Cover: Jack Kirby & Joe Simon
Captain America: The Classic Years #1
“Case No. 1: Meet Captain America”
writer, artist Joe Simon · writer, artist, inker Jack Kirby · inker Al Liederman · colorist Greg Theakston · colorist Pure Imagination Company · colorist George Roussos · colorist Paul Becton · colorist Bill Wray · colorist Richard Howell · colorist Tom Ziuko · colorist Steve Scanlon · colorist Scott Mitchell · colorist Russ Steffens · colorist Glenn Barr · letterer Howard Ferguson · cover Jack Kirby, Joe Simon
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Cast · 31 characters
Admiral PerkinsAdolf HitlerAgent X-13Betty RossBuckyBucky BarnesCaptain AmericaElizabeth RossFranklin D. RooseveltFritz TiboldtGeneral ManorGeneral PhillipsGeorge MaxonHeinz KrugerHenry "Tubby" TinkleHermann GöringHerr KameleonJ. Arthur GroverJefferson Worthington SanderviltMajor CroyOmarPercival Aloysius "Knuckles" O'TooleProfessor ReinsteinRathconeRed SkullRingmaster of DeathSandoSergeant DuffySteve RogersStranglerWhitewash Jones
Full credits
writer, artist Joe Simon
writer, artist, inker Jack Kirby
inker Al Liederman
colorist Greg Theakston
colorist Pure Imagination Company
colorist George Roussos
colorist Paul Becton
colorist Bill Wray
colorist Richard Howell
colorist Tom Ziuko
colorist Steve Scanlon
colorist Scott Mitchell
colorist Russ Steffens
colorist Glenn Barr
letterer Howard Ferguson
cover pencils Jack Kirby
cover pencils, inks Joe Simon
Full plot ⚠ may contain spoilers
▸ Reveal full plot — may contain spoilers
The Army is looking for a solution to the threat the Axis Powers pose to the people of America, and they discover the secret answer to their prayers: a super-soldier serum that will create an army of super soldiers! However, only one man receives the serum before it and its creator are destroyed: Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America!
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).