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Captain America Comics (1941 series) #1

on-sale: Dec 20, 1940
Joe Simon | Jack Kirby

Captain America Comics (1941 series) #1 cover

Story Name:

Case No. 1. Meet Captain America


Synopsis

Captain America Comics (1941 series) #1 synopsis by Peter Silvestro
Rating: 4 stars
Case No.1: Meet Captain America
Due to the alarming number of spies and saboteurs in the U.S. Army, president Franklin Roosevelt commands FBI chief J. Arthur Grover to show two high ranking officials about a top secret program designed to defeat those spies. The agents are taken to a seclude place where a fragile man named Steve Rogers is injected a serum created by Dr. Reinstein that transforms him into a formidable athlete code named Captain America. One of the agents was a Hitler spy; after killing Reinstein and destroying the last sample of the serum, he is defeated by Rogers.
Captain America went onto battle the enemies immersed in his country ranks carrying a shield, and wearing a custom that covered his face, and reminded of the American flag. Rogers later met Bucky Barnes, the mascot of the regiment at camp Lehigh, who discovers his secret identity and thus becomes Cap's sidekick, wearing a red and blue custom.

Characters:

Bucky Barnes
Captain America
Plus: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Franklin Delano Roosevelt), Professor Erskine (Reinstein).


Story #2

Case No. 2

Writer: Joe Simon.Penciler: Jack Kirby. Inker: Al Liederman. Letterer: Howard Ferguson.

Synopsis

By Peter Silvestro
Rating: 2 stars
Stage hypnotist Sando mesmerizes his dwarfish assistant Omar into predicting acts of sabotage against the United States. When the predictions all come true, Captain America and Bucky investigate and confront Sando onstage. With the aid of government agent Betty Ross, they unmask Sando as a Gestapo agent and put an end to his schemes to terrorize America with his phony predictions.

Characters:

Bucky Barnes
Captain America
Plus: Betsy Ross (FBI Agent).


Story #3

Captain America and the Soldiers' Soup

Writer: Martin Bursten. Penciler/Inker: Jack Kirby. Colorist: Unknown. Letterer: Typeset.

Synopsis

By Peter Silvestro
Rating: 3 stars
TEXT STORY
Late one night, Steve Rogers is awakened by a sudden silence in camp —he goes out to investigate and finds the sentry unconscious. Changing into Captain America he trails the intruders to the cook house where he finds a pair of thugs preparing to poison the soldiers’ soup. Cap leaps into action, and with Bucky who arrives shortly, the villains are overpowered and confess to the police. At a camp gathering the next day, the Colonel expresses his gratitude to the mysterious hero Captain America.

Characters:

Bucky Barnes
Captain America



Story #4

The Chess Board of Death

Writer: Joe Simon.Penciler: Jack Kirby. Inker: Al Liederman. Colorist: Unknown. Letterer: Howard Ferguson.

Synopsis

By Peter Silvestro
Rating: 3 stars
Nazi mastermind Rathcone uses a chessboard to determine which high-ranking American military officer his men will kill. When Captain America and Bucky pursue the killers of an admiral, the villain adds their figures to his chessboard. Bucky is lured into a trap and taken prisoner. Cap tracks him down, frees Bucky and together they mop up Rathcone’s spy operation.

Characters:

Bucky Barnes
Captain America



Story #5

The Riddle of the Red Skull

Writer: .Penciler: Jack Kirby. Inker: Al Liederman. Colorist: Unknown. Letterer: Howard Ferguson.

Synopsis

By Peter Silvestro
Rating: 3 stars
A masked killer known as the Red Skull is murdering military officers. Captain America and Bucky prevent the Red Skull’s henchmen from robbing a bank but the mastermind gets away. Shortly after an aircraft built by the Maxon company crashes due to sabotage, another general is killed by the Red Skull. Cap, arriving on the scene too late to save the officer, battles the Nazi agent but is overpowered. Bucky comes to his rescue and the Skull is unmasked as George Maxon, head of the aircraft company. Cap stands back while Maxon kills himself with his own poison injection. Later the FBI uncovers all of Maxon’s terroristic activities.

Characters:

Bucky Barnes
Captain America




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Review / Commentaries


Captain America Comics (1941 series) #1 Review by (February 15, 2010)
Includes a coupon to receive for 10 cents an official badge and membership card for "Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty". Besides the drawings of Cap and Bucky, the badge includes a drawing of a woman named Betty Ross; such is the name of who would become the great love of Bruce Banner / the Hulk, comic created 21 years later (1962). a) First appearance/origin of Captain America/Steve Rogers. First appearance of Bucky Barnes. In this first issue Cap’s shield is triangular. The Human Torch is referred to as a comic book character. Story retold in TALES OF SUSPENSE #63 (March 1965). b) First appearance of agent Betty Ross, renamed Peggy Carter in the Silver Age. Story originally untitled. Story retold in TALES OF SUSPENSE #64 (April 1965). c) First appearance of Sergeant Duffy (not yet named). Story originally untitled. d) First appearance of the Red Skull (George Maxon). Story retold in TALES OF SUSPENSE #65 (May 1965).

New and Improved Comments: 1) First appearance/origin of Captain America/Steve Rogers. First appearance of Bucky Barnes. First appearance of Abraham Erskine, called Reinstein, which would later be retconned as a code name. In this first issue Cap’s shield is triangular. The Human Torch is referred to as a comic book character. Story retold in TALES OF SUSPENSE #63 (March 1965). 2) First appearance of agent Betty Ross, later renamed Betsy, who would become the masked hero Golden Girl. Story originally untitled. Story retold in TALES OF SUSPENSE #64 (April 1965). 3) Text story, with two illustrations. 4) First appearance of Sergeant Duffy (not yet named). Story originally untitled. 5) First appearance of the Red Skull (George Maxon). Story retold in TALES OF SUSPENSE #65 (May 1965) where Maxon's first name is John. 6) First appearance of the Hurricane. The hero is said to be the son of Thor, God of Thunder, and the last of the Greek immortals, mixing mythic pantheons. But then, nothing about the story makes sense. 7) First appearance/origin of Tuk Caveboy. The intro mentions something about a quest for Attillan but nothing is said to Tuk about it; maybe that’s why he is searching for Atlantis for the next two issues.



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Main/1st Story Full Credits

Jack Kirby
Al Liederman
Unknown
Jack Kirby (Cover Penciler)
Joe Simon (Cover Inker)
Unknown (Cover Colorist)
Additional Credits
Letterer: Howard Ferguson.
Editor: Joe Simon.



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