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Series: U. S. A. Comics [USA Comics; U.S.A. Comics]

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Publisher: Marvel

Title: U. S. A. Comics [USA Comics; U.S.A. Comics]
Issue: 6
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: December 1942
Volume: 1
Contributors: Editor: Stan Lee (editor, art director)

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USA Comics #6
Owner: Badger

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Features:Captain America
Pages:1
Pencils:Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed)
Inks:Alex Schomburg [as Schomburg] (signed); Syd Shores ?
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; the Nazis


Story Title: Contents page - table of contents
Pages:1
Characters:Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
Synopsis:Illustrated Table of Contents page.


Story Title: The Ghost's Gaze of Death! - comic story
Features:Captain America
Pages:15
Pencils:Al Avison; Syd Shores
Inks:George Klein; ?
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Perseus (introduction, flashback); Medusa (introduction, flashback); Medusa [Dr. Anton Harvey] (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:A noted scientist explains the mysterious deaths of some workers as the re-appearance of the dreaded snake monster, Medusa, a monster from legend. When Cap and Bucky look into the matter, they discover the Medusa is all too real, but this one uses a compressed air gun loaded with poison-tipped needles to kill!


Story Title: Origin of the Terror Squad - comic story
Features:Terror Squad
Pages:8
Genre:war
Characters:Terror Squad [Chuck Wilson; Stanisofski; Twimbly] (introduction, origin); Nikoli (Russian POW, 8th cousin of Stanisofski); the Nazis (villains, many die)
Synopsis:Three ace pilots from America, Russia and England escape from a Nazi concentration camp, steal three British Spitfires on display in a local village, and use them to attack Nazi convoys and tanks.


Story Title: The Den of Horror! - comic story
Features:The Destroyer
Pages:7
Pencils:Bob Oksner
Inks:Bob Oksner
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Destroyer [Keen Marlow, also in disguise as Captain von Nieusance]; Flora; Mueller; Capt. Von Nieusance (villain, introduction, Gestapo Chief); Brander (villain, introduction, torturer)
Synopsis:The Destroyer goes undercover to try and disrupt the Nazis plan to discover the location of the underground's "Freedom Press" so they can destroy it.


Story Title: Death In the Coral Sea - comic story
Pages:5
Pencils:Louis Ferstadt
Genre:non-fiction; war
Characters:Edward A. Flaherty (USN Electrician's Mate 1st Class); The Japanese (villains, some die)
Synopsis:The true story of a USN seaman on board the USS Neosho.


Story Title: Jeep Joins the Army - comic story
Features:Jeep Jones
Pages:5
Pencils:Chic Stone
Inks:Chic Stone
Genre:humor; military
Characters:Jeep Jones (introduction, origin)
Synopsis:After the attack on Pearl Harbor, garage mechanic "Jeep" Jones decides to join the Army, and ends up as the General's driver.


Story Title: Look Out For Spies! - text story
Pages:1.75
Letters:typeset
Genre:war
Characters:Tommy Colt; Bill Gibbs; Foxx (FBI agent); Big Jake Groman (villain); un-named Nazi (villain)
Synopsis:Tommy is knocked senseless and beat up while on guard duty, but is puzzled when a doctor pulls out a thin sliver of metal from his chin after the attack. His pal, Bill, believes Big Jake is responsible, wanting to steal vital plans from the plant being guarded by Tommy.


Story Title: Slow Motion Jones and the Last Chance Lightship - comic story
Features:The Whizzer
Pages:8
Pencils:Louis Ferstadt [as Ferstadt] (signed)
Inks:Louis Ferstadt [as Ferstadt] (signed)
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Whizzer [Robert Frank]; Slow-Motion Jones (introduction); Cob; Bruce Keller (FBI agent); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:The Whizzer goes after a Nazi spy who has shot an FBI agent and is out to work with a Nazi sub to destroy a U.S. convoy at sea.


Story Title: Sergeant Dix Calls the Plays! - comic story
Features:Sergeant Dix
Pages:6
Pencils:Frank Borth (signed)
Inks:Frank Borth (signed)
Genre:war
Characters:Sergeant Dix; Roden (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:The Nazis use some unwitting kids to attack a military fort by giving them slingshots and incendiary pebbles!


Story Title: Johnson Invades Japan - comic story
Features:Jap Buster Johnson
Pages:9
Pencils:Dennis Neville
Inks:Dennis Neville
Genre:war
Characters:Lt. Doug "Jap Buster" Johnson (introduction, origin); Dave (death); Japanese army (villains, some die)
Synopsis:After seeing a fellow pilot gunned down by the Japanese air force, Lt. Johnson takes to the air after the perpetrator, shoots him down, then takes a Japanese plane up to see if he can locate and help destroy a secret Japanese base.


Story Title: Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. - statement of ownership
Pages:0.25
Letters:typeset


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