A superhero anthology comic in both cases, they variously featured such star characters as Captain America, the original Human Torch, and the Sub-Mariner.

The working title was All Aces, as seen in pre-publication house ads in other Timely Comics advising 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, by co-creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby (writers), Joe Simon, Kirby, and Avision (pencils), and Joe Simon, Al 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.

[3] Due to the vagaries and often-poor record-keeping of the early days of comic books, the interrupted numbering of the first volume, which has no issue #20, has never been definitively explained.

Postal Service in order to receive bulk-mailing rates: a common practice of the time involved retitling an existing series rather than registering a new one.