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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: 5
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: Summer 1942
Volume: 1
Contributors: Editor: Stan Lee

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USA Comics #5
Owner: walclark

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Story Title: Introducing the Victory Boys - cover
Features:Victory Boys
Pages:1
Pencils:Al Gabriele ?
Inks:Al Gabriele ?
Genre:superhero
Characters:Victory Boys [Victor; Maxie Stein; Kurt Erzberger; Gus Webber]; Adolf Hitler; Benito Mussolini; Hirohito; Winston Churchill ?


Story Title: [ no title ] - public service announcement
Pages:1
Pencils:? (illustration)
Inks:? (illustration)
Letters:?; typeset
Genre:advocacy
Synopsis:The publishers donated this space, on behalf of the U.S. Savings Bonds and War Stamps campaign, to published a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., encouraging the boys and girls of America to buy at least one 10 cent Savings Stamp each week to help the war effort.


Story Title: Hitler and Hirohito's Hunting Trip - comic story
Features:Victory Boys
Pages:8
Pencils:Ernie Hart; Al Avison ? (splash page); ? (additional pencilers possible)
Inks:Ernie Hart; George Klein; ? (additional inkers possible)
Genre:superhero
Characters:Victory Boys [Victor; Maxie Stein; Kurt Erzberger; Gus Weber; Warren Zumwald] (in costume); Adolf Hitler (villain); Hirohito (villain); Benito Mussolini (villain); Hitz (villain); Fritz (villain)
Synopsis:Hitler and Mussolini need to find a way to hide Germany's difficulties from a visiting Hirohito, so they whisk him off to a castle in the Black Forest. The Victory Boys are nearby, and Maxie is chosen to go hunting for some food for them. He gets captured, and the Victory Boys must confront the three dictators to rescue him.


Story Title: Murder, Unlimited - comic story
Pages:5
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Black Widow [Claire Voyant]; John Marriman (actor, death); Satan (villain); Karl Koodamore (villain, introduction, death); Henderson (villain); Pete (villain, death); Sparks (villain, death); Cross-Face Durok (villain, death)
Synopsis:Satan sends the Black Widow to collect the soul of Karl Koodamore, a man who arranges murders for money. After one of Koodamore's henchmen kills an actor on stage, the Black Widow appears, killing one henchman, driving another to suicide, and tricking Koodamore into driving off a cliff.


Story Title: Tops in Thrills! Mystery! Action! Comedy! Patriotism!! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty
Pages:1
Pencils:Bill King [as King] (signed)
Inks:Bill King [as King] (signed)
Letters:typeset
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Synopsis:Illustrated house ad asking readers to join Cap's Sentinels of Liberty.


Story Title: Hills of Horror - comic story
Pages:6
Pencils:Don Rico; ?
Inks:Al Plastino ?
Genre:adventure
Characters:Jonah Lamb (introduction); Mr. Lamb (introduction, Jonah's father, death); Budd Powers (introduction); Sen Yat (Chinese coolie); un-named Chinese bandits (villains, many die)
Synopsis:When young Jonah's father dies in an earthquake in Shanghai, Jonah leaves the city to start afresh. He runs into a drifter named Budd Powers, and the two decide to stick together. They run across a village being attacked by bandits, and jump in on the side of the villagers, eventually running the bandits off.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Pages:5
Pencils:? (additional penciler present, possibly Fred Kida ?)
Inks:? (additional inker present, possibly Fred Kida ?)
Genre:adventure; humor
Characters:The Fighting Hobo [Butch Brogan] (introduction); Mrs. Upsnoot (dog owner)
Synopsis:Butch Brogan, a hobo, finds a book of Shakespeare and feels inspired by it, although his fellow hobos mock him. When he sees a dog kidnapped from a woman for ransom, he volunteers to chase after the kidnappers and retrieve it.


Story Title: Sandai and the Atom Smasher - comic story
Features:The Blue Blade
Pages:5
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Blue Blade; un-named scientist; Nita (scientist's daughter); Sandai (villain); un-named Japanese spy (villain)
Synopsis:The Blue Blade heads to the Pacific coast as a result of the Japanese joining the war. Once there, he saves an inventor and his daughter from Japanese spies who were trying to steal his atomic smashing machine.


Story Title: Dead Man's Warning - text story
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Genre:adventure
Characters:Cliff Prentiss (death); Pete Lawson (greenhorn prospector); Sheriff McKinley; Andy Cramer (villain)
Synopsis:The death of an experienced explosives expert in a mountainous area teeming with gold leads Pete Lawson to suspect Andy Cramer, who has been wanting to buy out the claim once held by Prentiss.


Story Title: Terror in the Sky! - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:superhero
Characters:Roko the Amazing [Lon Crag] (introduction, origin); Joe; Menalaos (introduction); Mike; Pete; Mr. McClure (villain)
Synopsis:Lon Crag sees some other kids reading Captain America Comics at school and wishes he could be that kind of hero. In art class, his teacher compliments him on his painting of Menalaos, and Lon stays after school to complete it. When he is done, the painting comes to life and offers to grant him a wish. When he says the word "Illium," 16-year-old Lon becomes an adult superhero named Roko with "the wisdom of Ulysses, the battle-prowess of Aggamenon [sic] and the invulnerability of Achilles," and with Achilles's weakness as well.


Story Title: Like a Comet! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Krazy Komics #2
Pages:1
Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters:Toughy Tomcat


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Gypo and Bobby
Pages:5
Inks:? (additional inker possible)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Gypo (a gypsy giant, introduction); Bobby (introduction); Bobby's un-named mother (introduction); Gypo's un-named wife (introduction); Gypo's pet dragon (introduction)
Synopsis:Bobby disobeys his mother by going into the forest where he meets Gypo, a giant who tries to scare him. Bobby is unimpressed, and Gypo feels like a failure, even more so when his normal-sized wife shows up and forces him to come home and deal with his pet dragon who is acting up again.


Story Title: Fish Face Friday - comic story
Features:Sergeant Dix
Pages:7
Genre:war
Characters:Sergeant Dix [Jeff Dix]; Fish Face Friday (a cook, introduction); Mrs. Dix (Jeff's mother); Joe Dix (Jeff's brother); the Japanese (villains, some die)
Synopsis:Corporal Jeff Dix's furlough is cut short and he is deployed to Panama. Now a Sergeant, he runs into his old friend Fish Face Friday who is the cook on the ship. While on their way to Panama they are attacked by the Japanese, one of whom runs afoul of Fish Face when he tries to poison the food in the galley.


Story Title: [ no title ] - cartoon
Features:Patent Pending
Pages:1
Pencils:Lou Paige (signed)
Inks:Lou Paige (signed)
Letters:Lou Paige
Genre:humor
Synopsis:Numerous one-panel gags about silly inventions.


Story Title: The Origin of El Gaucho - comic story
Features:The American Avenger
Pages:10
Pencils:Vince Alascia (signed)
Inks:George Klein; ? (additional inker possible)
Genre:superhero
Characters:El Gaucho [Don Caldwell aka the American Avenger] (introduction, origin); Carelos Ramerez (Don's best friend); Baron Girbel (villain, introduction); The Baron (villain); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:Don Caldwell, an exchange student in South America, comes to love his new home and studies the legend of their protector El Gaucho, who died many years ago. An old man hears him speak of this, and gives him El Gaucho's costume to carry on the tradition. After defeating Nazis in South America, Don feels he must return to the U.S. to fight Nazis there, becoming the American Avenger.


Story Title: Thrills! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Marvel Mystery Comics
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Angel [Tom Hallaway]; Terry Vance; Jimmy Jupiter; Patriot [Jeff Mace]; Vision [Aarkus]


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Terry-Toons Comics
Pages:1
Pencils:Bill King [as King] (signed)
Inks:Bill King [as King] (signed)
Characters:Sarge
Synopsis:Illustrated ad for the new issue of Terry Toons Comics, on sale July 1st.


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