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Issue: Captain America #288
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Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 08/09/1983
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.25 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Michael Carlin (Assistant Editor); Mark Gruenwald (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #30, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-08-30.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
Revolution: 1993

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Mike Zeck
John Beatty
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain America
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Deathlok [Luther Manning]; Godwulf; Sage; Swashbuckler; Gentle Sam; Big Man; Iron Butterfly; Hellinger
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Deathlok #1 [Regular Edition] published November 2009
FlagCapitaine America #148/149 published December 1983
as Révolution: 1993 [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagCaptain America: Deathlok Lives! #[nn] published October 1993
as Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]1/8th page size
FlagDeathlok the Demolisher: The Complete Collection #[nn] published October 2014
as Revolution: 1993 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Mazes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
J. M. DeMatteis
Mike Zeck
John Beatty
Bob Sharen
Diana Albers
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain America
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; GUESTS: Deathlok [Luther Manning] (origin, details revealed); Godwulf; Nomad [Jack Monroe]; Sage (introduction); Swashbuckler (introduction); Gentle Sam (introduction); Big Man (introduction); Iron Butterfly (introduction); Bernie Rosenthal; Nancy Rosenthal; VILLAINS: Hellinger [Harlan Ryker] (death); Scarlet [Sister Pleasure]; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Thor; Wasp [Janet Pym]; She-Hulk
Cap is in 1993 and helps Deathlok and the few remaining heroes in the future end Hellinger's threat to eradicate all of humanity.
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Deathlok #1 [Regular Edition] published November 2009
FlagCapitaine America #148/149 published December 1983
as Dédales! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCaptain America: Deathlok Lives! #[nn] published October 1993
as One Man In Search of...Himself! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 1-8, 11-22
FlagDeathlok the Demolisher: The Complete Collection #[nn] published October 2014
as Mazes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
22
Pages 9 and 10 are not reprinted in the Captain America: Deathlok Lives reprint, also the reprint of the first page is missing the title and credits and the reprint of the last panel is missing the last text box and the next blurb.
Extra! Extra! Extra!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (promo copy)
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Marvel Subscription Services
Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]
Advertisement for Marvel Comics Subscriptions offering four extra issues with your subscription, a refund guarantee, immediate savings of 19 cents per issue and the lowest price on renewals.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Appears between pages 15 and 16 of the story.
Bullpen Bulletins [December 1983]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jim Shooter
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Bullpen Bulletins
Assistant Editors
Items about how next month's comics (comics on sale in September with a January date) will be edited by the Assistant Editors because Jim and the other editors will all be out of town. Jim expects that these comics will be one-of-a-kind collector's items that should not be missed. Includes a small cartoon advertising the assistant editors taking over, appears between pages 21 and 22 of the story.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
The Mighty Marvel Checklist

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (promo copy)
typeset
Subject Matter
Mighty Marvel Checklist
Marvel checklist for comics listed with a synopsis are Magik #1, Ka-Zar #29, X-Men #176, Moon Knight Special Edition #2, S.H.I.E.L.D. Special Edition #1, Marvel Tales #158, Krull #2, X-Men Classics #1, Micronauts Special Edition #1, The Punisher #1, Star Wars Annual #3, Spider-Man Annual #17 and Dreadstar Annual #1. Appears between pages 21 and 22 of the story.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Letters to the Living Legend

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Letters to the Living Legend
Letters from (and replies to) Gabriel Carras, Michael Kanterovich, David M. Somerfleck and Robert E. Diltz II, also includes the question of the month, a special announcements section about the Captain America editorial team (Mark Gruenwald and Mike Carlin) spending the fourth of July with the Captain America creative team (J. M. DeMatteis and Mike Zeck) and an advertisement for the next issue which will be edited by assistant editor Mike Carlin who refused to say what he has scheduled for the issue.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Star Frontiers

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Larry Elmore (signed)
Larry Elmore (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, science fiction
Star Frontiers; TSR Hobbies
An alien entity travels all the way to Earth to purchase the Star Frontiers role playing game.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Comic strip ad for the Star Frontiers role playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.

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