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Issue: Captain America #255

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Publication Date: March 1981

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Issues: #255 of 355 Issues (793 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved By the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel Comics Group

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: 198?

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0714860245303

Price: $0.50 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved By the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
4 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Bob Budiansky (assistant editor); Jim Salicrup (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

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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 #255 [Direct Edition]

Captain America #255 [Newsstand]

Captain America #255 [Variant Audio Edition]

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (4 total)

The Living Legend!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

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

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Pages: 1

The Living Legend

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Notes: All but page 22 are reproduced from Byrne's pencils.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Roger Stern [as R. S.]

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Letters to the Living Legend

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letters of comment from readers Eric L. Watts, Tom A. Field and Rob Imes. Also includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist!

The Human Torch in "Blown About"

Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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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Pages: 1