Captain America Comics #12
In "The Terrible Menace of the Pygmies of Terror!", Captain America faces a dangerous criminal mastermind whose arson and murder are tied to a desperate cover-up, leaving the hero to protect the kidnapped daughter of a victim. Written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Jack Alderman, this 1942 classic blends wartime suspense with the shadowy tactics of a mobster gone to extremes. The cover by Al Avison captures the tension with a striking, dramatic image.
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Father Time must deal with a mobster who has set fire to his own building to collect the insurance. In doing so, he shoots and kills a man, and kidnaps his daughter, to hush up those who know the truth about the situation.
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