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Publisher: Marvel

Title: Captain America Comics
Issue: 23
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: February 1943
Volume: 2
Contributors: Editor: Stan Lee (editorial and art director); Syd Shores (associate); Martin Goodman (president)

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Captain America Comics #23
Owner: walclark

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; The Human Torch [Jim Hammond] (inset)


Story Title: Contents Page - table of contents
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Characters:Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
Synopsis:Illustrated table of contents page, listing features and story titles.


Story Title: The Mystery of the 100 Corpses! - comic story
Pages:17
Pencils:? (see notes)
Inks:? (see notes)
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Michael Duffy; Izan (villain, introduction, death?); Gioco (villain, introduction, Izan's assistant)
Synopsis:Steve and Bucky go skinny-dipping in a quarry when they are interrupted by Izan (Nazi spelled backwards), who has been using the quarry to dump in bodies of victims (dying air raid wardens) that he has used as models to construct look-alikes from his own henchmen. He then uses them to turn on all the lights in the city at midnight to facilitate a Nazi coup.


Story Title: Terror at the Shipyards! - comic story
Pages:7
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Mr. Hetler (villain, introduction); Joe (villain)
Synopsis:The Torch and Toro are invited to the shipyards to witness the launching of new destroyers, when a bottle is thrown at one of the ships, causing an explosion. After stopping another such attempt, the flaming duo follow the villains to their lair and are captured, escaping in time, however, to prevent a wholesale destruction of U.S. warships.


Story Title: Battling The Deadly Snapper - comic story
Pages:15
Inks:? (see notes)
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Michael Duffy; The Turtle-Man [Rocks Rico, aka the Strangler] (villain, introduction); Killer Bane (villain)
Synopsis:While Army troops pass by a chain gang in Sinister Swamp, one of the inmates breaks loose and makes his escape. Once Cap, Bucky and some prison guards track him down, he is under the personal protection of the weird Turtle-Man and his band of cut-throats and bandits.


Story Title: Head Hunters' Stew - text story
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Genre:adventure
Characters:Diego Smith; Judd A. Smith (Diego's father, an ornithologist); Bill Glammis (pilot); Monk (village cannibal)
Synopsis:Diego, the son of an ornithologist, attacked by a band of ferocious head hunters, when he runs across the pilot who had flown him and his father to the area.


Story Title: The Case of the Bund's Bonds! - comic story
Pages:7
Genre:adventure
Characters:The Secret Stamp [Roddy Colt]; un-named Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:Roddy and his friend are drawn to a group selling War Bonds at half price. When the Secret Stamp investigates, he discovers the group to be Nazis, who are bilking people out of their money by selling them counterfeit bonds and using the money to help the Axis win the war!


Story Title: The Idol of Doom! - comic story
Pages:17
Inks:? (see notes)
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Michael Duffy; Mrs. Wallinger (society woman, death); Bill (fisherman); Syd (fisherman); Vince (fisherman); Frank (fisherman); Mrs. Dale (society woman, death?); Mr. Brady (villain, lawyer, death); Prince Ba'rahm (villain, introduction, oriental mystic); Shao (villain, introduction, a dwarf, death); Brady (villain, introduction, death); Frog (villain, death)
Synopsis:Steve and Bucky witness a weird and awe-inspiring ritual on the water that leads them to investigate a certain Prince Ba'rahm, who is preying upon rich society women.


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