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Issue: Captain America Comics #17
Publication Date: August 1942
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Issues: #17 of 73 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Timely Comics [small shield]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Timely Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/05/1942
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee (managing editor); Al Avison (associate editor)
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
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Here Lies Bucky, Buried Alive

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Al Avison (signed)
Inker(s): Al Avison (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #5 [Regular Edition] published June 2011
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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
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
Synopsis: The stories in the issue, with titles, are listed and there is an ad for Krazy Komics.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #5 [Regular Edition] published June 2011
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Stan Lee is listed as Managing Editor and Al Avison as Associate Editor.
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The Monster from the Morgue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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]; Dr. Thomas Austin; Judge Hudson (death); Judge Basset; Judge Johnson; Dr. Jason Weirdler (Dr. Austin's assistant, death); Killer Kole (villain, introduction, death, human brain in gorilla body)
Synopsis: A jealous scientist named Dr. Weirdler learns one of his colleagues has developed a serum that will reanimate dead bodies and is planning on testing it on a recently deceased gorilla. Dr. Weirdler takes the brain of an executed criminal named Killer Kole and places it in the gorilla's body. The experiment doesn't seem to work and the medical students bury the gorilla's body where the grave is struck by lightning and Killer Kole is revived. His goes to the zoo and breaks out a pair of gorillas for his mob and then sets out on a path of vengeance against the three judges who sent him to the chair. Dr. Weirdler informs Cap about the beast terrorizing the city and then takes a knife thrown at Cap to atone for his crime. Cap socks Killer Kole off a highrise and he falls to his doom.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #5 [Regular Edition] published June 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition lists Al Avison only on pencils with Syd Shores and George Klein on inks.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Red Holmdale (signed)
Penciller(s): Red Holmdale (signed)
Inker(s): Red Holmdale (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rookie McQuirk
Character(s): Private McQuirk; Private Blackout; Sergeant Thunder
First Line: Step up, gents, and witness the greatest little device in the world
Synopsis: No matter what duty Sergeant Thunder appoints to McQuirk and Blackout, everything goes wrong!
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #5 [Regular Edition] published June 2011
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Pages: 5
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Sub-Earthmen's Revenge!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
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]; Sergeant Duffy; Clem; General Keller; General Haywood; Queen Medusa (introduction); Sub-Earth Men (temporary villains, introduction, some die); The Spook [Hans Knutte] (villain, introduction, posing as news reporter)
Synopsis: Cap and Bucky must battle the Spook and his Sub-Earth army, who seek to stop the American Army from conducting operations against the enemy.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #5 [Regular Edition] published June 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition states that Otto Binder wrote the story, Al Avison only did pencils, and the inks were by Syd Shores & George Klein.
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Situation Wanted: I Got an Action Story

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mortimer Breen (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Wilbur; Beefy Boy (villain); Big Stuff (villain)
Synopsis: A magazine editor tells a writer of his that he needs a story with action and up-to-the-minute stuff, so he heads out to complete the assignment, but fails to come up with something as sensational as the editor wants. Spotting a month old issue of "Daring Deeds", a competitor's publication, the writer decides: why not use a plot from that issue?!?
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #5 [Regular Edition] published June 2011
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Pages: 2
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The China Road

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, military
Feature(s): The Fighting Yank
Character(s): The Fighting Yank [Bill Prince] (introduction, not the Better Publications character); the Japanese (villains); un-named Japanese leader (villain); Ah Kee (villain, death)
Synopsis: When the Japanese have nearly succeeded in shutting off the China Road to Allied convoys, the Fighting Yank discovers treason within his own ranks and ferrets out the traitor.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #5 [Regular Edition] published June 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition lists the artist as unknown. Previous indexer suggested Jimmy Thompson.
Only golden age appearance. Next appearance in All-Winners Squad: Band of Heroes (Marvel, 2011 series) #2.
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Machine of Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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]; Sergeant Duffy; Jensen (Mott's assistant, death); Le Bull (villain, introduction, death); Prof. Mott (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Believing that men are good, but that their will to self destruction (perpetrated by the Devil) over-rides the good they can do and only places the world in danger, Professor Mott decides to destroy the world!
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #5 [Regular Edition] published June 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition lists Al Avison only as penciler and Syd Shores and George Klein as inkers.
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The Stolen Birth Certificates

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Don Rico
Inker(s): Don Rico
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Secret Stamp
Character(s): The Secret Stamp [Roddy Colt]; Mrs. Colt (Roddy's mother); Jerry Dash (newspaper reporter); Mrs. Thompkins; Mr. Eckman; Mrs. Kemp (Roddy's teacher); un-named district attorney; un-named criminal gang (villains)
Synopsis: Roddy, as the Secret Stamp, attempts to battle some criminals who are getting people's birth certificates for gang members so they could be hired into defense plants for the purpose of sabotage.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #5 [Regular Edition] published June 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Sentinels of Liberty Secret Club News

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Avison ?
Inker(s): Al Avison ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset (most)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sentinels of Liberty
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
Synopsis: Captain America asks club members and readers alike to fully support the war effort, while Bucky tells readers about the next Cap adventure next month and provides the code passwords for the month.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #5 [Regular Edition] published June 2011
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside back cover.
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Krazy Komics

Advertisement  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): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Krazy Komics
Character(s): Ziggy Pig; Posty Pelican; Toughy Tomcat; Snappy Turtle
Synopsis: Illustrated ad for the latest issue of Krazy Komics.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #5 [Regular Edition] published June 2011
Reprint Notes:  
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the back cover.

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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