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Issue: Captain America Comics #1: 70th Anniversary Special #[nn]
Publication Date: May 2011
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Captain America 70th Anniversary; Marvel
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/23/2011
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN:
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Price: $4.99 USD
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Content Items: 13 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jeff Youngquist (Reprint Editor); Joe Simon (Original Editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
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Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: One-Shot
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Brian Ching [as BC] (signed)
Inker(s): Brian Ching [as BC] (signed)
Colorist(s): Michael Atiyeh [as MA] (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Adolf Hitler; Bucky (inset)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover design is based on Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1.
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..Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America; Bucky Barnes; Red Skull; Rathkone; Omar
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCaptain America Comics #1 published March 1941
was ..Table of Contents [Table of Contents on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
TOC page introduces the stories and features in text and art for this issue.
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Case No. 1 Meet Captain America

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Al Liederman
Colorist(s): Rob Schwager
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers] (introduction, origin); Bucky [Bucky Barnes] (introduction); J. Arthur Grover; Professor Reinstein (introduction, death); President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Synopsis: The Army is looking for a solution to the threat the Axis Powers pose to the people of America, and they discover the secret answer to their prayers: a super-soldier serum that will create an army of super soldiers! However, only one man receives the serum before it and its creator are destroyed: Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America!
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From Content Item: FlagCaptain America Comics #1 published March 1941
was Case No. 1. Meet Captain America [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.5
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
First Line: Here is how you can become a member of... Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty...
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From Content Item: FlagCaptain America Comics #1 published March 1941
was Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: An advertisement inviting readers to join Captain America's "Sentinels of Liberty".
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Case No. 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Penciller(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon
Colorist(s): Andres Mossa
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Betty Ross; Sando [Von Krantz] (introduction, villain); Omar (introduction, villain)
Synopsis: Captain America and Bucky set out to solve the riddle of the connection between a wave of sabotage sweeping the U.S. defense industries and a strange little man who predicted it would happen!
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From Content Item: FlagCaptain America Comics #1 published March 1941
was Case No. 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Captain America and the Soldiers' Soup

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Simon ? (illustrations); Jack Kirby ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): Joe Simon ? (illustrations); Jack Kirby ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): Fabio D'Auria
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America; Bucky; The Crusher (villain); Slinky (villain)
Synopsis: Cap and Bucky uncover a plot to poison an entire Army post by saboteurs.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCaptain America Comics #1 published March 1941
was Captain America and the Soldiers' Soup [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Chess Board of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Penciller(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon
Colorist(s): Veronica Gandini
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Admiral Perkins (dies); Sgt. Mike Duffy (introduction); Rathcone (introduction, villain); Herr Kameleon (introduction, villain); Strangler (introduction, villain)
Synopsis: A weird figure has carved wooden chess figures of people who must be eliminated before he launches the mightiest blitzkrieg the would has ever seen. Unfortunately for him, two of those figures are Captain America and Bucky!
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From Content Item: FlagCaptain America Comics #1 published March 1941
was The Chess Board of Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
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The Riddle of the Red Skull

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Herron
Penciller(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon
Colorist(s): Nathan Fairbairn
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Red Skull [George Maxon] (villain, introduction); Major Croy (dies); General Manor (dies)
Synopsis: Cap and Bucky come face to face with a villain who scares the wits out of his victims, then injects them with a poison that convinces others that he has killed them with his eyes!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCaptain America Comics #1 published March 1941
was The Riddle of the Red Skull [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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USA Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): Tom Smith
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCaptain America Comics #1 published March 1941
was USA Comics [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promotional advertisement for USA Comics and its features, which goes on sale about January 20th.
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Murder Ltd.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby
Colorist(s): Matt Milla
Letterer(s): Jack Kirby
Editor(s): Joe Simon (Original Editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hurricane
Character(s): Hurricane [Mike Cury] (introduction); Pluto (villain); Piggy Perroni (villain)
Synopsis: Alarmed at the gangland murders in a coastal town, Hurricane decides to "join" the gang in order to be in a position to halt their crimes.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCaptain America Comics #1 published March 1941
was Murder, Ltd. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The story is a reworked Mercury (the character from Red Raven Comics) story.
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Stories from the Dark Ages

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby
Colorist(s): Fabio D'Auria
Letterer(s): Jack Kirby
Subject Matter
Genres: prehistoric
Feature(s): Tuk Caveboy
Character(s): Tuk (introduction, origin); Phaidor (introduction, dies in flashback); Rhaya (introduction, dies in flashback); Tanir (introduction, villain, dies); Goreks (villain, introduction, dies)
Synopsis: Before his death, wise old Ak relates to Tuk about how he was the survivor of the hairless ones who once came to the jungle. Later, he meets up with Tanir, and they decide to team up and travel together.
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From Content Item: FlagCaptain America Comics #1 published March 1941
was Stories from the Dark Ages [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Credits and Masthead

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Joe Simon (illustration); Jack Kirby (illustration)
Inker(s): Joe Simon (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCaptain America Comics #1 published March 1941
was The Riddle of the Red Skull [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 14, panel 8 of "The Riddle of the Red Skull", enlarged
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Back cover promotional

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (Promotional text)
Penciller(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCaptain America Comics #1 published March 1941
was The Riddle of the Red Skull [Story on Interior Page(s)]detail from the splash page to "The Riddle of the Red Skull"
Reprint Notes:  
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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