Secret Stamp

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Don Rico (signed)
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Secret Stamp, U.S. Defense Agent
Character(s): The Secret Stamp [Roddy Colt] (introduction and origin); Tom Colt; Jerry Dash (reporter); Mr. Williams (banker); Spud Sickles
Synopsis: A group of criminals, who have stolen many defense stamps from Roddy Colt, are threatening to kill a local banker until he pays them $10,000.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2010
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition lists Don Rico as penciler and George Klein as inker. First page is a letter to Stan Lee from the State Department complimenting him on the idea of doing a series about a boy selling saving stamps.
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Don't Delay Another Second!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Avison ?
Inker(s): Al Avison ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain Amerioca [Steve Rogers]
Synopsis: Illustrated house ad encouraging readers to join Cap's Sentinels of Liberty.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2010
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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