Captain America Comics #15 (Timely, 1942) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages....

Auction amount: $17,925.00

Sold: Feb 27, 2010

Captain America Comics #15 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1942

About Captain America Comics #15

First appearance of the Timely Comics shield mini-logo. World War II / bondage / Nazi / branding iron torture / robot cover by Al Avison. Story art by Avison, Syd Shores, and Don Rico.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Den of Doom!

Characters: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]

Pencils: Al Avison

Inks: Al Avison

STORY DETAILS

(7 Stories)

Title: The Tunnel of Terror!

Characters: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Michael Duffy; Betty Ross; Fritz Krone (villain, introduction); Moeller (villain, introduction); other Nazis (villains)

Synopsis: As the Nazis mine a tunnel in the East River, Cap and Bucky shut down a Fifth Column that is attempting to sap American morale to resist Hitler's goons so that New York City can be captured.

Pages: 20.000

Script: Otto Binder ?

Pencils: Al Avison (signed)

Inks: Syd Shores (signed)

Notes: On Binder's list as "Sample Blitz" October 1941.

Title: To the Land of Nod

Characters: The Imp; Jefferson Vandermeer; Morpheus (introduction, god of sleep--Timely's Sandman!); Nightmare (Morpheus' horse)

Synopsis: Morpheus decides to give Jefferson the nightmare of his life, but doesn't reckon with the Imp!

Pages: 10.000

Script: Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils: Chad Grothkopf [as Chad] (signed)

Inks: Chad Grothkopf [as Chad] (signed)

Characters: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]

Synopsis: Two-page illustrated PSA for Captain America's War Fund, which encourages readers to buy one less comic per month and, instead, send it to Cap's war fund and the money will be forwarded to President Roosevelt in care of the Treasurer of the U.S. to help fight the Japanese.

Pages: 2.000

Script: Martin Goodman (signed)

Pencils: Al Avison

Inks: Al Avison

Letters: typeset

Notes: Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-7-27.

Title: The Secret of Lost River Cave

Characters: Dave; Sam; Mr. Lewis (grocery store owner)

Synopsis: Behind on the mortgage to the property their mother owns, Dave and Sam agree to sell their mother's diamonds to help pay off that mortgage. However, while on his way to town for that very purpose, Dave discovers strange fish in the Lost River Cave, fish that he can easily sell to pay off that mortgage.

Pages: 2.000

Letters: typeset

Title: The Invasion From Mars

Characters: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Michael Duffy; The Gool [Ludwig] (villain, introduction) and his Martians (villains, introduction, Nazi agents)

Synopsis: Cap and Bucky take the fight to a group of Martians who have invaded Gotham City, intending to seize it, but Cap smells a rat when a Martian weapon turns out to be a German Lugar in disguise!

Pages: 20.000

Script: Otto Binder

Pencils: Al Avison

Inks: Al Avison

Notes: Cap operates in Gotham City. Story credit from Otto Binder's list: "Martians" December, 1941.

Title: The Substitute Secret Stamp

Characters: The Secret Stamp [Roddy Colt]; Spud Sickles; Jerry Dash (news reporter); Mary Sickles; Mr. Corbey; Grandma (villain, introduction); Butch (villain); un-named spy (villain)

Synopsis: Roddy gets the surprise of his life when he sees another "Secret Stamp" captured by a group of Nazi spies, who have been ordered by Hitler to kill the Secret Stamp!

Pages: 7.000

Script: Stan Lee ?

Pencils: Don Rico ?

Inks: Don Rico ?

Notes: art credit from AtlasTales.com

Characters: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]

Synopsis: Illustrated club page in which Cap urges readers to continue to buy Defense Stamps for victory, while Bucky asks readers how they like The Imp and for them to remain patient while their drawings sent in for a contest are being looked at and judged.

Pages: 1.000

Pencils: Al Avison

Inks: Al Avison

Letters: ?; typeset (most)

Notes: Found on the inside back cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-7-27.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	5	3	1	0	1	1	3	5	9	4	13	1	7	3	4	3	3	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	74
Qualified	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11
Total	5	3	2	0	1	1	4	5	10	5	13	2	8	7	6	3	3	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	87

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