Tales of Suspense #70, Story B

If This Be Treason!

Featuring: Captain America
Release: July 8, 1965
Cover: October 1965
12 cents
Story by Stan Lee
Layouts by Jack Kirby
Lettering by S. Rosen
Art by George Tuska
10 pages

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My own nation has refused to recognize my talents! But the Nazis are willing to pay me handsomely for my help!

We get a new artist, George Tuska. “One of the giants from the golden age of comics”, says Lee. As with most new artists, Lee still needs Kirby to lay out the story for them.

Tuska has worked in the industry since 1939, and became well known in the 1950s for his stellar work on crime comics. His first work with Marvel was in 1949. Lately, he’s been focused on newspaper strips, having taken over Buck Rogers in 1959. Here’s a sampling of his earlier work.

  • Zanzibar the Magician, Mystery Men Comics #1, Fox, 1939
  • Tom Barry of the Royal Mounted, Wonderworld Comics #4, Fox, 1939
  • Cosmic Carson, Science Comics #1, Fox, 1940
  • Shark Brodie, Fight Comics #1, Fiction House, 1940
  • 64 Pages of New Captain Marvel Adventures #2, Fawcett, 1941
  • Uncle Sam Quarterly #3, Quality, 1942
  • Crime Does Not Pay #48, Lev Gleason, 1946
  • Casey – Crime Photographer #1, Marvel, 1949
  • My Love #2, Marvel, 1949
  • Strange Tales #1, Marvel, 1951
  • Kid Colt Outlaw #18, Marvel, 1952
  • War Adventures #1, Marvel, 1952

And here’s an example of his work on Buck Rogers.

Back to Captain America now. They Greymoor Castle saga continues.

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