Featuring: Captain America
Release: March 1, 1948
Cover: April 1948
10 cents
12 pages
I don’t see any credits in the issue, so I’ll refer you to the GCD for their take on attribution.
Captain America and Bucky are tracking a villain named Lavender and catch up to her during an ambergris heist.
I did not know anything about ambergris before reading this comic. Apparently, it is fecal matter occasionally released by sperm whales who have digested squid. It was used for centuries to make perfume and is extremely valuable. It has been illegal to buy or sell in America for about 50 years now, but apparently was not illegal in 1948. Hence, Lavender plans to steal some.
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