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Issue: Captain America #285
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Title:
Is Variant Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 05/31/1983
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860245309
Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.25 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
8 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #25, with shipping date of 1983-05-10.
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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
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Would Ya Believe -- The Porcupine?!

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Subject Matter
superhero
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Porcupine
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A Cracker Jack Story

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sports
Scottie
Okay, Scottie!
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Inside front cover.
Letting Go

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Jeff Mace [Patriot] (death); Nomad [Jack Monroe]; Bernie Rosenthal; Josh Cooper; Mike; Edwin Jarvis; Doctor Hamer; The Porcupine (villain); Secret Empire (villains); Whizzer (cameo flashback); Ms. America (cameo flashback); Bucky Barnes (cameo flashback); Human Torch [Jim Hammond] (cameo flashback); Namor, the Sub-Mariner (cameo flashback)
Portrait of a determined man:
While Captain America visits the deathbed of an old comrade in arms, Nomad faces off with the Porcupine.
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Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

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science fiction
...from the very center of the great spiral galaxy...
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[untitled]

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typeset
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Spider-Man; Silver Surfer; Hercules; Man-Thing; Daredevil; She-Hulk; Captain America; Thor; John Byrne; X-Men [Nightcrawler; Cyclops; Wolverine; Colossus; Kitty Pryde; Storm]; Beast; Hawkeye; Dr. Strange; Black Widow; Ghost Rider; Alpha Flight [Vindicator; Sasquatch; Aurora; Northstar; Marrina; Shaman; Snowbird; Puck]; Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Thing; Human Torch]; Iron Man; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Iron Fist
Big Jim Shooter asked me to do a guest spot for the Bulletins Page, and for the longest time - like, two years - I couldn't come up with anything resembling a theme.
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Spider-Man
Dear Marvel, You did it!
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Letters from readers: Carlos Martinez, Dave Lipson, Michael T. Smith, and Steven Gawronski.
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Peter Pepper; Mr. Hot Dog; Mr. Pickle; Mr. Egg
BurgerTime home video game coming soon
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Inside back cover.
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Tutankham the home video game you've waited 3000 years for
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Back cover.

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