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Publisher: Marvel

Title: Captain America Comics
Issue: 5
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: August 1941
Volume: 2
Contributors: Editor: Joe Simon

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Story Title: Ringmaster's Wheel of Death - cover
Features:Captain America
Pages:1
Pencils:Jack Kirby
Inks:Syd Shores
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Betty Ross (image only); the Ringmaster (villain); Red Skull (image only)


Story Title: Captain America Contents - table of contents
Features:Captain America
Pages:1
Pencils:Jack Kirby
Letters:typeset
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Captain Okada (villain); the Ringmaster (villain); Pepo Laroc; Tom Jason
Synopsis:Illustrated contents page listing the various features w/synopses of many stories.


Story Title: The Ringmaster of Death - comic story
Features:Captain America
Pages:12
Pencils:Joe Simon; Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks:Joe Simon (signed)
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Betty Ross; Sergeant Duffy; General Blaine (death); Defense Commissioner Newsome (death); The Ringmaster (villain); Circus Performers [Tommy Thumb; Zandow the Strong Man; Omir the Snake Charmer; Trapeze Trio] (villains, introduction)
Synopsis:Steve and Bucky decide to visit the circus for some fun, but its Cap and Bucky that face the Ringmaster's Wheel of Death and its purpose: to allow the villain to place America into a steel vise of terror, using vicious mobsters as his personal Gestapo!


Story Title: The Gruesome Secret of the Dragon of Death - comic story
Features:Captain America
Pages:15
Pencils:Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inks:Joe Simon
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Duffy; General Haywood; Commander Phillips; Marie Phillips; Captain Okada (villain, introduction, death); Toshio (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis:Captain America and Bucky investigate the disappearance of the patrol Boat "Winfield" with its crew, and discover a sinister villain responsible that has his HQ inside a monstrous sea serpent.


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:All-Winners Quarterly
Pages:1
Letters:?; most typeset
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; the Black Marvel [Daniel Lyons]; the Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; the Angel [Tom Halloway]
Synopsis:Illustrated promotional ad for the features appearing in All-Winners Quarterly #1. Sale date listed as May 10, 1941.


Story Title: Killers of the Bund - comic story
Features:Captain America
Pages:10
Pencils:Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inks:Joe Simon
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; the Sentinels of Liberty; Heinrich Schmidt; Bob Schmidt; the Nazis [Hans; Fritz; un-named others] (villains)
Synopsis:When a Nazi Bund beats up a man of German descent (because he won't join up), Captain America and Bucky attack the Bund camp and Cap is captured. Bucky races back to the city and enlists the aid of the Sentinels of Liberty to help rescue Cap and round up the rogues.


Story Title: Captain America Wants You! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Sentinels of Liberty
Pages:1
Letters:?; typeset
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
Synopsis:Illustrated promotional ad for Cap's Sentinels of Liberty, whose goal was to have 100,000 members by July 4, 1941.


Story Title: Captain America and the Ruby Robbers - text story
Features:Captain America
Pages:2
Pencils:Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inks:Joe Simon
Letters:typeset
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Jerry Briggs; Mr. Briggs; Muggsy (villain)
Synopsis:Jerry has just attended his first meeting of the Sentinels of Liberty, but wishes someday to acutally see Captain America in the flesh. However, when his father finds out where he has been, he forbids his son to attend any more meetings because he believes that Cap is a fake. Both are in for the surprise of their life when Cap does appear.....to stop the theft of a large ruby.


Story Title: The Terror That Was Devil's Island - comic story
Features:Captain America
Pages:5.5
Pencils:Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inks:Joe Simon
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Tom Jason; Pepo Laroc (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:Steve and Bucky visit a POW at Devil's Island, but are alarmed at his physical condition and obvious fear of the prison's commandant. So, Captain America and Bucky decide to get to the bottom of the situation as only they can.


Story Title: You can't miss... - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Marvel Mystery Comics
Pages:0.5
Pencils:Alex Schomburg
Inks:Alex Schomburg
Genre:superhero
Characters:Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]


Story Title: Meet "Headline" Hunter -- Foreign Correspondent - comic story
Features:Headline Hunter, Foreign Correspondent
Pages:5
Pencils:Charles Nicholas
Inks:Charles Nicholas
Genre:crime
Characters:Headline Hunter [Jerry Hunter]; Ambassador Jordan; Mr. Billings; Mr. Crawford; Mr. Cooles (villain)
Synopsis:Hunter is called to the American Embassy in London to investigate the theft of the Ambassador's briefcase which contained the food contract between America and England. If it isn't recovered within 24 hours,the Nazis will learn the locations of Allied convoys and sink them.


Story Title: Weird Stories from the Dark Ages - comic story
Features:Tuk, Caveboy
Pages:4
Genre:adventure; historical
Characters:Tuk; Tanir; Bonzo (villain, death)
Synopsis:Tuk makes haste to save his friend Tanir from the evil clutches of Bonzo.


Story Title: The Miser and the Counterfeit Millions - comic story
Features:Hurricane, Master of Speed
Pages:8
Pencils:Charles Nicholas
Inks:Charles Nicholas
Genre:superhero
Characters:Hurricane [Harry Kane]; Horace Flinthart (villain, death); Nick (villain)
Synopsis:Hurricane sees a connection between a retired financier giving millions away to charity and the fact that the Master of Speed is getting counterfeit bills from every bank he seeks to get change from.


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