Captain America #246 [British]
(June 1980)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel All-Colour Comics
Editing
Jim Salicrup (credited) (editor); Bob Budiansky (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #246 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Sins of the Fathers! (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (signed as PEREZ [no spaces])
Inks
Terry Austin (signed as austin)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino ?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
He was just a guy named Joe until society stole his son!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Joe Smith
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Terry Austin covered the train in the cover artwork with the names of numerous comics creators.

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The Sins of the Fathers! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Peter Gillis (credited)
Pencils
Jerry Bingham (credited)
Inks
Al Gordon (credited as Alan Gordon)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited as Sharen)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited as Novak)
Job Number
LF94
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Meet Martin Harris.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers] (featured); Josh Cooper; Lt. Kris Keating; Joe Smith (villain); Liz Smith (introduction; Joe's wife); Joe Smith, Jr. (introduction, death); Martin Harris
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Poor Joe; His wife left him, his mentally challenged son died and he couldn't get any help from the government. So he put on his super villain costume and battled Captain America.
Reprints
Keywords
569 Leaman Place; Brooklyn Heights; Captain America's Shield; Chamber Street Market; Foley Square; New York City

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

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

The Trap (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Great Captain America Controversy (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Roger Stern
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Letters to the Living Legend
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]

Indexer Notes

Letter from Matt Kaufman and lengthy reply from Roger Stern; accompanied by a single illustration.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Sins of the Fathers!
    Captain America
  2. 1. The Sins of the Fathers!
    Captain America
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. The Trap
    Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
  5. 4. The Great Captain America Controversy
    Letters to the Living Legend
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