—Bucky (Bucky Barnes)Alright you skunks! - Get off'a Cap, or I'll start spraying bullets at the pack of you!
Appearing in "The Menace of Dr. Grimm!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Doctor Grimm (First appearance; dies)
- Chuck (First appearance)
- Unnamed Thug (First appearance)
- Lomm (First appearance)
- Igan (First appearance; dies)
- Gorro (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Ms. Ray (Nurse) (First appearance; dies)
- United States Army
- Sgt. Duffy
- Tom Peters
- Lord (Invoked)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Frogs (Mentioned)
- Panthers (Mentioned in narration)
- Goldfish (Mentioned)
- Mackerel (Invoked)
- Monkeys (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Virginia
- Doctor Grimm's Sanitarium (First appearance)
- Camp Lehigh
- Virginia
- United States of America
- Earth
Items:
Synopsis for "The Menace of Dr. Grimm!"
James is to stay for a few days to recover from his injuries and as the days continue, the strange happenings around the hospital -- including the disappearance of his nurse prompts James to write a letter asking Steve to investigate as Captain America. Dr. Grimm happens upon James as he is writing the letter and decides to let it go out so that he may capture Captain America. Getting the letter, Steve deserts his sentry duty and has one of his colleagues bring the letter to Betty Ross while he goes off as Captain America to Grimm's hospital. When Captain America arrives at the hospital, Grimm is waiting for him and traps him in a glass enclosure. Grimm tells the Captain that he needs human blood in order to keep his experiment, a creature named Gorro, alive.
Shortly thereafter, Betty Ross arrives at the hospital posing as a woman seeking to take up the vacant job as a nurse and she is brought into the lab where Captain America and Bucky are held prisoner and they are all introduced to Gorro, a massive creature. As Captain America struggles with the monster, Bucky manages to pry a gun free from Dr. Grimm's hands and use it to shoot the monster to death. When Cap fights it out with Dr. Grimm their struggle causes Grimm to fall off a balcony to his death. With his threat over, Captain America thanks Betty for her help and leaves.
When Steve and James return to camp after Sgt. Duffy is not happy to see that they have once more deserted their posts and assigns them to K.P. Duty again.Appearing in "The Case of the Fake Money Fiends"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Gang of Counterfeiters
- Unnamed Leader
- Numerous unnamed mobsters (Impersonates Ghosts)
Other Characters:
- United States Army
- Tom Peters (First appearance)
- Sgt. Duffy (Surname revealed)
- Numerous unnamed soldiers
- Uncle Sam (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Virginia
- Brooklyn (Mentioned)
- Brooklyn Bridge (Mentioned)
- United States of America
- Earth
Items:
Synopsis for "The Case of the Fake Money Fiends"
Investigating further, they find a bunch of counterfeiters in the basement and they have Betty Ross as their prisoner. The duo beat the crooks into submission and free Betty from her bonds. Betty tells them that this isn't the whole operation and that their leader -- an ex-government employee who was fired for stealing -- is still on the loose. The next day, Steve goes AWOL from marching duty to pose as an easily duped farmer to try and find the counterfeiters. When he exchanges money with a shady character he follows after them learning of the gang's hideout.
That night Captain America and Bucky crash in on the crooks and easily take them out of commission. While the newspapers hail Captain America and Bucky as heroes, Steve Rogers and James Barnes are given K.P. Duty for abandoning their posts.Appearing in "Chapter 1 - The Thing Called... It! / Chapter 2 - "It" Lives!"
Featured Characters:
- It (First appearance) (Possesses the body of Professor Heinrich Munch)
Antagonists:
- Professor Heinrich Munch (Apparent death)
Other Characters:
- Fedor Slovkov (Mentioned)
- Carl (Named only)
- Numerous unnamed villagers
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earthspace
- Nether World (Referenced)
- Heaven (Invoked)
Synopsis for "Chapter 1 - The Thing Called... It! / Chapter 2 - "It" Lives!"

Appearing in "They Vanished Forever!"
Featured Characters:
- Thomas Clarke (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- William Reynolds
Antagonists:
- Flying Dutchman Crew (Only in flashback)
- Numerous unnamed members (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Captain William Reynolds' Crew
- Numerous unnamed members
- Davy Jones (Invoked) (Only in flashback)
- Molly Browne Crew (Only in flashback)
- Numerous unnamed members (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earthspace (Main story and flashback)
- Heaven (Referenced)
Vehicles:
- Captain Reynolds' Ship
- Molly Browne (Main story and flashback) (Ship)
- Flying Dutchman (Only in flashback) (Ship)
Synopsis for "They Vanished Forever!"
Appearing in "I Am The Beast Man!"
Featured Characters:
- Unnamed Condemned Man (Swaps bodies with Beast Man)
Antagonists:
- Zendunian (Beast Man) (Swaps bodies with condemned man)
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed residents of Zendu (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Dream Dimension
- Earthspace
- Zendu (Main story and flashback) (First appearance)
Synopsis for "I Am The Beast Man!"
Appearing in "Ivan the Terrible"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Captain America (Steve Rogers)
- Betty Ross (Dream)
- King Peter Ross (Dream)
Antagonists:
- Ivan the Terrible (Dream)
- Ivan's Guards (Dream)
- Numerous unnamed guards (Dream)
- Ivan's Guards (Dream)
Other Characters:
- Grisha (Dream)
- Wazira (African King) (Dream)
- Numerous denizens of King Ross's Kingdom (Dream)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield (Dream)
Synopsis for "Ivan the Terrible"
Notes
- Subtle, and not so subtle, changes have been made to the Golden Age Captain America stories to meet the Comics Code.
- Story I, Pg 6, Igan originally had one eye and a sharp piercing nose. He is altered to have two eyes and perhaps be a bit more human.
- Story I, Pg. 11, Gorro's face is redrawn and in particular his fangs have been removed.
- Story I, Page 12, Betty Ross was originally seen precariously over the balcony with Dr. Grimm and held over the villain's head. She has her feet firmly planted on the ground in the reprinted version.
- Story VI, Pag 2, Ivan has his knife taken away and he does not appear to fatally stab his victim.
- Story Vi, Pg. 6, Ivan has his Double Edged Axe removed from his hand. (Ironically the same panel with the Double Edged Axe is seen on the cover of this issue).