Cover: Jack Kirby
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Ringmaster of Death," Captain America rallies readers to grow the Sentinels of Liberty Club by recruiting at least fifteen members, promising a personalized Charter of Membership and a gold certificate of merit for outstanding leadership. The story, a rare interactive moment from the Golden Age, blends patriotic duty with a structured youth initiative, all rendered with the bold, dynamic energy that defines Jack Kirby’s iconic cover art.
Contains 25 stories
The Ringmaster of Death
Captain America [Steve Rogers]Bucky [Bucky Barnes]Betty RossSergeant DuffyGeneral Blaine (death)Defense Commissioner Newsome (death)The Ringmaster (villain)Circus Performers [Tommy ThumbZandow the Strong ManOmir the Snake CharmerTrapeze Trio] (villains, introduction)
The Gruesome Secret of the Dragon of Death
Captain America [Steve Rogers]Bucky [Bucky Barnes]Sergeant DuffyGeneral HaywoodCommander PhillipsMarie PhillipsCaptain Okada (villain, introduction, death)Toshio (villain, introduction, death)
Killers of the Bund
Captain America [Steve Rogers]Bucky [Bucky Barnes]the Sentinels of LibertyHeinrich SchmidtBob Schmidtthe Nazis [HansFritzunnamed others] (villains)
The Terror That Was Devil's Island
Captain America [Steve Rogers]Bucky [Bucky Barnes]Tom JasonPepo Laroc (villain, introduction)
Meet "Headline" Hunter -- Foreign Correspondent
Headline Hunter [Jerry Hunter]Ambassador JordanMr. BillingsMr. CrawfordMr. Cooles (villain)
Weird Stories from the Dark Ages
TukTanirBonzo (villain, death)
The Miser and the Counterfeit Millions
Hurricane [Harry Kane]Horace Flinthart (villain, death)Nick (villain)
Captain America Battles The Camera Fiend and His Darts of Doom
Captain America [Steve Rogers]Bucky [Bucky Barnes]The Sentinels of Liberty [TubbyJefferson SanderviltKnucklesothers] (introduction)The Camera Fiend [Professor Lucius Hall] (villain, introduction)
Meet the Fang, Arch-Fiend of the Orient
Captain America [Steve Rogers]Bucky [Bucky Barnes]Sergeant DuffyBetty RossChanLiangThe Fang (introduction) (villain)Baron Nushima (villain)Chu Yin (villain)
The Grim Reaper Deals with Crime
Father Time [Larry Scott] (introduction, origin)John Scott (Larry's father, introduction, death)Chips Bryant (villain)Spike (villain)
The Strange Case of Captain America and The Hangman: Who Killed Doctor Vordoff
Captain America [Steve Rogers]Bucky [Bucky Barnes]Dutchy Ludwig (death)Dino Cardi (death)Major CraneThe Hangman [Dr. Nicolai Vardoff] (villain, introduction, death)unnamed gun moll (death)
The Engine of Destruction
"Headline" Hunter [Jerry Hunter]Lord Wotonby (villain, introduction, death)
The Boarding House Murders
Hurricane [Harry Kane]Mrs. HagorMr. CrowleyValezMiss SleedThe Menace [Mr. Sander] (villain, introduction)
The Red Skull
Captain America [Steve Rogers]Bucky [Bucky Barnes]Sergeant DuffyBetty RossCaptain Craig (death)The Red Skull [Johann Schmidt] (villain)von Ratt (villain)Kroft (villain, death)
Death Loads the Bases
Captain America [Steve Rogers]Bucky [Bucky Barnes]Sergeant DuffyBernard RiggleyOld Pop GrimesJoey DiRaggio (death)Adams (death)The Black Toad [Chuck McArthur] (villain, introduction, death)Charlie (villain)
Horror Plays the Scales
Captain America [Steve Rogers]Bucky [Bucky Barnes]Sergeant DuffySenator Alvin Benson (death)Inspector GrimesSenator ShoresThe Fiddler (villain, introduction, death)Haver (villain)Hobbs (villain)
Justice Laughs Last
Hurricane [Harry Kane]Solidius X. "Speedy" Scriggles (introduction)Petro (villain, introduction)
Dust of Destruction
"Headline" Hunter [Jerry Hunter]Mr. ReginaldMr. Perry (villain)Fritz (villain)
Race Against Doom
Father Time [Larry Scott]Hal Saxsonunnamed D.A. (villain)unnamed Bank President (villain)Joe (villain)
The Strange Mystery of the Ruby of the Nile and Its Heritage of Horror
Captain America [Steve Rogers]Bucky [Bucky Barnes]Betty RossSergeant DuffyMarina BatesBates (death)Parker (death)Biggs (the butler)Ra the Avenger [Henry Sanders] (villain, introduction)
Murder Stalks the Maneuvers
Captain America [Steve Rogers]Bucky [Bucky Barnes]Sergeant DuffyCloddColonel CarterColonel WilliamsMajor Pierre Dumort (villain, introduction)
The Strange Riddle of the Plague of Death
"Headline" Hunter [Jerry Hunter]unnamed Nazi leader (villain)Nazi leader's gang (villains)
Case of the Black Witch
Captain America [Steve Rogers]Bucky [Bucky Barnes]Sergeant DuffyKarin LeeThe Black Witch [Mr. Feritt] (villain, introduction, death)
Carnival of Crime
Hurricane [Harry Kane]Solidius X. "Speedy" ScrigglesSilky (villain)
Vault of Doom
Father Time [Larry Scott]an unnamed gang of crooks (villains)
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Full credits
writer Otto Binder
artist Jack Kirby
inker Joe Simon
colorist Tom Mullin
cover pencils, inks Jack Kirby
Reprints
↩ Reprints Sub-Mariner Comics #2 (1941), Young Allies #1 (1941), Captain America Comics #5 (1941), Captain America Comics #6 (1941), Captain America Comics #7 (1941), Captain America Comics #8 (1941)
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