Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age All-Winners Comics #2 [Regular Edition]

([December] 2006)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America; Bucky; Sub-Mariner; Human Torch; Toro; Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Hideki Tojo

Indexer Notes

Characters from the cover of All-Winners Comics #6 (Marvel, 1941 Series).

Credits / Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Letters

typeset

Introduction (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Greg Theakston

Letters

typeset

[All-Winners Comics #5] (Table of Contents: 4)

Captain America; Human Torch; Namor the Sub-Mariner / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Alex Schomburg ?

Inks

Bob Powell ?

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America; Bucky; Human Torch; Toro; Sub-Mariner

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #5 (Summer 1942)

All Winners (Table of Contents: 5)

Human Torch; Captain America; Whizzer; Sub-Mariner / table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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Inks

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Captain America; Bucky; Human Torch; Toro; Whizzer; Destroyer; Sub-Mariner

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #5 (Summer 1942)

[Invading the Nazi's Secret Plan] (Table of Contents: 6)

Human Torch / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Burgos ?

Pencils

Carl Burgos

Inks

Edd Ashe

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Captain Von Spitz

Synopsis

Torch and Toro discover that the Nazis are operating out of a steamship anchored to a pier at Coney Island, intending to deliver a bomb (along with needed tanks of oxygen) to a hospital in order to kill thousands.

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #5 (Summer 1942)

Don't Delay Another Second! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Sentinels of Liberty / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

A Bit of Hocus Pocus / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Red Holmdale (signed)

Inks

Red Holmdale (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Keith Clark

Synopsis

The famous international magician, Keith Clark, through text and illustration, explains how magic tricks, such as the spook rapping trick, the reading of burnt messages and others are actually done.

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #5 (Summer 1942)

The Vampire Strikes! (Table of Contents: 9)

Captain America / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Avison

Inks

Don Rico

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [James Barnes]; Sergeant Duffy; Vampire [Doctor Togu]

Synopsis

Cap and Bucky must face the threat created by the world's greatest master of occult medicine, Dr. Togu, who has forsaken the dropping of disease bombs on the Chinese people to inflict yet a new terror upon America: a vampire!

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• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #5 (Summer 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Patent Pending / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Lou Paige (signed)

Pencils

Lou Paige (signed)

Inks

Lou Paige (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #5 (Summer 1942)

Indexer Notes

Illustrated one-panel gags portraying proposed inventions that people need to have.

[Speed on the Rampage!] (Table of Contents: 11)

Whizzer / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard James (signed)

Inks

Howard James (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Whizzer [Robert Frank]; Warden Balew

Synopsis

Whizzer must tackle a crooked prison warden, who has formed "A League of Petty Crimes", which allows prisoners to "escape" from prison, commit crimes, then return with the loot, having an alibi no one can prove untrue.

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #5 (Summer 1942)

Smash Return! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Human Torch; Sub-Mariner / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Man in the Moon (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Mickey Spillane (signed as Spillane)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Bruce Henderson

Synopsis

On December 31, 1941.....New Year's Eve, Bruce Henderson was in the jungles of Brazil and comes upon a rocket ship, and decides to use it to fly to the Moon. When he returns, no one believes him, until...they discovered, as Henderson told them they would, the large, mile-long letters "U S A" on the Moon's surface that he had made while he was there, and which they could now see using a new improved telescope!

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #5 (Summer 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Savings Bonds and Stamps / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Morgenthau Jr. (credited)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

A special message to the boys and girls of America from Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury

Genre

advocacy

Synopsis

The publishers donated this space, on behalf of the U.S. Savings Bonds and War Stamps campaign, to published a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., encouraging the boys and girls of America to buy at least one 10 cent Savings Stamp each week to help the war effort.

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• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #5 (Summer 1942)

The Hermit's Island of Glittering Gold! (Table of Contents: 15)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Everett ?

Pencils

Bill Everett

Inks

Carl Pfeufer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Field Marshal Doering

Synopsis

After up-ending a boatload of Nazis into the drink, Namor lands on an isle, only to discover it is covered with gold. However, he must not only battle the Nazis, who become shipwrecked there, but the strange hermit who resides there, believing all these visitors are there to steal the gold.

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #5 (Summer 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Patent Pending / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Lou Paige (signed)

Pencils

Lou Paige (signed)

Inks

Lou Paige (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Lou Paige

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #5 (Summer 1942)

Indexer Notes

In a series of one pages panels, the writer/artist illustrates inventions that should be patented to make people's life a bit easier.

The Demon's Deadly Secret! (Table of Contents: 17)

Destroyer / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Forte (signed as Forte)

Inks

John Forte (signed as Forte)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Paul Voltz; Captain Achhimmel, Inga Von Leche

Synopsis

In order to save the lives of several Americans the Nazis are planning to execute, the Destroyer assumes the alias of writer Louis Kramer to infiltrate the enemy camp and achieve his aims.

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #5 (Summer 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

A Bit of Hocus Pocus / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Red Holmdale (signed)

Inks

Red Holmdale (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Keith Clark

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #5 (Summer 1942)

Indexer Notes

Famous international magician, Keith Clark, explains [in text and illos] how to do tricks used by magicians.

[Krazy Komics] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[All-Winners Comics #6] (Table of Contents: 20)

Human Torch; Captain America; Sub-Mariner / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Adolf Hitler; Benito Mussolini; Hideki Tojo

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #6 (Fall 1942)

All Winners (Table of Contents: 21)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Vision [Aarkus]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [James Barnes]

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #6 (Fall 1942)

Hot Stamp Mob! (Table of Contents: 22)

Human Torch / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harry Fisk

Inks

Edd Ashe

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Ruthie; Big Eyes Garrett; Joe Thomas

Synopsis

A lucky break on getting the address of one Joseph Thomas off a utility bill leads the Torch and Toro directly into a den of counterfeiters of U.S. Savings Stamps!

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #6 (Fall 1942)

Like a Comet! (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

Krazy Komics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Stone-Man Slayer! (Table of Contents: 24)

Destroyer / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

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Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Professor Schultz; Lubitch

Synopsis

A Nazi sculptor and scientist create a new weapon against the Allies for Hitler: a giant man made of stone!

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #6 (Fall 1942)

Marvel at the World's Greatest Heroes in the Most Exciting Adventures You've Ever Read! (Table of Contents: 25) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Woim Toins (Table of Contents: 26)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Mickey Spillane (signed)

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?

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?

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Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Oswald Perkins; Mr. Styles; Christopher Fitzgerald Wampus; Willy Wickerschnikle

Synopsis

When "The Boss" sells Willy a bunch of worthless gold stock in the Gleeful Gopher Mine, both are ecstatic...that is until "The Boss" believes the stock is really worth something and attempts to buy it back.

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• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #6 (Fall 1942)

The Mock Mikado Strikes! (Table of Contents: 27)

Captain America / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Bell

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [James Barnes]; Sergeant Duffy; Baron Jojitso, Mock Mikado

Synopsis

In the 19th Century, the Japanese Emperor's wife has two sons...something that could lead to a civil war between the two later down the road. However, one, the Mock Mikado, decides to conquer the U.S. before his brother does [who is the leader of Japan], then conquer his brother's throne as well!

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• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #6 (Fall 1942)

Tops! in Thrills! Mystery! Action! Comedy! Patriotism! (Table of Contents: 28) (Expand) /

Captain America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

The Black Avenger / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Eddie Robbins (signed as Robin)

Pencils

Eddie Robbins (signed as Robin)

Inks

Eddie Robbins (signed as Robin)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here comes a new nemisis [sic] of evil,...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Avenger [Jerry Carstairs] (introduction); Kurt Weidner

Synopsis

Jerry is asked by the FBI to take the place of a member of a Nazi spy ring who looks just like him!

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #6 (Fall 1942)

Presenting -- Horror in Hollywood! (Table of Contents: 30) (Expand) /

Young Allies / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Spies Use Their Heads! (Table of Contents: 31)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Everett ?

Pencils

Carl Pfeufer

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sub-Mariner [Namor]; J.J. Harris; Gojo

Synopsis

Namor, after finding a man scalped, tracks down a nefarious Japanese gang whose leader is tracking down and killing American spies in Japan, who are returning to the States with vital Japanese info hidden on parts of their bodies!

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #6 (Fall 1942)

From the Screen to You! (Table of Contents: 32) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[All-Winners Comics #7] (Table of Contents: 33)

Captain America; Human Torch; Namor the Sub-Mariner / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Alex Schomburg

Inks

Alex Schomburg

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America; Bucky; Human Torch; Toro; Sub-Mariner

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #7 (Winter 1942-1943)

All Winners (Table of Contents: 34)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Human Torch; Toro; Captain America; Bucky; Sub-Mariner; Destroyer; Whizzer

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #7 (Winter 1942-1943)

Indexer Notes

Illustrated table of contents page listing the features inside.

Death for Breakfast (Table of Contents: 35)

Human Torch / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Edd Ashe

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Joe Grupper

Synopsis

Torch and Toro investigate a firm that packs food shipments to American soldiers overseas, food capsules that contain cyanide!

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #7 (Winter 1942-1943)

The Return of Doctor Crime! (Table of Contents: 36)

Captain America / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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?

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Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [James Barnes]; General Whelan; Doctor Crime [Doctor Elmgren]; von Eisner

Synopsis

Cap must battle the evil Dr. Crime, who has in his possession a formula which shrinks the human body down to pygmy size!

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• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #7 (Winter 1942-1943)

The Big Three (Table of Contents: 37) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Smashing the Jap Trap! (Table of Contents: 38)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Carl Pfeufer

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sub-Mariner [Namor]

Synopsis

Alerted that a U.S. convoy is missing, Namor awaits the arrival of a U.S. Cutter, but is stunned to see it sunk and the crew killed by the Japanese. He follows them to their secret hideout and later plays a role in seeing to it that a Japanese flotilla is destroyed.

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #7 (Winter 1942-1943)

The Sucker (Table of Contents: 39)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script

Cifo Uthbert (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime

Characters

Luke Yocum; Mike Brady; Joe; Alex; Captain Mircher

Synopsis

Luke Yocum poses as a hick Wyoming cowboy in order to get the goods on a group of card sharks.

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #7 (Winter 1942-1943)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #7 (Winter 1942-1943)

Indexer Notes

"Statement of Ownership" indicates Stan Lee as Editor, Martin Goodman as Managing Editor and Abraham Goodman as Business Manager.

[Strike Hard!] (Table of Contents: 41)

The Destroyer / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mort Leav

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Colonel Schutter

Synopsis

The Destroyer falls for a ruse in which the Nazis plan to capture him. Instead, he is able to discover a Nazi document relating plans for an invasion of Switzerland and helps to postpone that invasion for quite some time by his quick thinking.

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• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #7 (Winter 1942-1943)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 42)

Whizzer / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lou Ferstadt

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

To day...insidious organizations are plotting and scheming...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Whizzer [Jack Robinson]; Slow-Motion Jones; Thos

Synopsis

Whizzer must stop a Nazi spy named Thos, who has had his men place bombs among all vital communication centers in New York City, in preparation for the greatest air raid in history on that city by the Luftwaffe.

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #7 (Winter 1942-1943)

Tops! in Thrills! Mystery! Action! Comedy! Patriotism! (Table of Contents: 43) (Expand) /

Captain America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[All-Winners Comics #8] (Table of Contents: 44)

Captain America; Human Torch; Namor the Sub-Mariner / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)

Inks

Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America; Bucky; Human Torch; Toro; Sub-Mariner

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #8 (Spring 1942-43)

Invasion by Ice (Table of Contents: 45)

Human Torch / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harry Fisk

Inks

Edd Ashe

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering, Herr Blucher

Synopsis

Torch and Toro must stop the mad plans of a Nazi lunatic, who was released from an asylum, from assisting Hitler in a fantastic plan to invade England.

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #8 (Spring 1942-43)

[The Plot to Kill MacArthur] (Table of Contents: 46)

Captain America / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [James Barnes]; General Douglas MacArthur; Kuhomai

Synopsis

A cruel Japanese warlord, thirsting for revenge for the shame thrust upon the 'honorable' ancestors of Nippon by the United States, devises a plan to kill General Douglas MacArthur in order to wipe out the memory of the Japanese defeat in the Pacific.

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #8 (Spring 1942-43)

Changes the Face of the Earth (Table of Contents: 47)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Carl Pfeufer

Inks

Carl Pfeufer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Pierre; Lieutenant Werner [Captain Bore]

Synopsis

A secret arm of U.S. Intelligence Services gives the Sub-Mariner a vital message for him to deliver to the French Underground HQ in Paris. But he discovers that the U.S. Officer to accompany him is actually a Nazi agent in disguise, deadset to kill Namor before that message can be delivered.

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #8 (Spring 1942-43)

Mis-Fire (Table of Contents: 48)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime

Characters

Andy; Cleve; Blane

Synopsis

Andy is forced to accompany two criminals into a forest, who are intent on destroying it with wax-covered incendiary bombs. Knowing that this forest was vital to U.S. industry, he works hard to rid Uncle Sam of this threat.

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #8 (Spring 1942-43)

[To Hitler, from Hell] (Table of Contents: 49)

The Destroyer / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mort Leav

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Satan; Madam Satan; Attila; Adolf Hitler

Synopsis

Satan, disgusted with how Hitler has muffed the war so far, decides to make Attila the Hun Hitler's new boss, a decision that doesn't set well with the Führer!

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #8 (Spring 1942-43)

Thrill After Thrill on Every Page! (Table of Contents: 50) (Expand) /

Captain America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Holdup! Robbery! Murder! (Table of Contents: 51)

The Whizzer / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Whizzer [Jack Robinson]; A. J. Raffles; Riko

Synopsis

After the Rico mob robs a bank, they lock two officials inside the vault. Whizzer is called in to handle the situation, but he discovers he needs the assistance of a reformed safe-cracker to accomplish the task before the two men die.

Reprints

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #8 (Spring 1942-43)