Synopsis
The Army is looking for a solution to the threat the Axis Powers pose to the people of America, and they discover the secret answer to their prayers: a super-soldier serum that will create an army of super soldiers! However, only one man receives the serum before it and its creator are destroyed: Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America!
Notes
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
From the indicia: CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS published by monthly Timely Publications, Meriden, Conn. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Meriden, Conn. Entire contents copyright 1940 by Timely Publications, 330 W. 42nd St., New York, N. Y. Vol. 2, No. 1, March 1941 issue Yearly subscription $1.00. Printed in the U.S.A.
Per artist George Roussos in an interview, he claimed to have inked 11-12 pages of this issue. Unknown as to what stories George inked (as related by Dave Reeder on the Error List, 26 Feb 2011).
Reprinted in
- The Great Comic Book Heroes #[nn]
- Captain America #400— cover
- The Complete Jack Kirby #[2]
- Captain America: The Classic Years #1
- Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #1
- Marvel Milestones: Wolverine, X-Men & Tuk: Caveboy #[nn]
- Marvel Milestones: Doom, Sub-Mariner & Red Skull #[nn]
- Golden Age of Marvel #2
- Marvel Milestone Edition: Captain America Comics #1 #[nn]
- Captain America Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1— cover detail
- The Best of Simon and Kirby #[nn]
- Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby #1
- Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby #2
- Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier #1
- Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America #[nn]
- Captain America 70th Anniversary Magazine #20
- Captain America Comics #1: 70th Anniversary Special #[nn]— detail from the splash page to "The Riddle of the Red Skull"
- Marvel Classic #3
- Captain America: The Legacy of Captain America #[nn]
- Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier #[nn]
- Golden Age Captain America Omnibus #1
- Captain America Comics #1: 70th Anniversary Special #[nn]— cover, recolored
- Marvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus #[nn]
- Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn]
- True Believers: Kirby 100th - Captain America #1
- Capitão América: As Primeiras Histórias #1
- Captain America: Evolutions of a Living Legend #[nn]
- Marvel: The First 80 Years #[nn]
- Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus #[nn]
- Captain America 80 ans #[nn]
Credits
- Script
- Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon
- Editor
- Joe Simon
- Illustrations, see notes
- Jack Kirby
- Logo design, see notes
- Joe Simon
- See notes
- Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Howard Ferguson, Al Liederman, Martin Bursten, Ed Herron, Otto Binder
Characters
- Steve Rogers
- Adolf Hitler
- Bucky
- Captain America
- Bucky Barnes
- Red Skull
- George Maxon
- Omar
- Heinz Kruger
- Agent X-13
- J. Arthur Grover
- Dr. Abraham Erskine
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Elizabeth Ross
- Chester Phillips
- Wolfgang von Krantz
- The Crusher
- Slinky
- Sergeant Duffy
- Admiral Perkins
- Herr Kameleon
- Strangler
- Rathcone
- Major Croy
- Charles Manor
- Hurricane
- Pluto
- Mike Cury
- Piggy Perroni
- Tuk
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