(January 1969)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.12 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
Monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Perfect Film & Chemical Corp.
Brand:
Marvel Comics Group
Editing:
Stan Lee
Format:
Color; Standard Silver Age and later Modern Age US Size; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint; Was Ongoing Series

Issue Notes

There is a 1994 reprint that is exactly the same except for new advertisements.


The Origin of Captain America! (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
Syd Shores
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Captain America
Reprinted:
  • in Captain America (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #1
  • in Essential Captain America (Marvel, 2000 series) #2 (2002)
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (Marvel, 2003 series) #3
  • in Marvel Classic (Panini Comics (fr), 2011 series) #3

The Hero That Was! (Table of Contents)

Captain America / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Stan Lee
Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
Syd Shores
Colors:
?
Letters:
Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Captain America [Steve Rogers] (origin); Bucky [Bucky Barnes] (flashback); Nick Fury; General Phillips (flashback); Professor Reinstein (flashback, death); Heinz Kruger (flashback); Agent R [Cynthia Glass] (flashback); Sgt. Duffy (flashback)
Synopsis:
Captain America tells Nick Fury his origin.
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Super Action (Marvel, 1977 series) #11 (December 1978) [minus 2 pages]
  • in Captain America (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #1
  • in Essential Captain America (Marvel, 2000 series) #2 (2002)
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (Marvel, 2003 series) #3
  • in Marvel Classic (Panini Comics (fr), 2011 series) #3

Let's Yap with Cap (Table of Contents)

letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (illustrations)
Inks:
? (illustrations)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Captain America

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Gordon Matthews, Kenneth Burke, Wayne Warfield, Phil Blunt, Dan Daugherty, Dale Landry, Harvey Sobel and Donald McGregor.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Hero That Was!
    Captain America
  2. 2. Let's Yap with Cap
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Patrick Lemaire
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Benjamin Beck
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Jenny R McGinnis
  • Lou Mougin
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Mark Gordon
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Max Capp