Young Allies #1

Dates

Cover date

Summer 1941

On sale

July 23, 1941

Pages

68

Editions and covers

• Original edition

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Creators

Stories

• The Young Allies, Chapter 1: The Coming of Agent Zero · 9 pages

  Agent Zero is being pursued by a group of Nazis, who are intent on securing a code from him. Inadvertently, the members of the Sentinels of Liberty Club, who call themselves the Young Allies, chase the enemy from their clubhouse and discover the agent inside, and agree to help him send a message.

• The Young Allies, Chapter 2: The Red Skull and the Graveyard of Doom! · 10 pages

  The Young Allies arrive at Lone Pine and overhear a conversation between Agents Zero and X concerning the code key the Nazis were interested in, but soon find themselves battling Nazi spies who want that code. After the fray, Agent Zero is gone but has left a trail to the boys to follow that leads to a cemetery, where he has been taken, and they run smack into the Red Skull, who overpowers the Allies and takes Agent Zero with him.

• The Young Allies, Chapter 3: Voyage to No-Man's-Land · 10 pages

  On the trail of the Red Skull and Agent Zero, the boys stow away on a British freighter heading for England, but are discovered and put to work. However, there is a Nazi agent aboard who wishes to blow the ship up and the Young Allies with it. They stop him, are rewarded, land in England, help stop a Luftwaffe bombing of a city, then start on their journey to Germany, nearly being poisoned by a member of the Master Race in the process.

• The Young Allies, Chapter 4: Trapped in Nazi-Land! · 10 pages

  The Young Allies make their way into Germany and enter a HQ building and come face-to-face with the Red Skull, who has been torturing Agent Zero. The Red Skull has his men take the boys to a concentration camp, but Toro makes good their escape through the barbed wire. Bucky then disguises himself as the Red Skull and re-enters the HQ building, hoping to make good the Allies escape from Germany with Agent Zero.

• The Young Allies, Chapter 5: Outwitting the Blood-Thirsty Tyrants! · 9 pages

  Grabbing Agent Zero, Bucky leads Agent Zero toward the planned escape, when the real Red Skull heads them off. The sudden appearance of Hitler allows the boys and Agent Zero to escape, but the Nazis are quickly on their trail, but are rebuffed by the Russians. Meanwhile, the Young Allies meet up with forces of General Chiang Kai-shek and arrange for passage on a ship back to America when they suddenly find themselves in the middle of a Tong war!

• The Young Allies, Chapter 6: Captain America and the Human Torch to the Rescue!! · 9 pages

  The Young Allies and Agent Zero finally board a ship for America, and return home to the clubhouse, where Agent Zero leaves them to locate a tombstone in the cemetery that has the key to code. Unfortunately, the Red Skull lies in wait and captures the group, but Jeffrey uses his pocket transmitter to alert Captain America and the Human Torch to rescue them.

• Crooks Are Cowards · 2 pages

  A star newspaper reporter has a novel idea on how to capture the criminals who robbed the Billingslys.

• Unsolved Mysteries · 3 pages

  Among the unsolved mysteries discussed are: The Boy Without a Brain, Voodoo in Hungary, The Superstition Mountains, The Skulls of Calgarth, Mystery of the Gloriana, the Cat From Voss, Giant Heads, The Man From Another World and "He is Not Dead!"

Characters

Reprinted in

Flashback (1973), Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Young Allies (2009), Marvel Firsts: WWII Super Heroes (2013), Captain America: Forever Allies (2011), Captain America: Forever Allies (2011), Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus (2019)