(May 1969)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- Monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Magazine Management Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock:
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
["In Memoriam"]
Captain America / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jim Steranko (signed)
- Inks:
- Jim Steranko (signed)
- Colors:
- Jim Steranko
- Letters:
- Jim Steranko (logo)
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America (statue); HYDRA; Bucky [Rick Jones]
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
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in Captain America Collector's Edition (Marvel UK, 1981 series) #[nn] (1981) -
in Captain America Special Edition (Marvel, 1984 series) #1 (February 1984) - in Captain America Special Edition (Marvel, 1984 series) #2 (March 1984) which is reprinted
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in Captain America Spécial (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #[nn] (Janvier 1985) - in Essential Captain America (Marvel, 2000 series) #2 (2002)
- in Marvel Visionaries: Jim Steranko (Marvel, 2002 series) #[nn] ([September] 2002)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 [Regular Edition] ([July] 2006)
- in Captain America Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([May] 2011)
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in Marvel Gold: Capitán América (Panini España, 2011 series) #2 - El Hombre Bajo la Máscara (Julio 2012) - in Captain America's Collector's Edition (Marvel UK, 1981 series) #[nn] (1981)
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Indexer Notes
Tom Sutton paid tribute to this cover in his story "Superhero!" in Eerie #32 (Warren, March 1971); the same panel also appeared on that issue's cover.
The Strange Death of Captain America
Captain America / comic story / 20 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jim Steranko
- Pencils:
- Jim Steranko
- Inks:
- Tom Palmer
- Colors:
- Jim Steranko
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Madame Hydra; HYDRA; Bucky [Rick Jones]; Avengers [Vision; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Thor [Dr. Don Blake]]; Nick Fury; Sharon Carter; Jasper Sitwell (cameo); Dum Dum Dugan (cameo); Gabe Jones (cameo); Captain America [Steve Rogers]
- Synopsis:
- While the news reports Cap's death, and that "Steve Rogers" was a fake identity, Madama Hydra has Cap's HYDRA file burned. She then thinks back on her past, and the way she bumped off several top men in the organization following the death of Baron Strucker, to become Supreme Hydra "in this sector". The Avengers, together with Nick Fury, Sharon Carter and several top SHIELD men, hold a wake, but are suddenly gassed by HYDRA agents, bent on eliminating them as well! Rick follows to the cemetary, where multiple premature burials are planned, and is almost caught himself-- when out of nowhere, Cap appears on a motorcycle, very much alive! A battle follows, ending when a set of "Hunter Missiles" miss their target and take out Madame Hydra instead! Cap reveals he faked his own death in order to create the idea that he was never "Steve Rogers"-- "and so, Captain America has a secret identity once more!"
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
-
in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #3 ([Octobre 1970]) - in Captain America Collector's Edition (Marvel UK, 1981 series) #[nn] (1981)
- in Captain America Special Edition (Marvel, 1984 series) #2 (March 1984)
- in Essential Captain America (Marvel, 2000 series) #2 (2002)
- in Marvel Visionaries: Jim Steranko (Marvel, 2002 series) #[nn] ([September] 2002)
- in The New Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Stories: From Crumb to Clowes (Smithsonian Institution / New College Press, 2004 series) #[nn] (2004)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 [Regular Edition] ([July] 2006)
- in Captain America Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([May] 2011)
- in Marvel Gold: Capitán América (Panini España, 2011 series) #2 - El Hombre Bajo la Máscara (Julio 2012)
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Indexer Notes
Part 3 of 3. The climax of this story in part pays tribute to "Spy Ambush" from Captain America Comics #10 (January 1942). Nick Fury presumably appears between Nick Fury #11-12. HYDRA would finally return to battle SHIELD this month in Nick Fury #12 (May 1969). After all the effort to get Cap & Rick together as a regular team, it would prove short-lived, as Roy Thomas & Gil Kane wound up teaming Rick with Captain Mar-Vell in Captain Marvel #17 (October 1969). Following the cancellation of Nick Fury, Nick, SHIELD and HYDRA became recurring elements in the Captain America series. In the wake of Baron Strucker's demise, most HYDRA stories beginning with this one involve regional factions rather than one big, centralized organization. Although she appeared to have been killed at the end of this episode, Madame Hydra would return-- renaming herself "The Viper"-- in Captain America #180 (December 1974).
["Dear Stan and Jack, I, and a great many like me..."]
Let's Rap with Cap / letters page / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (illustration)
- Inks:
- ? (illustration)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America
- Reprints:
- in Captain America Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([May] 2011)
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Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Joe Pearson, Lewis R. Valladares, Russ Tulp, John Stewart II, James Petty, Craig Battmer and Jeff King.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
["In Memoriam"]
Captain America -
1.
The Strange Death of Captain America
Captain America -
2.
["Dear Stan and Jack, I, and a great many like me..."]
Let's Rap with Cap
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- Jan Roar Hansen
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- Henry R. Kujawa
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- Tony R. Rose
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