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12March 1942
$0.10

Captain America Comics #12

Marvel · March 1942 · on sale 1942-01-05

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Identification plate

Series
Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series)
Issue
#12
Publication date
March 1942
Key date
1942-03-00
On-sale date
1942-01-05
Indicia publisher
Timely Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Weird Case of the Pygmies of Terrorcover1pencils: Al Avison; inks: Al AvisonBucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Steve Rogers
1Contents Pagetable of contents1pencils: Al Avison; inks: Al AvisonBucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Steve Rogers
2The Terrible Menace of the Pygmies of Terror!comic story20script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Avison; inks: Al AvisonBucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Sergeant Duffy, Steve Rogers
4The Case of Rozzo the Rebelcomic story20script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Avison; inks: Al AvisonBucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Steve Rogers
5Introducing the Impcomic story6script: Stan Lee; pencils: Chad Grothkopf; inks: Chad Grothkopf; letters: Chad GrothkopfThe Imp (introduction); Jefferson Vandermeer; a monster (death); the Spider (villain)
6Timber!text story2letters: typesetPat Cowley; Mr. Cowley; Lamson (villain); Corivan (villain)
7The Flaming Horrorcomic story7script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Alderman; inks: Jack AldermanFather Time [Larry Scott]; Beretti (villain); Spike (villain)
8The Silent Death?comic story5script: Stan Lee; pencils: Warren Kremer; inks: Warren KremerHeadline Hunter [Jerry Hunter]; Ed; Guy Stanford (villain, death)
10Captain America Comics Contestactivity1Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
11Your Eyes See! Your Brain Whirls! Your Heart thrills!promo (ad from the publisher)1
12Splashing With Thrills!promo (ad from the publisher)1Submariner [Namor]

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #3
ISBN 978-0-7851-2878-6
2009On eBay ›
Golden Age Captain America Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-0-7851-6807-2
2014On eBay ›

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