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.
The opening of this issue takes us back in time a bit, and retells in more detail the scene from last issue where Captain America took over the plane.
Celia remains torn between her loyalty to her country and to her evil brother.
This ultimately leads the Nazi in charge to order her killed as well.
Rogers had to abandon his unit to travel to Greymoor Castle and save Bucky. He didn’t realize his unit was about to face an ambush. Sgt. Duffy thinks Rogers has deserted them.
Last issue, they had an unnecessarily elaborate radiation-based deathtrap cooked up for Cap and Bucky. They seem to have abandoned that in favor of another elaborate death trap. They’ll be placed inside of a missile headed to London.
A missile destroying 10 Downing Street would be a real party pooper.
Rating: ★★★☆☆, 54/100
Significance: ★★★☆☆
I read this story in Marvel Masterworks: Captain America vol. 1.
Characters:
- Captain America
- Dr. Cedric Rawlings
- Major Uberhart
- Bucky
- Celia Rawlings
- Sgt. Duffy
Story notes:
- Major Uberhart orders Bucky killed, but Rawlings thinks he may be useful still.
- Rawlings feels unappreciated by Britain, and blames his sister for the loss of his hand.
- British nightfighters attack plane Captain America has commandeered.
- Nazis hiding in suits of armor; Celia tries to warn Cap of the trap.
- Captain America defeated by gas.
- Major Uberhart orders Celia killed with Cap and Bucky.
- Greymoor Castle a silo for a V-2 missile; Cap, Bucky, Celia all to be placed on board as it is fired at London, aimed at Downing Street and Winston Churchill.
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