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40July 1944
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Captain America Comics #40

Marvel · July 1944 · on sale 1944-05-11

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Identification plate

Series
Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series)
Issue
#40
Publication date
July 1944
Key date
1944-07-00
On-sale date
1944-05-11
Indicia publisher
Complete Photo Story Corp.
Price
$0.10
Pages
60

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Syd Shores; inks: Syd ShoresCaptain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky Barnes
1The Jester of Deathcomic story12pencils: Syd Shores; inks: Vince AlasciaThe Jester [Johnnie Pinkham] (villain, introduction, death)
2The Bloody Assassincomic story7pencils: Jimmy ThompsonHerr Loeder (villain, introduction)
3Auction of Deathcomic story16pencils: Syd ShoresKeeper of the Flash (villain, introduction, death); Adolf Hitler (villain); Hirohito (villain)
4Periscope Aheadtext story2letters: typeset
5The Mystery of the Floating Citycomic story16script: Otto Binder; pencils: Vince AlasciaLyander (introduction)
6The Murder of Brenda Kanecomic story1pencils: Allen Bellman; inks: Allen Bellman

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