Captain America Comics #17

In "The Monster from the Morgue," a jealous scientist named Dr. Weirdler crosses a line when he steals the brain of the executed Killer Kole and grafts it into a dead gorilla, setting off a chain of events that awakens a vengeful creature. When lightning strikes the buried body, Killer Kole rises with a grudge—and a hunger for retribution against the judges who condemned him. Captain America must stop the rampaging beast before it claims more lives, while Dr. Weirdler faces the consequences of his reckless experiment.

In "Sub-Earthmen's Revenge!" from Captain America Comics #17 (1942), Cap and Bucky face off against the Spook and his hidden Sub-Earth army, as the underground forces rise to disrupt American military operations during wartime. With the stakes high and the battlefield shifting beneath their feet, the duo must outwit a foe whose origins and tactics are as mysterious as they are dangerous.

In "The China Road," Captain America—known as the Fighting Yank—races to keep a vital supply route open amid the escalating war in the Pacific. When sabotage threatens to cut off the China Road, he must uncover a traitor hidden among his own allies before the enemy seizes the advantage.

In "Machine of Doom!" from Captain America Comics #17 (1942), Professor Mott, driven by a grim conviction that humanity’s self-destructive impulses—fueled by the Devil—threaten to doom the world, sets out to end it all before it destroys itself. With a chilling resolve and a doomsday device at the ready, he challenges the very idea of human redemption.

In "The Stolen Birth Certificates," Roddy, operating as the Secret Stamp, races to stop a shadowy scheme where stolen birth certificates are being used to infiltrate defense plants with enemy agents—putting the war effort at risk. With the stakes high and time running short, the Secret Stamp must uncover the truth before sabotage strikes.