Comics:Captain America Comics Vol 1 3
From Marvel Database
| "The Return of the Red Skull"
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| "The Hunchback of Hollywood and the Movie Murder"
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| "The Queer Case of the Murdering Butterfly and the Ancient Mummies"
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| "Atlantis and the False King"
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| "Satan and the Subway Disasters"
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Appearing in "The Return of the Red Skull"
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Supporting Characters:
- James "Bucky" Barnes
- Betty Ross
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- Unknown
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Synopsis for "The Return of the Red Skull"
The Red Skull returns from the dead to wreak horrible vengeance on unsuspecting victims, including a phony Cap and Bucky, the brainchildren of a group of thugs.
Appearing in "The Hunchback of Hollywood and the Movie Murder"
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- Unknown
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- Hunchback (Craig Talbot)
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- Unknown
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- Unknown
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Synopsis for "The Hunchback of Hollywood and the Movie Murder"
Death and terror lurk behind the scenes of a Hollywood movie set as Cap and Bucky hunt a hunchback madman, whose bloody hand seeks to stop the grinding cameras from filming the truth for a liberty loving public.
Appearing in "The Queer Case of the Murdering Butterfly and the Ancient Mummies"
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Supporting Characters:
- Unknown
Villains:
- Butterfly (Doctor Vitrioli)
Other Characters:
- Lenny
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- Unknown
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Synopsis for "The Queer Case of the Murdering Butterfly and the Ancient Mummies"
Laughing at law and order, the Butterfly loots a museum of its priceless treasures until Captain America and Bucky steps in to clip his wings.
Appearing in "Atlantis and the False King"
Featured Characters:
- Tuk, the Caveboy
Supporting Characters:
- Tanir
Villains:
- Unknown
Other Characters:
- Eve
- Soothsayer
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Synopsis for "Atlantis and the False King"
Tuk and Tanir help Princess Eve regain her rightful throne in Atlantis.
Appearing in "Satan and the Subway Disasters"
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- Unknown
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- Unknown
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Synopsis for "Satan and the Subway Disasters"
The use of "infernal death boxes" in causing subway wrecks draws the attention of Hurricane.
Notes
- This issue is reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America, Volume 1. The Captain America stories from this issue are also reprinted in Captain America: The Classic Years, Volume 1.
- This issue includes a two-page Captain America text story entitled, "Captain America Foils the Traitor's Regenge". It is reprinted in Captain America Sentinel of Liberty.
- Final in-continuity appearance of the Red Skull (George Maxon); dies in this issue. He appeared last in Captain America Comics #1. His identity as the first Red Skull is revealed in Tales of Supsense #65.
- First and only appearance of Doctor Vitrioli, the Butterfly.
- The Hunchback in this issue is not to be confused with Quasimodo, the cybernetic super-villain. First and only appearance to date.
Trivia
- The Red Skull that appears in this issue is not the same villain that most readers associate with Captain America. The more infamous Red Skull is actually Johann Schmidt, who does not make his actual first appearance until Captain America Comics #7.
Related Articles
- Captain America chronology page
- Bucky chronology page
- Hurricane chronology page
- Red Skull chronology page
See Also
- Write your own review of this comic!
- Discuss Captain America Comics Vol 1 3 on the forums
- Cover gallery for the Captain America Comics series
Recommended Reading
- Adventures of Captain America
- Avengers (Volume 1)
- Avengers (Volume 2)
- Avengers (Volume 3)
- Captain America Comics
- Captain America (Volume 1)
- Captain America (Volume 2)
- Captain America (Volume 3)
- Captain America (Volume 4)
- Captain America (Volume 5)
- Captain America and the Falcon
- New Avengers
- Tales of Suspense
Links and References
- Captain America Comics series index at the Grand Comics Database
- Captain America Comics series index at Comicbookdb.com
- Captain America article at Wikipedia
- Captain America profile at Toonopedia
- Captain America profile at the Marvel Directory
- Captain America profile at the Marvel Universe
- Captain America Fan Site
- Bucky article at Wikipedia
- Bucky profile at the Marvel Universe
- Bucky profile at the Marvel Directory
- Red Skull article at Wikipedia
- Red Skull profile at the Marvel Directory
- Red Skull profile at the Marvel Universe
- Red Skull article
