Captain America Comics #16 Chicago Pedigree (Timely, 1942) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages....

Auction amount: $36,000.00

Sold: Jun 25, 2023

Captain America Comics #16 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1942

About Captain America Comics #16

Cap and Bucky take on the Red Skull on the bondage cover, and in the feature story by Al Avison. The story is continued in Young Allies #4. Avison and Mike Sekowsky art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]

Pencils: Al Avison [as A. Avison] (signed)

Inks: Al Avison [as A. Avison] (signed)

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: The Horror of the Seas

Characters: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sgt. Duffy; Betty Ross; Eddie (death); Sally (death); The Hooded Horror (villain, introduction); the Sea People and their Ruler (villains, introduction)

Synopsis: Cap and Bucky encounter a race of undersea people that have built a temple to their goddess Lai-Son beneath the reef where they sacrifice the townspeople under the command of a Nazi who plans to use them as the spearhead of an invasion.

Pages: 20.000

Script: Manly Wade Wellman

Pencils: Al Avison

Inks: Syd Shores; George Klein

Notes: The Masterworks edition lists Manly Wade Wellman as writer and Syd Shores & George Klein with the inks.

Title: The Imp and the Pirates

Characters: The Imp; Jefferson Vandermeer; group of pirates (villains)

Synopsis: Jefferson and the Imp set out to uncover some pirate treasure, then run into a blood thirsty group of pirates determined not to let them have it.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils: Chad Grothkopf [as Chad] (signed)

Inks: Chad Grothkopf [as Chad] (signed)

Notes: Contents page title; illustrations of Stan Lee and Chad Grothkopf on page 1; last appearance

Characters: Percy; Sally

Synopsis: Percy's attempts to impressive a girl with his roller skating backfires on him.....big time!

Pages: 1.000

Pencils: Mike Sekowsky

Inks: George Klein

Notes: Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-9-15. Art credits per Masterworks edition.

Title: Pacific Voyage

Characters: Dick; un-named partner of Dick's

Synopsis: Dick and his friend decide to sail back to the United States from China by sailing aboard a Chinese Junk they purchased, but the trip is anything but delightful.

Pages: 2.000

Letters: typeset

Title: Red Skull's Deadly Revenge

Characters: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sgt. Duffy; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt] (villain, apparently dies); Brute Benson (villain, death); Duke Shores (villain); Igor (villain)

Synopsis: The Red Skull sets out to trap the famed Captain America and succeeds, then takes over Cap's costumed identity, attempting to dishonor the name of America's hero!

Pages: 24.000

Script: Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils: Al Avison (signed)

Inks: Syd Shores; George Klein

Notes: The Masterworks edition lists Syd Shores & George Klein as inkers. Captain America is unmasked in this story and his identity revealed to the Red Skull. The Red Skull's next appearance is in Young Allies Comics #4 [his true face is also shown in this story in the guise of an expert archer].

Title: Murder in Cross Lane

Characters: The Secret Stamp [Roddy Colt]; Jerry Dash (reporter); Mr. Snull (railroad ticket agent); Spud Sickles; Titus Locke (villain)

Synopsis: When Roddy's reporter friend, Jerry Dash, is accused of murdering a fellow reporter, the Secret Stamp goes into action to save his life from an angry mob.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Don Rico ?; Mike Sekowsky ?

Inks: Don Rico ?; Paul Reinman ?

Notes: The Masterworks edition lists Mike Sekowsky as possible penciler and Paul Reinman as possible inker.

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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	2	1	4	3	1	2	2	1	3	3	6	8	6	5	6	0	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	61
Qualified	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Signature Series	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Restored	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13
Total	4	1	5	3	2	4	3	5	5	4	8	10	6	5	6	0	6	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	83

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