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Issue: Captain America Comics #20
Publication Date: November 1942
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Issues: #20 of 73 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/04/1942
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee (managing editor); Syd Shores (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. 4.
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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
Penciller(s): Syd Shores (signed)
Inker(s): Syd Shores (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; the Nazis
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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
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
Synopsis: Illustrated contents page with features listed.
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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
Disclose Notes: On the inside front cover. Lists Stan Lee as Managing Editor and Al Avison as Associate Editor.
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The Spawn of the Witch Queen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Avison ?
Inker(s): Al Avison ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sgt. Michael Duffy; Spawn of the Witch-Queen [Lawrence Thornton] (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: In Egypt, Cap and Bucky defeat the spawn of the Witch Queen and destroy the evil black magic source of his power, the Book of Thoth.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #5 [Regular Edition] published June 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition lists artist as being unknown.
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Tops! in Thrills! Mystery! Action! Comedy! Patriotism!

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): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain America Comics
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Synopsis: Illustrated promotional house ad for Captain America Comics, and a plea for readers to join Cap's Sentinels of Liberty.
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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
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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The Giants of the Deep!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carl Pfeufer
Inker(s): John Jordan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sub-Mariner
Character(s): The Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Professor Holz (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains, some die)
Synopsis: When giant versions of ocean dwelling creatures begin attacking and destroying Allied merchant vessels, Namor investigates and discovers a Nazi plot.
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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
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition lists inker as John Jordan.
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The Case of the Killer Shylock

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Don Rico
Inker(s): Don Rico
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Secret Stamp
Character(s): The Secret Stamp [Roddy Colt]; Curley (candy store owner); Mrs. White; Mr. White (butcher); Toddy White; Charles "Cherry" Chwatt (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Secret Stamp must stop a man named Cherry, a shylock racketeer, who has been robbing people for years and committing murder.
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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
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks editions lists writer and artist as all unknown. The Who's Who verifies Lee as the writer in 1942.
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The Fiend That Was the Fakir!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Avison
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]; Sgt. Michael Duffy; General Haywood; The Fakir (villain, introduction, death); the Japanese (villains)
Synopsis: Steve Rogers' unit has been told that the Japanese are preparing to invade India under the direction of the mysterious Fakir, and it's their job to stop them.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #5 [Regular Edition] published June 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition lists Syd Shores as doing inks.
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Two Dangerous Surprises

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Tom; Jimmy; Miller (villain); Woods (villain)
Synopsis: Tom and his brother Jimmy run into two masked thugs, who take them prisoner, and watch helplessly as they begin to dig a tunnel to an old Indian pueblo where the Spanish once hid a fortune in gold.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #5 [Regular Edition] published June 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Guy Blythe (signed)
Penciller(s): Guy Blythe (signed)
Inker(s): Guy Blythe (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dippy Diplomat
Character(s): Dippy Diplomat
Synopsis: Worried that moths will devour his fur coat, Dippy comes up with an ingenious solution.
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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
Disclose Notes: No word balloons throughout the strip.
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The Case of "The Clammy Things"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Avison
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Adam Leeds (Lord High Mayor of London); Dr. Purvis (Dr. Jorlstead's assistant, death); Dr. Destiny [Dr. Jorlstead] (villain, introduction, death); the "Things" (villains, introduction, some die)
Synopsis: Cap and Bucky must face a hoard of grave ridden things that emerge suddenly from the subways of London, all directed by a twisted brain, Dr. Destiny, in his bid to conquer 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: 13
Disclose Notes: The Masterworks edition lists the inker as unknown.
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Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Morgenthal, Jr. (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
First Line: A special message to the boys and girls of America from Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury
Synopsis: The publishers donated this space, on behalf of the U.S. Savings Bonds and War Stamps campaign, to published a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., encouraging the boys and girls of America to buy at least one 10 cent Savings Stamp each week to help the war effort.
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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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Dizzy Doodles

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lou Paige (signed)
Penciller(s): Lou Paige (signed)
Inker(s): Lou Paige (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Lou Paige
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Bill
Synopsis: A series of fourteen one panel, witty, humorous cartoons.
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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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Sentinels of Liberty Secret Club News

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sentinels of Liberty
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
Synopsis: In this monthly feature, Cap announces that he will be divulging the winners of the contest that was begun several months ago. He also asks for reader reaction to having Sub-Mariner as a guest feature in this issue. Bucky welcomes new Club members and also mentions the announcement of contest winners in the next issue. He also provides the Club code message for the month.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #5 [Regular Edition] published June 2011
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside back cover.

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