Captain America #247 [Newsstand]

(July 1980)

By the Dawn's Early Light! (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain America / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne (credited) (plot); Roger Stern (credited) (plot, script)

Pencils

John Byrne (credited)

Inks

Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein)

Colors

George Roussos (credited as Roussos)

Letters

Jim Novak (credited as Novak)

Job Number

LF115

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Since its opening in 1883, Brooklyn Bridge has been revered in song and fable.

Genre

superhero

Characters

S.H.I.E.L.D.: Dum Dum Dugan (supporting); Colonel Nick Fury (featured)
Captain America [Steve Rogers] (featured) (also in flashback); Josh Cooper (supporting); Mike Farrel (supporting); Machinesmith [Samuel Saxon] (antagonist); General Phillips (flashback); Walter Rogers (flashback); Bernie Rosenthal (cameo) (first appearance, unnamed); Baron Strucker (antagonist) (as an android, destroyed); Magneto Android (first appearance); Iron Man Android (first appearance); Thing Android (first appearance); Spider-Man Android (first appearance)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Cap heads to S.H.I.E.L.D. looking for info on his true origins and all is revealed as he uncovers his old WWII footlocker which also contains his triangular shield. Baron Strucker tricks Nick Fury and escapes imprisonment but when he goes after Cap and is defeated, it is revealed that he is really a sophisticated robot.

Reprints

• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #106/107 ([Juillet 1980])
• in Captain America (Arédit-Artima, 1984 series) #1 - L'Homme-Dragon (octobre 1984) [Sauf [Except] page 1]
• in Captain America [War and Remembrance] (Marvel, 1990 series) (1990)
• in Captain America - Souvenirs et combats (Semic S.A., 1991 series) #[nn] (octobre 1991)
• in Obras Maestras (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #10 - Capitán América: El Sueño Americano (Diciembre 1993)
• in Captain America: War & Remembrance [Second Edition] (Marvel, 2007 series) (2007)
• in Marvel Gold: Capitán América de Roger Stern y John Byrne (Panini España, 2008 series) #1 (Julio 2008)
• in Coleccionable Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2010 series) #3 - Capitán América: El Sueño Americano (Septiembre 2010)
• in Captain America: War & Remembrance (Marvel, 2011 series) ([January] 2011)
• in Marvel Série I (Levoir, 2012 series) #3 - Capitão América - A Lenda Viva
• in Captain America Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #9 - Dawn's Early Light (2014)
• in Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #[1] (2016)

Keywords

Brooklyn Bridge; Satan Claw

Indexer Notes

The origin story of #225 is invalidated.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Sunday Punch! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; The Thing / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Letters to the Living Legend / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roger Stern

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Letters to the Living Legend

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• in Captain America Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #9 - Dawn's Early Light (2014)
• in Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #[1] (2016)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Carlos M. Feradez, Dean Smith, and brief essay on Captain America by Roger Stern; includes subscription form for Captain America.