Captain America Comics #3 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1941

About Captain America Comics #3

Contains a text story written by Stan Lee (his first work for Timely) and has a classic Red Skull / bondage cover by Alex Schomburg. Story and art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Mac Raboy art. Currently #45 on Overstreet's list of Top 100 Golden Age Comics.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Captain America; Bucky; Red Skull

Pencils: Alex Schomburg

Inks: Alex Schomburg

STORY DETAILS

(7 Stories)

Title: The Return of the Red Skull

Characters: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Mike Duffy; Red Skull [George Maxon] (villain, death)

Synopsis: The Red Skull returns from the dead to wreak horrible vengeance on unsuspecting victims, including a phony Cap and Bucky, the brainchildren of a group of thugs.

Pages: 17.000

Script: Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils: Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Inks: Joe Simon; Jack Kirby; Al Avison; Al Gabriele

Notes: Pencil and ink credits from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-10-08.

Title: The Hunchback of Hollywood and the Movie Murder

Characters: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Mike Duffy; Hawkshaw Brogan; Mark Carstine; Carol Young; Goris Barloff; The Hunchback [Craig Talbot] (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: Death and terror lurk behind the scenes of a Hollywood movie set as Cap and Bucky hunt a hunchback madman, whose bloody hand seeks to stop the grinding cameras from filming the truth for a liberty loving public.

Pages: 17.000

Script: Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Bernie Klein; George Roussos (backgrounds)

Reprints: Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (June 1966)

Notes: Ink credits from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-10-08. Roussos once recalled how Kirby hired Klein to do the inking on this story, and Klein roped in Roussos to ink the backgrounds.

Title: Captain America Foils the Traitor's Revenge

Characters: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Lou Haines (villain); Colonel Stevens (villain)

Synopsis: Lou Haines swears revenge on the life of a Colonel for his being booted out of Camp.

Pages: 2.000

Script: Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Letters: typeset

Reprints: Marvel Super Heroes (Marvel, 1966 series) #1 (October 1966)

Notes: Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-10-08.

Title: The Queer Case of the Murdering Butterfly and the Ancient Mummies

Characters: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; The Butterfly [Dr. Vitrioli] (villain, introduction, death); Lenny (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis: Laughing at law and order, the Butterfly loots a museum of its priceless treasures until Captain America and Bucky steps in to clip his wings.

Pages: 11.000

Script: Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Reed Crandall

Reprints: Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (June 1966)

Notes: Inks credit from Greg Theakston. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-10-08.

Title: Atlantis and the False King

Characters: Tuk; Tanir; Eve; King of Atlantis (Introduction); Soothsayer (Introduction)

Synopsis: Tuk and Tanir help Princess Eve regain her rightful throne in Atlantis.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils: Mac Raboy

Inks: Mac Raboy

Notes: Title taken from contents page; synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-10-08.

Title: The True Story of the Bald Head Message

Characters: King Darius; Istiaeus

Synopsis: The use of a young servant boy to provide a message to the Ionians completely fools the Persians.

Pages: 2.000

Script: Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Joe Simon

Notes: Synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-10-08.

Title: Satan and the Subway Disasters

Characters: Hurricane; Pluto [S. Devile] (Villain); Scarface Rispoli (Villain)

Synopsis: The use of "infernal death boxes" in causing subway wrecks draws the attention of Hurricane.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils: Reed Crandall ?

Inks: Reed Crandall ?

Notes: Story title taken from contents page title; synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-10-08.

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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	9	2	2	2	1	1	6	2	6	3	7	4	3	8	3	2	4	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	70
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Signature Series	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
Restored	3	3	1	1	2	0	3	2	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	43
Total	18	5	3	3	4	1	10	5	10	7	12	10	5	11	6	8	5	2	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	131

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