U.S.A. Comics
U.S.A. Comics | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Timely Comics |
Schedule | Monthly (1941–44) Quarterly (1944–45) |
Publication date | August 1941 – Fall 1945 |
No. of issues | 17 |
Creative team | |
Created by | Joe Simon |
Written by | Joe Simon Stan Lee |
Artist(s) | Joe Simon Jack Kirby Alex Schomburg Basil Wolverton |
U.S.A. Comics was an American
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Publication history
U.S.A. Comics came from publisher
A superhero anthology with no regular starring feature until
Additional superheroes introduced in U.S.A. Comics include the
The first several appearances of Captain America in U.S.A. Comics were bullpen collaborations involving multiple pencilers likely including Al Avison, Syd Shores, Mike Sekowsky, Ernie Hart and a young Carmine Infantino, with inkers including Hart and George Klein.[8][9] As of early 2013, comics historians have not identified the creative teams behind the character's appearances in issue #9 or #11 onward.
Alex Schomburg, Timely's most prolific early cover artist, drew the covers of issues #4, 6–7, 12–13, and 15. Unusually, Schomburg provided interior artwork for the Captain Daring story in #7. This Captain Daring is not the character who appeared in later issues of Daring Mystery Comics, but is instead a continuation of the "G-Man Don Gorman" feature from Daring Mystery Comics #4.[10]
List of features
- The Defender #1-4 (August 1941-May 1942)
- The Whizzer #1, 2, 4, 6, 8-10, 12, 14, 16, 17 (August 1941, November 1941, May 1942, December 1942, May 1943-September 1943, March 1944, September 1944, June 1945, September 1945)
- Mr. Liberty/Major Liberty #1-4 (August 1941-May 1942)
- Rockman: Underground Secret Agent #1-4 (August 1941-May 1942)
- Young Avenger #1 (August 1941)
- Jack Frost #1-4 (August 1941-May 1942)
- Captain Terror #2-4 (November 1941-May 1942)
- The Vagabond #2-4 (November 1941-May 1942)
- Unsolved Mysteries #3 (January 1942)
- Powers of the Press #3 (January 1942)
- Corporal Dix/Sergeant Dix #4-6, 8-13 (May 1942-December 1942, May 1943-June 1944)
- Victory Boys #5 (June 1942)
- Black Widow #5 (June 1942)
- Lamb/Powers #5 (June 1942)
- The Fighting Hobo #5 (June 1942)
- The Blue Blade #5 (June 1942)
- Roko the Amazing #5 (June 1942)
- Gypo, the Gypsy Giant #5 (June 1942)
- American Avenger #5 (June 1942)
- Captain America #6-17 (December 1942-September 1945)
- Terror Squad #6 (December 1942)
- The Destroyer #6, 8-14, 16, 17 (December 1942, May 1943-September 1944, June 1945, September 1945)
- Edward A. Flaherty #6 (December 1942) [one-shot biography]
- Jeep Jones #6-9, 12, 13 (December 1942-July 1943, March 1944, June 1944)
- Tommy Colt #6 (December 1942)
- Jap Buster Johnson #6-14 (December 1942-September 1944)
- Captain Daring and His Sky-Sharks #7 (March 1943)
- Marvel Boy #7 (March 1943)
- Disk-Eyes the Detective #7 (March 1943)
- Secret Stamp #7-8 (March 1943-May 1943)
- Private Albert A. Schmidt #8 (May 1943) [one-shot biography]
- Barney Ross #9 (July 1943) [one-shot biography]
- Thunderbird #10 (September 1943) [one-shot biography]
- Detective Mike Trapp #13, 16 (June 1944, June 1945)
Collected editions
- Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age USA Comics Vol. 1 (U.S.A. Comics #1-4)
- Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age USA Comics Vol. 2 (U.S.A. Comics #5-8)
References
- ^ Golden Age Captain America vol. 1, 2004, p. 50.
- ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0.
- ^ Vassallo, Michael J. (9 April 2013). "Carmine Infantino (1925-2013) - The Timely Years". Timely-Atlas-Comics. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ Nevins, Jess. Major Liberty at Nevins, Jess, Character Lists for the Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes of latter.
- ^ Nevins, Nevins: Rockman
- ^ Nevins, Nevins, Captain Terror
- ^ Nevins, Nevins: American Avenger
- ^ Vassallo, Michael J. (2010). "Introduction". In Cory Sedlmeier (ed.). Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age USA Comics, Vol. 2. New York: Marvel Worldwide, Inc. pp. vi–x.
- ^ Grand Comics Database: U.S.A. Comics #10 (Sept. 1943)
- ^ Vassallo, Michael J. (6 January 2012). "USA Comics Volume 2 Golden-Age Masterworks". Timely-Atlas-Comics. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
External links
- USA Comics at the Grand Comics Database