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Issue: U. S. A. Comics [USA Comics; U.S.A. Comics] #7

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Publication Date: February 1943

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Issues: #7 of 17 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: none

Indicia Publisher: U.S.A. Comic Magazine Corp.

On Sale Date: 12/30/1942

Volume: 1

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 12 (8 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Stan Lee (editor, art director)

Notes: March cover month, but February in the indicia:

U. S. A. COMICS is published monthly at Meriden, Conn., by U.S.A. Comic Magazine Corp. Entered as second class matter May 2, 1941 at the post office at Meriden, Conn. under the Act of March 3, 1879. Contents copyright 1942 by U.S.A. Comic Magazine Corp. 330 W. 42nd St., New York, N. Y., Martin Goodman, Pres. Vol. 1, No. 7, February, 1943 issue. Yearly subscription $1.00 in the U.S.A. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions appearing in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and that any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. Printed in the U.S.A.

The contents page lists Martin Goodman as publisher and Stan Lee as editor and art director.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 1.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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12 Content Items

reprinted 13 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Content Items (12 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed)

Inker(s): Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Captain America

Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; the Japanese

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2011
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover

In Content Item: Flag

Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2011
as USA Comics #7 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 1

Notes: The aircraft carrier depicted is named "Haruna Maru" which was the name of an Imperial Japanese Navy battleship.

U.S.A. Comics Contents

Table of Contents on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?; typeset (some)

Subject Matter

Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]

Synopsis: Illustrated table of contents listing seven major features.

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Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2011
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Pages: 1

Notes: Found on the inside front cover. Lists Martin Goodman as Publisher and Stan Lee as Editorial and Art Director.

The Case of the Flying Submarine!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Syd Shores; Mike Sekowsky; Ernie Hart

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]; Sgt. Michael Duffy; Lt. Roland; Mark Manners (inventor, death); Jane Manners (Mark's daughter); The Eraser (villain); Sparks (villain, radio operator); Fritz (circus fire-eater); Hans (villain, pilot)

Synopsis: Cap and Bucky must go up against the Eraser, a dreaded rubberman circus freak turned spy, who has set his sights on stealing the prototype model of a new flying submarine.

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Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2011
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Miscellaneous

Pages: 20

Notes: Art credits per the Masterworks edition.

Trouble Wholesale

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Alex Schomburg (signed)

Inker(s): Alex Schomburg (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Captain Daring

Character(s): Captain Daring [Lee Bradford]; Sky Sharks; Zeke Mallon; Colonel Welling; Valerie Welling (Colonel's daughter); Lieutenant Raeger (British spy, death); Marshal von Hapz (villain); the Nazis (villains)

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Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2011
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Pages: 9

Notes: This feature is a name change for "G-Man Don Gorman" from Daring Mystery Comics #4 (May 1940). Its full title is Captain Daring and His Sky-Sharks.

Origin of Marvel Boy

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Bob Oksner

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Marvel Boy

Character(s): Marvel Boy [Martin Burns]; Miss Prim (school teacher); Hercules; von Blubber (villain); the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis: Martin is visiting a museum with members of his class, when he is involved in an accident, in which Martin suffers a deep cut which is mixed with an extract of the bllod of Hercules, giving him super powers.

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Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2011
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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

Notes: Last seen in Daring Mystery Comics #6, and this is his last appearance even though the blurb at the end of the story says he has another adventure in the next issue. Unknown script and inks per Michael J. Vassallo per the Masterworks edition. Previous indexer credited Oksner on script and inks.

I Hate Women

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): Lester Looseleaf (Morning Herald newspaper reporter); Cuthbert Cutter (managing editor of Morning Herald); Willie (elevator operator)

Synopsis: After being fired from his job as a reporter, Lester decides to write a book, which pans women. Unfortunately for him, women hate women, and all the gals loved his book, and his former editor on the paper bought the rights to the book and serialized it in the newspaper.

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Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2011
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Pages: 2

Meet Disk-Eyes the Detective

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Basil Wolverton (signed)

Penciller(s): Basil Wolverton (signed)

Inker(s): Basil Wolverton (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Basil Wolverton ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, mystery

Feature(s): Disk-Eyes

Character(s): Disk-Eyes the Detective; T. Adenoid Cashkisser (Slippery River Bank President); Spider McStrangle (villain)

Synopsis: Disk-Eyes must halt the attempts by Spider McStrangle and his boys to commit more robberies to help finance bombs that will be used to blow up machinery.

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Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2011
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Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Notes: The blurb at the end of the story indicates Disk-Eyes returns in the next issue, but he doesn't.

The Case of the Up-To-the-Minute Men!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Secret Stamp [Roddy Colt]; Freddy Franklin; un-named boss (villain); Griffin (villain)

Synopsis: Roddy has to pull off a modern Paul Revere scenario in order to track down a hijacked armored car containing more than $1 million in war bond sales.

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Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2011
as The Case of the Up-To-the-Minute Men! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

Notes: Pencil credit from the Masterworks edition.

The Who's Who states that Stan Lee and Bob Oksner both wrote this strip in 1943, so it could be either one.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Chic Stone (signed)

Inker(s): Chic Stone (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Jeep Jones

Character(s): Private Jeep Jones; un-named U.S. Army General; Otto (villain, Nazi spy); Spike (villain, Nazi spy)

First Line: We find our hero at work drawing up plans...

Synopsis: Jeep draws up plans for a new invention that he calls the "Super-Duper Tank", which the General says looks like a meat grinder on wheels.

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Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2011
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Pages: 5

The Laughing Death Patrol!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Mickey Spillane ?

Penciller(s): Dennis Neville

Inker(s): Dennis Neville

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Jap Buster Johnson

Character(s): Lt. Jap Buster Johnson; Lt. David Nichols (image); the Japanese (villains, some die)

Synopsis: Lt. Johnson must track down the source of a mysterious green gas that drives American pilots crazy.

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Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2011
as The Laughing Death Patrol! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 9

Notes: Writer credit suggested by textual analysis by Lou Mougin.

Wake Up Americans!

Public Service Announcement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Martin Goodman (signed)

Penciller(s): Syd Shores ?

Inker(s): Syd Shores ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: opinion, superhero

Feature(s): U.S. Savings Bond War Stamps

Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]

Synopsis: Illustrated PSA for United States Savings Bond War Stamps.

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Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2011
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Pages: 1

The Big 3

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: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Super Rabbit

Synopsis: Illustrated promotional ad for Terry-Toons Comics, Krazy Komics and Comedy Comics, with images of six characters from those comics.

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Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age U.S.A. Comics #2 [Regular Edition] published December 2011
as The Big 3 [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 1

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.