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52January 1946
$0.10

Captain America Comics #52

Marvel · January 1946 · on sale 1945-11-18

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Series: Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series)
Issue: #52
Publication date: January 1946
Key date: 1946-01-00
On-sale date: 1945-11-18
Indicia publisher: Complete Photo Story Corp.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Alex Schomburg; inks: Alex Schomburg	Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky Barnes; Human Torch (inset)
1	The Case of the Telepathic Typewriter (Ch. 1)	comic story	12	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Clem Weisbecker; inks: Vince Alascia	Am (villain, introduction); Allen Slake (villain, introduction); Captain America [Steve Rogers]
2	Beauty and the Beast (Ch. 2)	comic story	15	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Clem Weisbecker; inks: Vince Alascia	Am (villain, death); Allen Slake (villain, death)
3	The Cat-Man	comic story	7	pencils: Allen Bellman; inks: Allen Bellman	The Cat-Man [Peter Blake] (villain, introduction)
4	Future Alliance	text story	1.67	letters: typeset
5	-	statement of ownership	0.33	script: Martin Goodman
6	The Hermit's Heritage	comic story	10	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Vince Alascia; inks: Al Gabriele	Hugo Pergody (introduction)

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