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Issue: Captain America Comics #16
Publication Date: July 1942
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Issues: #16 of 73 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Timely Comics [small shield]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Timely Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/30/1942
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (6 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. 3.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Avison [as A. Avison] (signed)
Inker(s): Al Avison [as A. Avison] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]
First Line: Red Skull's cry of alarm rings out as Captain America crashes into his terror chamber!
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Visionaries: Stan Lee #[nn] published February 2005
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #4 [Regular Edition] published May 20102010
In Issue: FlagCaptain America #1 published January 2012
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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]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front cover.
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The Horror of the Seas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Manly Wade Wellman
Penciller(s): Al Avison
Inker(s): Syd Shores; George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): 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.
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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 Manly Wade Wellman as writer and Syd Shores & George Klein with the inks.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]
First Line: Don't Delay Another Second!
Synopsis: Illustrated house ad for Cap's Sentinels of Liberty, asking readers to join up.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2010
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Pages: 1
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The Imp and the Pirates

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)
Penciller(s): Chad Grothkopf [as Chad] (signed)
Inker(s): Chad Grothkopf [as Chad] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens
Feature(s): Imp
Character(s): 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.
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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
Disclose Notes: Contents page title; illustrations of Stan Lee and Chad Grothkopf on page 1; last appearance
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Percy
Character(s): Percy; Sally
Synopsis: Percy's attempts to impressive a girl with his roller skating backfires on him.....big time!
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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: Art credits per Masterworks edition.
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Pacific Voyage

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): 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.
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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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Red Skull's Deadly Revenge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)
Penciller(s): Al Avison (signed)
Inker(s): Syd Shores; George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): 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!
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Visionaries: Stan Lee #[nn] published February 2005
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2010
In Issue: FlagCaptain America #1 published January 2012
In Content Item: FlagCaptain America #600 [1st Printing, Direct Edition, Standard Cover] published August 2009
as Red Skull's Deadly Revenge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
Disclose 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].
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sentinels of Liberty Secret Club News
Character(s): 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.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2010
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee [as Lee] (signed)
Penciller(s): Bill King [as King] (signed)
Inker(s): Bill King [as King] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joker Comics
Character(s): Powerhouse Pepper; Dippy Diplomat; Tessie the Typist
Synopsis: Illustrated ad for Joker Comics #2, with cover illustrated by Basil Wolverton.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2010
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Lee and King signed this piece and are, most likely, two separate people. Bill King did such house ads from 1941-43 and Stan Lee wrote such ads during the same years.
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Murder in Cross Lane

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Don Rico ?; Mike Sekowsky ?
Inker(s): Don Rico ?; Paul Reinman ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Secret Stamp
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2010
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition lists Mike Sekowsky as possible penciler and Paul Reinman as possible inker, but the Who's Who doesn't indicate that neither of these artists ever worked on this strip.

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