# Captain America Comics (1941) #17

Published: 1942-08-01T00:00:00+0000
Series: Captain America Comics (1941 - 1954)
Creators: Syd Shores (cover artist), Al Avison (penciler), Don Rico (cover artist), George Klein (cover artist), Red Holmdale (cover artist)

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Dr. Weirdler tests a newly discovered serum that reanimates dead bodies and places the brain of an executed criminal named Killer Kole in a deceased gorilla.  After the gorilla’s grave is struck by lightning, he is revived and he begins to terrorize the city.