(February 1979)

Marvel, 1977 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860261202
Editing
Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief); Danny Fingeroth (reprint editor); Stan Lee (original editor)

[No Longer Alone!] (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Steranko (signed)
Inks
Jim Steranko (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones
Reprints

No Longer Alone! (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain America / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Steranko (plot); Stan Lee (dialogue)
Pencils
Jim Steranko
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
Andy Yanchus (sourced)
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hydra: Madame Hydra [Ophelia Sarkissian]
Bucky [Rick Jones]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]
Synopsis
Cap runs across the Hulk on a rampage in NYC. The Army tries to stop him as Rick Jones warns Cap how uncontrollable he can be. The Hulk escapes and Cap vows Rick must never put himself in danger until the Hulk can be tamed. Back at Avengers Mansion Rick finds Bucky Barnes' old uniform and rejects Cap's protests against wearing it. After putting him off for years Cap finally accepts Rick as his new partner. Almost immediately they uncover a plot by HYDRA to contaminate the city's water supply. After a series of battles HYDRA is driven off and Cap tells Rick he survived his baptism of fire.
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Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 3. 1st appearance of Madame Hydra. James Bond had faced a "Madame Spectra" in the 007 newspaper strip story "The Spy Who Loved Me" in THE DAILY EXPRESS (December 18, 1967-October 3, 1968); see JAMES BOND 007 #[7] (Titan Books, August 2005). Last previous appearance of HYDRA in STRANGE TALES #159 (July 1967); its subsidiary, A.I.M., had effectively split off to become a separate organization and continued to crop up in the Nick Fury, Captain America & Iron Man series. Cap had first asked Rick to be his partner in THE AVENGERS #4 (March 1964), but kept hemming and hawing over it for almost 5 years! The sequence in the sewers is strikingly similar to the one in "Spy Ambush" in CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #10 (January 1942). The Spirit had also once faced a female villain who planned to poison NYC's water supply in an early story.

An Irresistible Force! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [No Longer Alone!]
    Captain America
  2. 1. No Longer Alone!
    Captain America
  3. 2. An Irresistible Force!
    Hostess Twinkies; Iron Man
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