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Issue: Captain America #289

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Publication Date: January 1984

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Issues: #289 of 355 Issues (816 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: 10/04/1983

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0714860245301

Price: $0.60 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s):

Notes: Assistant Editor's Month; Top logo bar patterned after DC's checkerboard look and bullet logo; The identities of the creative team are revealed in Cap #291. On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #32, with shipping date of 1983-09-13.

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Format

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

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2 Captain America #289 [Direct Edition]

Captain America #289 [CA Cover Price]

Captain America #289 [Newsstand]

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Credits

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bernie America [Bernie Rosenthal]; Mo-Skull [Red Skull; Modok]; J.M. DeMatteis; Mike Carlin; Mike Zeck; John Beatty

First Line: As long as the editor of this comic book is on vacation, I’m the head guy around here!!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Identification of Marvel creators on cover (listed from left to right) confirmed by J.M. DeMatteis on Twitter (May 6, 2021) at https://twitter.com/JMDeMatteis/status/1390397039033430018

Tomorrow, the World?

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nick Fury; The Avengers [Thor; She-Hulk; Starfox]; Albert DeVoor (villain, introduction); Brand Corporation (villain); Godwulf II (villain, introduction); Iron Butterfly II (villain, introduction); Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]] (cameos); X-Men [Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Nightcrawler] (cameos); Luther Manning Clone (cameo flashback); Gentle Sam (cameo flashback); Iron Butterfly (cameo flashback); Hellinger (cameo flashback)

First Line: …good morning, gentlemen.

Synopsis: Captain America returns to the present and attempts to stop the hero purge enacted by the Brand Corporation that was responsible for creating Deathlok's apocalyptic future.

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Pages: 19

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Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: science fiction

First Line: ...from the very center of the great spiral galaxy...

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Notes: Advertisement for TSR's Star Frontiers Role Playing Game.

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First Line: Hi! I'm not Jim Shooter, but Jim is my boss.

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Pages: 1

Bernie America, Sentinel of Liberty

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, superhero

Feature(s): Bernie Rosenthal

Character(s): Bernie America [Bernie Rosenthal]; Steve Rogers; The Avengers [Thor; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; She-Hulk; Wasp; Hawkeye]; Mike Carlin [as the Watcher]; Nancy Rosenthal; Mo-Skull (villain)

First Line: I guess you can tell right off the bat that I’m not the Watcher.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Story details Bernie's dream of becoming "Bernie America."