"Remember Pearl Harbor" issue. Captain America and Human Torch appearances. Japanese war, Rising Sun cover and art by Al Gabriele. First "Timely Comics" text logo. Stan Lee story.
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Synopsis:
Without knowing it, the Young Allies run into and are trapped by the Khan, a man desiring to become master of the western hemisphere, and involved in the planning stages of a Nazi and Japanese take-over of Alaska.
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Stan Lee
Pencils:
Al Gabriele (signed on contents page)
Inks:
George Klein (signed on contents page)
Notes:
Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Title:
[Attack on Alaska] Chapter 2: Trapped in the Swampland!
Synopsis:
Trapped in a swampland area, a plane spots the boys and transports them to the Yukon for medical assistance. The Young Allies, upon their recovery, buy a cheap car and head out to find their adversary, who already knows they are in country. They are captured and taken to the Khan's huge secret Alaskan underground airport.
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Stan Lee
Pencils:
Al Gabriele (signed on contents page)
Inks:
George Klein (signed on contents page)
Notes:
Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Title:
[Attack on Alaska] Chapter 4: The Yellow Invasion Begins!
Synopsis:
The Khan begins his invasion of Alaska, and the Young Allies escape from the secret airport and head for Alaska to alert U.S. defense forces of the impending attack. While there, they confront the Khan inside a U.S. arsenal that is suddenly hit by bombs from an Japanese plane!
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Stan Lee
Pencils:
Al Gabriele (signed on contents page)
Inks:
George Klein (signed on contents page)
Notes:
Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Title:
[Attack on Alaska] Chapter 5: Fight to the Finish!
Characters:
Young Allies [Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Bucky [James Barnes]; Knuckles [Percival Aloysius O'Toole]; Jefferson Worthington Sandervilt; Whitewash Jones; Tubby [Henry Tinkle]]; General Peters; Khan
Synopsis:
Barely surviving the explosion, the Young Allies scramble out of the arsenal and spot a huge opening of a pipe leading underground, and out of the pipe suddenly emerges a huge Japanese invasion force. Toro takes to the air to alert U.S. forces and a battle royal ensues, resulting in the Khan's death and a rout of his forces.
Pages:
13.000
Script:
Stan Lee
Pencils:
Al Gabriele (signed on contents page)
Inks:
George Klein (signed on contents page)
Notes:
Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Title:
Danger in the Dunes
Characters:
Dan; Patchey (his horse); Brown (villain); Jeff (villain)
Synopsis:
Dan sees a plane sputter in air and crash land, and he heads out to look for it and the pilots who were aboard. He doesn't realize that those men are spies with bombs on board to be used to bomb the Coolidge Dam.
Pages:
2.000
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Title:
He Solves the Last Murder Mystery
Characters:
Casey McKann (introduction); Baldy Bean (dies); "Pinky" the Punk; Lotsa Stuff; "Mugsy" the Mug; Mr. Ripper (false Police Commissioner, villain)
Synopsis:
Casey succeeds in ferreting out the true killer of Baldy Bean: a phony Police Commissioner.
Pages:
1.000
Pencils:
Louis Ferstadt [as Looey] (signed)
Inks:
Louis Ferstadt [as Looey] (signed)
Notes:
Writer credit revision from Ferstadt to ? by Craig Delich. The Who's Who states that Ferstadt did not write this strip. Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Title:
Don't Cross Your Bridgework Until It Bites You!
Characters:
Casey McKann
Synopsis:
Casey is awarded a medal for solving the murder of Baldy Bean, then spots a suspicious beautiful girl. He follows her and breaks into an apartment she enters and falsely arrests her and some other card players!
Pages:
1.000
Pencils:
Louis Ferstadt [as Looey] (signed)
Inks:
Louis Ferstadt [as Looey] (signed)
Notes:
Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Title:
Killer Diller Returns to the Pen in the Big House
Characters:
Casey McKann; Killer Diller
Synopsis:
Casey is ordered by the commissioner to bring in parolee Killer Diller, not knowing that he was awarded a prize while in prison for a true story he wrote.
Pages:
1.000
Pencils:
Louis Ferstadt [as Looey] (signed)
Inks:
Louis Ferstadt [as Looey] (signed)
Notes:
Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Title:
The Disappearing Diamonds
Characters:
Father Time [Larry Scott]; Yo Lanar (villain, introduction); Agent X (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
A crooked diamond expert is refused citizenship because of his many convictions for jewel robberies and threatens revenge by stealing vital industrial black diamonds.
Pages:
7.000
Pencils:
Jack Alderman (signed)
Inks:
Jack Alderman (signed)
Notes:
Father Time's appearance occurs between Captain America Comics #12 and Mystic Comics #10. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Characters:
Casey McKann
Synopsis:
The police commissioner is livid with Casey for rounding up a ring of counter fitters, believing them to be counterfeiters!
Pages:
1.000
Pencils:
Louis Ferstadt [as Looey] (signed)
Inks:
Louis Ferstadt [as Looey] (signed)
Notes:
Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Title:
Square Gang Buster Busts Up Dope Ring!
Characters:
Casey McKann; Big Dope
Synopsis:
When Big Dope is released from prison, Casey tails him, suspicious that he will go back to his previous career in crime...but the joke is on him!
Pages:
1.000
Pencils:
Louis Ferstadt [as Looey] (signed)
Inks:
Louis Ferstadt [as Looey] (signed)
Notes:
Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
Title:
Capt. Colin P. Kelly
Characters:
Captain Colin P. Kelly (dies)
Synopsis:
The true story of U.S. AAF Captain Kelly is told, including the heroic sacrifice of his life, when he rammed his plane into the Japanese Battleship Haruna off the coast of Luzon.
Pages:
3.000
Notes:
Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-28-09.
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