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Captain America Comics
Captain America Comics #5
Captain America and the Ringmaster of Death! Can Cap put an end to his villainy?
66 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 31, 1941
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Joe Simon
359 books25 followersJoseph Henry "Joe" Simon (born Hymie Simon) was an American comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher. Simon created or co-created many important characters in the 1930s-1940s Golden Age of Comic Books and served as the first editor of Timely Comics, the company that would evolve into Marvel Comics.
With his partner, artist Jack Kirby, he co-created Captain America, one of comics' most enduring superheroes, and the team worked extensively on such features at DC Comics as the 1940s Sandman and Sandy the Golden Boy, and co-created the Newsboy Legion, the Boy Commandos, and Manhunter. Simon & Kirby creations for other comics publishers include Boys' Ranch, Fighting American and the Fly. In the late 1940s, the duo created the field of romance comics, and were among the earliest pioneers of horror comics. Simon, who went on to work in advertising and commercial art, also founded the satirical magazine Sick in 1960, remaining with it for a decade. He briefly returned to DC Comics in the 1970s.
Simon was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1999.
With his partner, artist Jack Kirby, he co-created Captain America, one of comics' most enduring superheroes, and the team worked extensively on such features at DC Comics as the 1940s Sandman and Sandy the Golden Boy, and co-created the Newsboy Legion, the Boy Commandos, and Manhunter. Simon & Kirby creations for other comics publishers include Boys' Ranch, Fighting American and the Fly. In the late 1940s, the duo created the field of romance comics, and were among the earliest pioneers of horror comics. Simon, who went on to work in advertising and commercial art, also founded the satirical magazine Sick in 1960, remaining with it for a decade. He briefly returned to DC Comics in the 1970s.
Simon was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1999.
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May 6, 2024
Story 1-7/8
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Story 7/8
Set in 50.000BC
Well, that sucked. It was disappointing to say the least. We were promised a trip to Attilan two issues ago, but it never happened. It seems like the series was so bad that they just decided to end it abruptly. Not worth your time.
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Story 7/8
Set in 50.000BC
Well, that sucked. It was disappointing to say the least. We were promised a trip to Attilan two issues ago, but it never happened. It seems like the series was so bad that they just decided to end it abruptly. Not worth your time.
September 15, 2022
... And the Ringmaster of Death
Cap got his block absolutely knocked off by the circus strongman in this story, otherwise, this was pretty usual
The Gruesome Secret of the Dragon of Death
So the Japanese army created a super giant Submarine with a big dumb sea dragon head sticking out the top and I have to say, I love it. Can we get more gaudy machines of war please? Also Bucky was TORE UP after he thought Cap was dead, that was interesting to see
... Killers of the Bund
Did those Nazis have like, American bases? The way they were kidnapping people seemed like they had a bunch of their own bases just around. Weird. It was kind of neat seeing the Sentinals of Liberty show up though
The Terror that was Devil's Island
Cap and Bucky bust their buddy out of a French P.O.W. camp. This was a short kind of exciting story, but I really think Cap needs to watch where he's going. There's really no need to fall for so many pitfall traps.
Tuk Cave Boy
At 4 pages, these are getting short, which is too bad cuz I love the prehistoric setting. Tanir has rejoined the group after joining and tricking a Neanderthal band.
Cap got his block absolutely knocked off by the circus strongman in this story, otherwise, this was pretty usual
The Gruesome Secret of the Dragon of Death
So the Japanese army created a super giant Submarine with a big dumb sea dragon head sticking out the top and I have to say, I love it. Can we get more gaudy machines of war please? Also Bucky was TORE UP after he thought Cap was dead, that was interesting to see
... Killers of the Bund
Did those Nazis have like, American bases? The way they were kidnapping people seemed like they had a bunch of their own bases just around. Weird. It was kind of neat seeing the Sentinals of Liberty show up though
The Terror that was Devil's Island
Cap and Bucky bust their buddy out of a French P.O.W. camp. This was a short kind of exciting story, but I really think Cap needs to watch where he's going. There's really no need to fall for so many pitfall traps.
Tuk Cave Boy
At 4 pages, these are getting short, which is too bad cuz I love the prehistoric setting. Tanir has rejoined the group after joining and tricking a Neanderthal band.
December 25, 2025
On a surface level, I enjoyed these stories, I especially liked Cap fighting on the wing of a plane, that was cool. However, there are some major leaps in idiocy that characters must make for the stories to stand. The Ringmaster - that’s his name, yet after the initial fight, Cap just leaves the circus. Like, dude, maybe investigate the circus a bit more? Speak to the ringmaster of the circus, might give you some bloody clues! Another one is when they free Tom Jason from the French island prison. Cap and Bucky show up as themselves, the only American visitors, then go in costume to free the prisoner… how does nobody, not even the people, including Tom Jason, who saw the heroes arrive, put two and two together? American man and boy arrives on island, suddenly Captain America and his sidekick is on the island. Come on!
The Headline guy is terrible. He grabbed the wheels so he wouldn’t fall, but he was still tied to the bomb, how did he hold the bomb to drop on the German plant, also untie himself and climb inside the plane? Stupid. Then there is Tuk… which was even worse.
Hurricane wasn’t much better, which is a shame because I’ve enjoyed most of his stories thus far. It wasn’t bad, I liked Nick the bad guy, but stopping a money counterfeiter feels a bit beneath a god. Maybe go out and save some people instead, Hurricane? One of the early henchmen also keeps changing the colour of his suit panel-to-panel, so maybe he does have superpowers? Powers of fashion!
The Headline guy is terrible. He grabbed the wheels so he wouldn’t fall, but he was still tied to the bomb, how did he hold the bomb to drop on the German plant, also untie himself and climb inside the plane? Stupid. Then there is Tuk… which was even worse.
Hurricane wasn’t much better, which is a shame because I’ve enjoyed most of his stories thus far. It wasn’t bad, I liked Nick the bad guy, but stopping a money counterfeiter feels a bit beneath a god. Maybe go out and save some people instead, Hurricane? One of the early henchmen also keeps changing the colour of his suit panel-to-panel, so maybe he does have superpowers? Powers of fashion!
May 20, 2019
This issue contains storytelling as well as any other Captain America issues, with great art by Jack Kirby, good writing by Joe Simon, and great text stories by Stan Lee...
So let's talk about the racism.
It's only one story in particular, the second by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. It begins an uncomfortable trope that will plague comic books until 1945, in that we depict asians as monstrous creatures with rat-like physical features. It's a shame, because it totally goes against what the character stands for and the comic is otherwise untainted by this in most of these two writers run on the character. Disappointing, really.
So let's talk about the racism.
It's only one story in particular, the second by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. It begins an uncomfortable trope that will plague comic books until 1945, in that we depict asians as monstrous creatures with rat-like physical features. It's a shame, because it totally goes against what the character stands for and the comic is otherwise untainted by this in most of these two writers run on the character. Disappointing, really.
January 6, 2020
I like how the fluid of the comics are doing more than to skip scenes and setting up the plot. Captain America stories are doing great but the other add-ons seem lacking and a bit dull.
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