Captain America Comics #5

Dates

Cover date

August 1941

On sale

May 5, 1941

Pages

68

Editions and covers

• Original edition

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Creators

Stories

• The Ringmaster of Death · 12 pages

  Steve and Bucky decide to visit the circus for some fun, but its Cap and Bucky that face the Ringmaster's Wheel of Death and its purpose: to allow the villain to place America into a steel vise of terror, using vicious mobsters as his personal Gestapo!

• The Gruesome Secret of the Dragon of Death · 15 pages

  Captain America and Bucky investigate the disappearance of the patrol Boat "Winfield" with its crew, and discover a sinister villain responsible that has his HQ inside a monstrous sea serpent.

• Killers of the Bund · 10 pages

  When a Nazi Bund beats up a man of German descent (because he won't join up), Captain America and Bucky attack the Bund camp and Cap is captured. Bucky races back to the city and enlists the aid of the Sentinels of Liberty to help rescue Cap and round up the rogues.

• Captain America and the Ruby Robbers · 2 pages

  Jerry has just attended his first meeting of the Sentinels of Liberty, but wishes someday to acutally see Captain America in the flesh. However, when his father finds out where he has been, he forbids his son to attend any more meetings because he believes that Cap is a fake. Both are in for the surprise of their life when Cap does appear.....to stop the theft of a large ruby.

• The Terror That Was Devil's Island · 5.5 pages

  Steve and Bucky visit a POW at Devil's Island, but are alarmed at his physical condition and obvious fear of the prison's commandant. So, Captain America and Bucky decide to get to the bottom of the situation as only they can.

• Meet "Headline" Hunter -- Foreign Correspondent · Headline Hunter, Foreign Correspondent · 5 pages

  Hunter is called to the American Embassy in London to investigate the theft of the Ambassador's briefcase which contained the food contract between America and England. If it isn't recovered within 24 hours,the Nazis will learn the locations of Allied convoys and sink them.

• Weird Stories from the Dark Ages · Tuk, Caveboy · 4 pages

  Tuk makes haste to save his friend Tanir from the evil clutches of Bonzo.

• The Miser and the Counterfeit Millions · Hurricane, Master of Speed · 8 pages

  Hurricane sees a connection between a retired financier giving millions away to charity and the fact that the Master of Speed is getting counterfeit bills from every bank he seeks to get change from.

Characters

Reprinted in

Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (2005), Golden Age Captain America Omnibus (2014), Captain America: The Classic Years (1990), Captain America: The Classic Years (1998), Fantasy Masterpieces (1966), Essential Captain America (2000), Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Simon & Kirby Omnibus (2019)