Story #2Hotel of Horror
Writer:
Jack Kirby, Joe Simon. Penciler:
Jack Kirby. Inker:
Joe Simon.
Synopsis
Captain America is invited to be guest of honor at
Gotham City’s defense drive celebration. He is met at the train by an enormous crowd of adoring fans. A man introducing himself as
Boswell, the Mayor’s secretary, sneaks Cap and
Bucky out the back and to a hotel. After registering, Bucky goes to the desk to check on messages and is thrown out of the building. Summoning a police officer he returns to the hotel only to be see a completely different staff who deny that Captain America was ever there and their room number does not even exist. Going to the Mayor, Bucky finds that they have never heard of Boswell, the supposed secretary. Back at the hotel Captain America is a prisoner of foreign spies led by
Netman (Boswell) sent to eliminate the hero after luring him into a trap with two teams of hotel staff. Bucky escapes from his jail cell and returns to the hotel in the guise of a bellhop to investigate. When his cover is blown, he is dropped into the basement where he sees Cap, wrapped in a net and killed by thrown knives. It turns out to be a guard: Cap had escaped and is disguised as a henchman. Netman sets the room on fire to escape but Cap nabs him while the fire department puts out the fire. At the celebration, Cap makes a speech advising all Americans to be prepared for the coming battle.
Story #3A Sinister Scoop
Writer:
Stan Lee. Penciler/Inker:
Unknown.
Synopsis
In London,
Headline Hunter is granted an exclusive interview with diplomat
Reginald Whitney. A rival reporter,
Jenks, overpowers Headline and steals his pass, using it to gain access to Whitney’s hotel room. The resourceful Headline, though, disguises himself as a bellboy and listens in on the interview from the next room. At the conclusion, Jenks reveals himself as a
Nazi spy sent to kill Whitney. Headline bursts into the room and beats up the bad guy, saving the diplomat and his important message.
Story #5The Phantom Hound of Cardiff Moor
Writer:
Jack Kirby, Joe Simon. Penciler:
Jack Kirby. Inker:
Joe Simon.
Synopsis
Steve Rogers is in the guardhouse for another foul-up when a gravely injured man staggers into camp announcing the latest victim of the
Hound of Cardiff Moor. That night, Steve escapes from jail and as
Captain America, he and
Bucky investigate. They meet elderly
Mr. Murdock who relates the story of the deadly hound: it was the pet of a wealthy family; when driven from their home, the master placed a curse on anyone who tries to live on the moor—death at the jaws of the ghostly hound. Several people trapped on the moor by the hound seek refuge in Murdock’s home. Cap and Bucky head out and are attacked by a glowing hound. Cap breaks its neck with his shield and discovers it is an ordinary dog covered in luminous paint. A man in a dog suit gets the drop on them with a gun; he is the real killer using the costume’s claws to tear apart his enemies. Cap punches his lights out and unmasks him as Murdock who turns out to be the now-grown son of the original owners of the Moor.
Story #6The Skyscraper Plot
Writer:
Stan Lee. Penciler/Inker:
Charles Nicholas.
Synopsis
Millionaire
Lionel Van Devanter awards the contract to build his new skyscraper to the
Slade Company. Disappointed rival contractor
Grant schemes to sabotage the project so that Slade will forfeit the contract and go out of business. A Grant thug assaults a worker and pushes him off his high perch. A passing
Hurricane zips into a position where he can catch the doomed man and deposit him safely on the ground. The next day, Hurricane and
Speedy Scriggles hire on as construction workers to prevent further mishaps. The heroes (one with speed and the other with clumsiness) defeat several schemes to destroy the building and the mysterious leader behind Grant is unmasked as Lionel Van Devanter who secretly owns Grant’s firm and awarded to contract to Slade solely to put him out of business.
Story #7Beware the Man Who Could Forecast Doom!
Writer:
Stan Lee. Penciler/Inker:
Al Avison.
Synopsis
General Peters is persuaded by his wife to visit the famed psychic
Yogi Zamor; the Yogi foresees the General’s death the following evening at 8 PM. The next morning, General Peters receives a clock in the mail and when that clock strikes 8 the General dies suddenly.
Father Time, who was passing by, hears Mrs. Peters’ cry for help but is attacked by a thug. The thug is silenced by an unseen gunman, who escapes the hero. Over the days which follow several prominent men die similarly, with the stopped clock to indicate fulfillment of Yogi Zamor’s prophecies. After consulting the psychic as
Larry Scott and having his own death foretold, Father Time pays a call on the Yogi and unmasks him as a
Nazi agent who rigged the clocks to emit poison gas at the "predicted" time. Cornered, the villain releases the poison and dies but the hero is protected by covering his face with his cloak.