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Issue: Captain America #255
Publication Date: March 1981
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Issues: #255 of 355 Issues (793 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bob Budiansky (Assistant Editor); Jim Salicrup (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
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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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Disclose Reprinted In23
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Living Legend!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Miller [as FM] (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Rubinstein [as JR] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Rick Parker
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky Barnes
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagObras Maestras #10 published December 1993
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold: Capitán América de Roger Stern y John Byrne #2 published August 2008
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold: Capitán América de Roger Stern y John Byrne #2 published August 2008
In Issue: FlagColeccionable Marvel Héroes #3 published September 2010
In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #114/115 published March 1981
as La légende vivante! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagGrandson of Origins of Marvel Comics #[nn] published March 1998
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCaptain America: War & Remembrance [Second Edition] #[nn] published January 2007
as Cover to Captain America #255 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]Cover
In Content Item: FlagCaptain America: War & Remembrance #[nn] [premiere edition] published January 2011
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Living Legend

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Stern
Penciller(s): John Byrne
Inker(s): None (pages 1-21); Joe Rubinstein (page 22)
Colorist(s): Bob Sharen
Letterer(s): Joe Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers] (origin); Ms. Rogers [Cap's mother]; General Phillips; Agent R; Abraham Erskine; Dr. Anderson; Heinz Kruger; Bucky Barnes; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Sgt. Duffy; Red Skull (cameo); Nazis; Adolf Hitler (cameo); Baron Zemo (cameo); Master Man (cameo); Warrior Woman (cameo); Baron Blood (cameo); Invaders [Namor the Sub-Mariner; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Spitfire; Union Jack] (cameo); The Avengers [Thor; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp] (all appearances except for Cap himself are flashbacks)
Synopsis: Cap relives his origin in minute detail.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagCaptain America [War and Remembrance] #[nn] published January 1990
In Issue: FlagObras Maestras #10 published December 1993
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold: Capitán América de Roger Stern y John Byrne #2 published August 2008
In Issue: FlagColeccionable Marvel Héroes #3 published September 2010
In Issue: FlagCaptain America: War & Remembrance #[nn] [premiere edition] published January 2011
In Issue: FlagCaptain America Epic Collection #9 published March 2014
In Content Item: FlagCaptain America: The Secret Story of Marvel's Star-Spangled Super Hero #[nn] published January 1981
as The Living Legend [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #114/115 published March 1981
as La légende vivante! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #12 [Direct Edition] published November 1986
as Book XII: A Legend Reborn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]excerpt
In Content Item: FlagGrandson of Origins of Marvel Comics #[nn] published March 1998
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCaptain America: War & Remembrance [Second Edition] #[nn] published January 2007
as The Living Legend [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: All but page 22 are reproduced from Byrne's pencils.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Stern [as R. S.]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters to the Living Legend
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Eric L. Watts, Tom A. Field and Rob Imes. Also includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist!
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The Human Torch in "Blown About"

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sal Buscema
Inker(s): Mike Esposito ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Irving Watanabe
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Human Torch; Hostess
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; supersonic hair dryer girl
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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