Issue Description

In Washington the US government is discussing a plan to stop enemies from secretly joining their ranks and sabotaging them from the inside. Que J. Arthur Grover head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who has a plan to stop such things. Mister Grover leads the disguised army officials to an innocent looking shop of curiosities, but the shop is far from that. An old woman behind the counter leads the men through the building to a heavily barred door where it is opened by a scientist. Inside the room they find a laboratory. The old woman they've been following removes her face, revealing it was a mask to hide her identity. This young beautiful woman was X-13. Afterwards the men have a seat in an adjacent room with a large window and await a new experiment about to begin. Inside they witness a frail young man who volunteered to take part in the procedure next to a scientist by the name of Professor Reinstein. Professor Reinstein then injects the young man with a strange seething liquid, moments later the young man isn't so frail as his muscles star to grow. Professor Reinstein displays the new man as Captain America, America's savoir against the saboteurs, spys, and enemies; however the success is short lived as one of the men led in by X-13 jumps out of his chair and begins opening fire at Mister Grover and Reinstein killing Reinstein and shattering the syrum that made Captain America. Captain America pulls the spy through the glass window and gives him a few good punches; the spy starts to stumble back into some laboratory equipment, electrocuting himself to death. Fast forward, Captain America has been busy fighting terrorists and spies a young Bucky Barnes, Camp Lehigh's boy mascot tells Private Steve Rogers all about it. That night Bucky walks into Roger's tent only to discover Captain America and Steve Rogers are one in the same. Seeing little choice Steve accepts Bucky as Captain America's young crime fighting partner.

Captain America and his sidekick Bucky investigate a couple of suspicious individuals who claim to predict the future, already correctly predicting Fort Bix would explode. Under the guise of Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes the sit in on Sando and Omar's act. As Omar starts to predict a bridge collapse Captain America and Bucky quickly make their move only to hear the explosion. Captain America leaps at the pair taking out Sando in one punch as Bucky chases after Omar. After hearing a women's scream Cap races for a back room where he witnesses Betty Ross and Bucky being held hostage by a bunch of Nazi saboteurs. Without missing a beat Captain America begins his assault on the men and Bucky manages to free himself. In a last ditch effort Sando Von Krantz pulls out a bomb. Bucky disarms Krantz of the bomb and tosses it from the window saving everyone inside. Our heroes then leave Miss Ross as she waits for the FBI.

In a shoddy old basement in a shoddy run down house awaits Rothcone and his flunkies. Rothcone is using his chessboard to strategize who he will have assassinated in the United States Army. The first target that catches the creep's eye is Admiral Perkin's who's found dead on stage in a theater. Captain America and Bucky chase down the suspect known only as 15 by his men. Bucky is able to catch up to him pretty easily but 15 pulls out a knife. Captain America bull rushes him causing the knife to fall and to allow Cap to question the man. However before he can talk he is gunned down by his own men luckily Cap deflects the bullets with his shield protecting himself and Bucky. Later back at camp Private Rogers and Bucky are sent on a special assignment to watch over General Ellsworth, but upon getting to his tent the duo discover the General is dead having been strangled to death. Afterwards seeing Captain America and Bucky as the next threat to his plan Rothcone puts them on the list only he wants them alive. Herr Kamelon orders the man who strangled the general to fill out this plan. The strangler or 13 has he is referred to by Herr Kamelon lures Bucky to Rothcone's hideout telling the boy he's taking him to the one doing the killings. Bucky agrees, but not before writing a note for cap and leaving it in his tent. When Bucky makes it down to the basement of the hideout he is confronted by Rothcone who knocks him out. Just as this was happening Private Steve Rogers discovers Bucky's note and makes his way to Rothcone's hideout dispatching 13 on the way to the basement where he's met with a tied up Bucky and a gun in his back. Captain kicks the Chessboard at Rothcone then continue to make quick work of him. Afterwards Captain unties Bucky and they defeat the incoming assassins. Once they're dealt with the two look around and find their plans, ending any involvement the group was partaking in.

After a normal day of dropping off Major Croy at his home Private Steve Rogers warns the major of a suspicious Red Skull card he had got earlier. The major however writes it off as a prank and goes about his business, sending Rogers and Bucky on their way. Little did the major know the Red Skull sneaked into his home right behind him while he read. The fiendish Red Skull begins to strangle the major spouting out "Look at death! Look at death!" before leaving the major's lifeless body. Later the body is discovered by Steve and Bucky, they do the right thing and phone the police. While the police officer is busy with the crime scene Steve and Bucky take this chance to change into their alter egos. Captain America heads off on his own telling Bucky to stay put, however the stubborn boy that he his heads off on his own to look for the Red Skull. While looking Bucky accidentally stumbles onto the hideout of the the Red Skull when he peers through a sunroof of a building, but he ends up alerting the guards and gets himself captured. Their victory is short lived however because Captain America charges in and helps Bucky defeat the group of terrorists, but the Red Skull did manage to escape after using a secret escape door. Seeing little else they could do the two heroes head back for camp. While at camp the company witness a flight test with George Maxon of Maxon Aircraft Corporation. The test goes wrong causing the plane to crash leaving Steve to worry about the men on board and Maxon only caring about the plane. After the General Charles Manor who oversaw the test heads home his wife gives him a package that came for him. The general opens the package only to discover a red skull and a card signed by the Red Skull that his number was up. Moments later the Red Skull makes his move strangling the general all the while saying "Look at death!" until the life fades from him, however the general's wife rushes in pistol in hand to discover the corpse of her dead husband, but shes no match and just smacked away by the Red Skull. Before making his escape though, Captain America charges in and tackles the Red Skull. After a handful of blows back and forth the Red Skull manages to knock Cap out cold, but before he can take the life from him Bucky flanks the Red Skull biding enough time for Captain America to wake up and throw a punch at his foe causing the Red Skull's skull to shatter, revealing it was just a mask. Underneath the mask they discover it to be Mister Maxon and he was using a type of poison to kill his victims. While confronting him about it Maxon tries to escape but Bucky tackles him only to have Maxon roll over on his own poisonous needle. Afterwards Bucky questions Cap as to why he didn't stop in from happening, but Captain America leaves it alone. The two later discover on Maxon's body that he had a letter from Hitler stating that when America was in Nazi control Maxon would be given the post of Minister of all American Industry for his excellent spy work.

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Captain America Comics

Publisher

Timely

Volume Description

Captain America Comics Volume 1

The series that brought forth the most iconic World War Two legend in the Marvel Universe, Captain America and his young ally Bucky Barnes. The team fought against the Axis, such as the Nazi's and the Japanese. The series changed it's title to Captain America's Weird Tales for issues 74 and 75 after witch the series was put on hiatus. Four years later the series returned, now simply as "Captain America" with issues #76-78. It was later revealed (ret-conned) that the last 3 issues of the series star William Burnside and Jack Munroe (Nomad) as Captain America and Bucky during the 1950's when the original team was presumed dead. The two thought of themselves as the true Cap and Bucky however.
The series ended with issue 78. It would take almost 10 years before Captain America returned in the pages of The Avengers. He later got his own starring role in Tales of Suspense.

 
 
Collected Editions

Marvel Masterworks Vol. 1 (1-4), Vol. 2 (5-8), Vol. 3 (9-12), Vol. 4 (13-16), Vol. 5 (17-20), Vol. 6 (21-24).

There is a rare two hardcover slipcase edition that collects the early run by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby called Captain America: The Classic Years

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