All-Winners Comics

All Winners Comics
All Winners Comics #1 (Summer 1941). Cover art by Alex Schomburg.
Publication information
Publisher	Timely Comics
Schedule	Quarterly
Publication date	(vol. 1) Summer 1941 - Winter 1946/47 (vol. 2) Aug. 1948
No. of issues	(vol. 1) 20 (vol. 2) 1 (retitled All-Western Winners, Western Winners, Black Rider, Western Tales of Black Rider and Gunsmoke Western)
Creative team
Written by	Stan Lee Joe Simon Otto Binder
Artist(s)	Jack Kirby Bill Everett Alex Schomburg Al Avison Al Gabriele Syd Shores

All Winners Comics was the name of two American comic book series of the 1940s, both published by Marvel Comics' predecessor, Timely Comics, during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books. A superhero anthology comic in both cases, they variously featured such star characters as Captain America, the original Human Torch, and the Sub-Mariner. All Winners Comics was also the venue for two full-length stories of Marvel's first superhero team, the (hyphenated) All-Winners Squad.

Published quarterly, the first volume of All Winners Comics ran 20 issues, numbered #1-19 and #21 (Summer 1941 - Winter 1946/47). The working title, as seen in pre-publication house ads in other Timely Comics, was All Aces. The ads advised readers to "Watch out for this winner".

All Winners Comics #1 (Summer 1941) contained a 12- to 13-page story each of the Human Torch, by writer-artist creator Carl Burgos; the minor hero Black Marvel, by writer Stan Lee, penciler Al Avison and inker Al Gabriele; Captain America as co-creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby (writers), Kirby and Avision (pencils), and Simon, Gabriele and Syd Shores (inkers); the Sub-Mariner, by writer-artist creator Bill Everett; and the Angel, generally credited, unconfirmably, to writer-artist creator Paul Gustavson. All the characters were preexisting. Additionally, there was a two-page text story by Lee, with spot art by Ed Winiarski.