- Script
- Jim Steranko (plot); Stan Lee (dialogue)
- Pencils
- Jim Steranko (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (credited)
- Colors
- Jim Steranko
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Slowly, falteringly, he walks thru the night...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; The Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Bucky [Rick Jones]; HYDRA; Madame Hydra (Introduction)
- Synopsis
- Cap runs across the Hulk on a rampage in NYC. The Hulk escapes and Cap vows Rick must never put himself in danger until the monster 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 officially as his new partner. Almost immediately they uncover a plot by HYDRA to contaminate the city's water supply. After a series of battles the HYDRA goons are driven off, and Cap tells Rick he survived his "baptism of fire" like a man.
- Reprints
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #3 ([Octobre 1970])
which is reprinted- in Capitán América (Ediciones Vértice, 1975 series) #v3#6 (May 1976)
- in Thor (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #5 (mars 1978) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Captain America (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #1 - Un héros de légende (1er trimestre 1979) [Pages 12 et 13 [Pages 12 and 13]], #1 - Un héros de légende (1er trimestre 1979) [Pages 12 et 13 [Pages 12 and 13]], #[2] - Prisonnier du Mandarin (2ème trimestre 1979) [Pages 12 et 13 [Pages 12 and 13]], #[2] - Prisonnier du Mandarin (2ème trimestre 1979) [Pages 12 et 13 [Pages 12 and 13]], #[3] - Les anges de Satan (2ème trimestre 1979) [Pages 12 et 13 [Pages 12 and 13]], #[3] - Les anges de Satan (2ème trimestre 1979) [Pages 12 et 13 [Pages 12 and 13]], #[4] - La résurrection de Bucky (3ème trimestre 1979) [Pages 12 et 13 [Pages 12 and 13]], #[4] - La résurrection de Bucky (3ème trimestre 1979) [Pages 12 et 13 [Pages 12 and 13]], #5 - Face de pierre (3ème trimestre 1979) [Pages 12 et 13 [Pages 12 and 13]], #5 - Face de pierre (3ème trimestre 1979) [Pages 12 et 13 [Pages 12 and 13]]
- in Marvel Super Action (Marvel, 1977 series) #12 (February 1979) [minus two pages]
- in Captain America Sentinel of Liberty (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) ([October] 1979)
- in Captain America Collector's Edition (Marvel UK, 1981 series) (1981)
- in Captain America Special Edition (Marvel, 1984 series) #1 (February 1984)
which is reprinted- in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #184 (avril 1985)
- in Grandes Heróis Marvel (Editora Abril, 1983 series) #16
- in Essential Captain America (Marvel, 2000 series) #2 (January 2002)
- in Marvel Visionaries: Jim Steranko (Marvel, 2002 series) ([September] 2002)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 ([July] 2006)
- in Captain America Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
- in Marvel Classic (Panini France, 2011 series) #3 (août 2011)
- in Marvel Gold. Capitán América (Panini España, 2011 series) #2 - El Hombre Bajo la Máscara (Julio 2012)
- in Captain America (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (Penguin Random House, 2022 series) (2022)
Steranko plot per letter from the artist in Fantastic Fanzine # 12, 1970. Steranko explained: "My Captain America tales were..written by Stan Lee over my plots (the idea of reinstating Rick Jones as another Bucky was Stan's directive"
Part 1 of 3. 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 back in The Avengers #4 (March 1964)but hesitated because he did not want to place a teenager in danger. 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.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (illustration)
- Inks
- Syd Shores (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen; typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]
- Reprints
Letters from: Robin Stover, Bruce Dravis, Eric Nash, Brian Clancey, Roger Vanous, Albert Rodriquez, Kenwood Dennard, and Joe Trainor.
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