Captain America #287 [Newsstand]

(November 1983)

A Cracker Jack Story (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Cracker Jack / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Future Shock! (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain America / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

J. M. DeMatteis (credited)

Pencils

Mike Zeck (credited)

Inks

John Beatty (credited)

Colors

Bob Sharen (credited)

Letters

Diana Albers (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

All right, you--on your feet! Up, I said--or you're gonna be dead meat--

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America [Steve Rogers] (mainstream); Deathlok [Luther Manning] (Earth-7484) (also in flashback); Godwulf (Earth-7484); Luther Manning (Clone) (Earth-7484) (death, mind merges with Deathlok's, also in flashback); Nomad [Jack Monroe] (mainstream); Quasar [Wendell Vaughn] (mainstream) (cameo flashback); Bernie Rosenthal (mainstream); Nancy Rosenthal (mainstream) (goes by Jeannie Rosenthal in this issue); Scarlet (mainstream) (villain, introduction); Mr. Rosenthal; Mrs. Rosenthal; Brand Corporation (villain); Joel

Universe

Marvel : mainstream; Marvel : Earth-7484

Synopsis

Captain America and Luther battle Deathlok but the tables are turned as Luther touches the cyborg and gives him back his memories of being human. Escaping from the Brand Corporation, Captain America and Deathlok are pulled into the future by Godwulf.

Reprints

• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #146/147 (Octobre 1983)
• in Captain America: Deathlok Lives! (Marvel, 1993 series) (October 1993) [pages 2-14, 18-22]
• in Biblioteca Marvel: Deathlok (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) (Diciembre 2003)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Deathlok (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 ([November] 2009)
• in Deathlok the Demolisher: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) (2014)

Indexer Notes

Bernie's sister's name changes from Jeannie to Nancy between this issue to next. Pages 1 and 15-17 are not reprinted in the Captain America: Deathlok Lives reprint.

Solar Fox (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Solar Fox / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Editor, The Living Legend lives on...

Feature Logo

Letters to the Living Legend

Genre

superhero

Characters

Watcher [Uatu]

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Mike Kanterovich, Rod Fautenberry, Christopher Jefferson, and Patrick Miano, also includes the question of the month, a special announcements section on who sent in answers to the question of how the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe character data could be used in role-playing games and hype for the next issue, and a small promo for The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe using an illustration of the Watcher.

Star Frontiers (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Star Frontiers; TSR Hobbies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Kool-Aid Man / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Star Wars / advertisement / 1 page (report information)