Story #2The Feud Murders
Writer:
Stan Lee. Penciler:
Al Avison. Inker:
Syd Shores.
Synopsis
At
Camp Lehigh, two new recruits,
Lee Coger and
Jonce Rand get into a quarrel; it seems their two families had long been involved in a feud down south.
Steve Rogers and
Bucky Barnes try to break up the fight but Rand is killed by a knife and it looks like Bucky stabbed him. While Bucky waits in the guardhouse, Steve, as
Captain America, follows the fleeing Lee Coger down south. Coger arrives home to warn his mountain family that someone is trying to revive the old feud but he is killed by a thrown knife and Cap is blamed. Cap then heads to the Rands to warn them but meets with an equally hostile reception. Cap discovers that the area is rich in valuable bauxite and that a stranger,
George Brinner, has been visiting. Cap recognizes Brinner as the MP who framed Bucky and the two fight with Cap falling off a cliff. He catches a branch but the villain gets away. Bucky arrives on the scene, having escaped from the stockade, and the two heroes defeat Brinner’s gang in a battle. Cap has the captive crooks tell the Cogers and the Rands about Brinner’s scheme to seize the bauxite by tricking the two families into exterminating each other. The rival make peace and when Brinner shows up, Cap clobbers him and turns him over to the law.
Story #3Broken Trust
Writer:
Stan Lee. Penciler/Inker:
.
Synopsis
Notorious criminal
Gunner Sloan is on a crime spree in New York City.
FBI Agent Bob Slade is assigned to capture him, a difficult job in view of Gunner’s well-known philosophy of never trusting anyone. One night, a fur robbery goes wrong and Gunner and his men are trapped inside the warehouse by police. A crook named
Spike Conroy, who was also after the furs, helps them to escape and Gunner invites him to join the gang. The following night, Gunner and his men rob the Treasury Building and afterward Spike drives them right into the arms of the police. Spike Conroy was Agent Slade in disguise!
Story #4A Life at Stake
Writer:
Stan Lee. Penciler/Inker:
Charles Nicholas.
Synopsis
The
Hurricane and his sidekick
Speedy Scriggles are out for a walk when they see an attractive young woman getting into a limousine. Moments later her chauffeur is shot and killed by an unseen assailant and the car runs wild. Hurricane outruns the car and brings it under control and offers his services to the young lady,
Florence Grey, as a chauffeur/bodyguard named
Harry Kane. The next day a gang of gunmen fire in Miss Grey’s car but the superfast hero is able to catch the bullets. Miss Grey faints so he changes to his Hurricane costume and leaps over to the hoods’ car and disables it, beating them all in the ensuing scrap. On questioning, a thug reveals that they were hired by
Lew Grey, Florence’s cousin, who will inherit a fortune if she dies. Miss Grey heads over to Lew’s house where they confront him with the thug’s confession. Lew reacts by triggering a dynamite charge but the Hurricane is quick enough to whisk Miss Grey and Speedy out of the house before it detonates on the villain.
Story #5The Scourge of Crime
Writer:
Stan Lee. Penciler/Inker:
Charles Nicholas.
Synopsis
Election Day in
Midvale sees reformer
Tom Bryant running for District Attorney against the crooked incumbent
Pete Drew. Thugs working for Drew’s ally, gangster
Nails Riggly, start a riot at a political rally and Tom is framed for beating a man during the fracas. Tom’s pal
Larry Scott dons his
Father Time costume to clear his friend’s name. He pays a late night call on Pete Drew and finds Nails Riggly there too. He disarms them and threatens to execute Drew unless he signs a confession. Not knowing that the hero would not really harm him, Drew complies. Tom’s name is cleared and he wins the election.
Story #6The Symphony of Terror
Writer:
Unknown. Penciler:
Al Avison. Inker:
Syd Shores.
Synopsis
Opera manager
Morton Friend is threatened with death if he permits tenor
Richard Thomas to sing tonight. Friend dismisses it as a crank letter but later he is murdered by a man dressed as
Mephisto, the devil. The police investigate and advise that the opera go on as scheduled.
Steve Rogers and
Bucky Barnes are there for the performance and notice the police presence. During the show, a sinister voice rings out with a threat and Thomas is shot down on stage. Steve, in uniform, is recruited to stand guard over the body. Suspicion falls on the conductor, who was in the obvious position to fire the fatal shot. Switching into costume,
Captain America and Bucky search the opera house. A scream leads hem to the conductor, who tells them that leading lady
Lily Renaud was carried off by a man dressed as Mephisto. They trail the villain though the dark catacombs beneath the opera house where they discover Mephisto planning to kill Lily because she refuses to sing for him. Cap arrives in the nick of time but the villain escapes, leading Cap and the police on a wild chase. Suspicion then falls on the actor who plays Mephisto in the production but there is clearly another man in the costume on the loose. Cap and Bucky catch up with the killer who is unmasked as
Jacques Laval, a mad admirer of Lily Renaud, who killed to have her to himself. The villain tries to escape but is shot down by the police. Cap and Bucky return to camp where
Sergeant Duffy chews them out again.