CATALOG RECORD
Captain America Comics #1
first Captain America
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
first Captain America
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) — first appearance, origin
- Bucky (James Buchanan Barnes' costumed alias) — first appearance, origin
- Dr. Abraham Erskine (creator of the Super-Soldier Serum) — first appearance, death
- Red Skull (George Maxon) — first appearance, apparent death
- Hurricane (son of Thor, alias Mike Cury/Michael Gray/Harry Kane) — introduction, origin
- Agent X-13 (Marvel Golden Age, Operation Rebirth, Elizabeth Ross) — first appearance
- J. Arthur Grover (Marvel) — first appearance, death
- Tuk (caveboy, Marvel hero) — introduction, origin
- Wolfgang von Krantz (Marvel, a spy) — first appearance
- Admiral Perkins (Marvel) — first appearance
- Charles Manor (Marvel) — first appearance
- Herr Kameleon (Marvel, Nazi agent) — first appearance
- Major Croy (Marvel) — first appearance
- Omar (Marvel, show artist) — first appearance
- Rathcone (Marvel, Nazi operative) — first appearance
- Strangler (Marvel, Nazi operative) — first appearance
Dates
- Cover date
- March 1941
- On sale
- December 20, 1940
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Case No. 1. Meet Captain America · 7.5 pages
The Army is looking for a solution to the threat the Axis Powers pose to the people of America, and they discover the secret answer to their prayers: a super-soldier serum that will create an army of super soldiers! However, only one man receives the serum before it and its creator are destroyed: Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America!
- Case No. 2 · 7 pages
Captain America and Bucky set out to solve the riddle of the connection between a wave of sabotage sweeping the U.S. defense industries and a strange little man who predicted it would happen.
- Captain America and the Soldiers' Soup · 2 pages
Captain America and Bucky uncover a plot to poison an entire Army post by saboteurs.
- The Chess Board of Death · 16 pages
A weird figure has carved wooden chess figures of people who must be eliminated before he launches the mightiest blitzkrieg the world has ever seen. Unfortunately for him, two of those figures are Captain America and Bucky!
- The Riddle of the Red Skull · 14 pages
Cap and Bucky come face to face with a villain who scares the wits out of his victims, then injects them with a poison that convinces others that he has killed them with his eyes!
- Murder, Ltd. · Hurricane · 10 pages
Alarmed at the gangland murders in a coastal town, Hurricane decides to "join" the gang in order to be in a position to halt their crimes.
- Stories from the Dark Ages · Tuk, Caveboy · 6 pages
Before his death, wise old Ak relates to Tuk about how he was the survivor of the hairless ones who once came to the jungle. Later, he meets up with Tanir, and they decide to team up and travel together.
Characters
Reprinted in
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (2005), Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America (2009), Captain America Comics #1: 70th Anniversary Special (2011), Golden Age Captain America Omnibus (2014), Captain America: The Classic Years (1990), Marvel Milestone Edition: Captain America Comics #1 (1995), Captain America: The Classic Years (1998), Marvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus (2014), Captain America: The 75th Anniversary Vibranium Collection (2016), Golden Age of Marvel (1997), Captain America (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (2022), Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby (2004), True Believers: Kirby 100th - Captain America (2017), The Great Comic Book Heroes (1965), Marvel Milestones: Wolverine, X-Men & Tuk: Caveboy (2005), Marvel Milestones: Doom, Sub-Mariner & Red Skull (2005), The Best of Simon and Kirby (2009), Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier (2010), Captain America: The Legacy of Captain America (2011), Captain America 70th Anniversary Magazine (2011)