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2April 1941
$0.10

Captain America Comics #2

Marvel · April 1941 · on sale 1941-02-10

First appearance: Michael Gray
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Identification plate

Series
Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series)
Issue
#2
Publication date
April 1941
Key date
1941-04-00
On-sale date
1941-02-10
Indicia publisher
Timely Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Michael Gray - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Trapped in the Nazi Stronghold!cover1pencils: Joe Simon; inks: Joe Simon; letters: Joe SimonBucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Adolf Hitler, Steve Rogers
1Captain Americatable of contents1script: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe SimonBucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Adolf Hitler, Steve Rogers
2The Ageless Orientals Who Wouldn't Die!!comic story15script: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby, Reed Crandall; inks: Reed CrandallBucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Steve Rogers, Elizabeth Ross
3A Message from Captain Americapromo (ad from the publisher)1Bucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Steve Rogers
4Trapped in the Nazi Strongholdcomic story15script: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; pencils: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; inks: Joe SimonBucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Sergeant Duffy, Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler, Steve Rogers
5The Wax Statue That Struck Deathcomic story15script: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; pencils: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; inks: Joe SimonBucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Sergeant Duffy, Steve Rogers
6Short Circuittext story1.66letters: typesetBucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Steve Rogers
7Next month, by popular Demand--promo (ad from the publisher)0.34
8The Valley of the Mistcomic story6script: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; pencils: Al Avison; inks: Al GabrieleTuk
9The Devil and the Green Plaguecomic story10script: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; letters: Jack KirbyMichael Gray First, Hurricane, Pluto

Where to read it

CollectionYear
1940-1941
ISBN 1-56685-006-3		1997On eBay ›
Captain America: The Classic Years #1
ISBN 078510660X; 978-0785106609		1998On eBay ›
Flashback #291973On eBay ›
Marvel Mystery Comics #11999On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #1
ISBN 0-7851-1619-2		2005On eBay ›
Marvel Milestones: Wolverine, X-Men & Tuk: Caveboy #[nn]2005On eBay ›
Marvel Milestone Edition: Captain America Comics #1 #[nn]1995On eBay ›
Marvel 70th Anniversary #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-3743-6		2009On eBay ›
Golden Age Captain America Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-0-7851-6807-2		2014On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #1
ISBN 978-0-7851-5793-9		2012On eBay ›
Captain America: The 75th Anniversary Vibranium Collection #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-302-90000-7		2016On eBay ›
Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-60699-987-5		2017On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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