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- Secret Stamp (Roddy Colt) — introduction · origin
Dates
- Cover date
- April 1942
- On sale
- February 2, 1942
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The League of the Unicorn! · 20 pages
A railroad boss poses as King Zong, leader of the League of Unicorns, an oriental criminal gang that wear helmets with spikes on their foreheads to slay enemies. Zong hopes to profit from sowing discord between China and the Allies, but Cap and Bucky defeat him and hand him over to the police.
- Polly Tix · 1 pages
Polly returns home from what he considers a dull ocean trip, but his wife discovers some hanky-panky that went on.
- The Lighthouse of Horror · 20 pages
Cap and Bucky must stop the activities of 20th Century pirates who are able to block the beam of a lighthouse, causing ships to run aground so they can be looted by the criminals.
- Wild West · 2 pages
A notorious gunman and killer in disguise from Chicago appears one day in Butlertown, intent on buying a ranch.....but not just any ranch.....the ranch belonging to Grandpop Saunders, which has a fortune in gold in a mine located on the property.
- Doctor Sinn · The Imp · 7 pages
The Imp tangles with Dr. Sinn, who has discovered a book on black magic which reveals magic words that makes Sinn the most powerful man alive!
- The One Man Invasion! · 5 pages
A pair of Nazi agents enter the U.S. to kidnap a British newspaper publisher and take him to Germany, all to prevent the publishers' anti-Nazi articles from seeing print.
- Origin of the Secret Stamp · 8 pages
Young newspaper carrier Roddy Colt witnesses Tommy being injured by a speeding automobile whose occupants have stolen Defense Stamps. After Jerry Dash helps the injured boy and befriends Roddy, he gives Roddy a portable radio to assist him in gathering news. Inspired to fight criminals and enemies of the Defense Stamp program, Roddy creates the masked identity of the Secret Stamp.
Characters
Reprinted in
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America (2005), Golden Age Captain America Omnibus (2014), Marvel Firsts: WWII Super Heroes (2013)