Captain America #216 [Regular Edition]
(December 1977)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
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
0714860245312
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor)

Issue Notes

Reprints 1st appearance of "Captain America" since Golden Age. 1 page of new art.
This issue has variants:

The Flame and the Shield! (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane (signed as GK)
Inks
Ernie Chan (signed as EC)
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Carl Zante [Acrobat]]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #216 [Regular Edition] Cover Thumbnail for Captain America (1968 series) #216 [Whitman] Cover Thumbnail for Captain America (1968 series) #216 [British]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain America / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
Dave Cockrum
Inks
Frank Giacoia ?
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Captain America! The name has become almost...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

New splash page to introduce the reprint. This sequence entered 2005 by Steven Tice.

The Human Torch Meets..."Captain America" (Table of Contents: 2)

Human Torch / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited) (Co-Plot, Dialogue); Jack Kirby (Co-Plot)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Dick Ayers (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
Editing
Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Job Number
X-449
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Johnny!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Doris Evans; Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo); Captain America [Carl Zante; also as The Acrobat] (villain)
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

Legal Eagle (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Street Ball (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Spalding Sports Equipment / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Flame and the Shield!
    Captain America
  2. 1. ["Captain America! The name has become almost..."]
    Captain America
  3. 2. The Human Torch Meets..."Captain America"
    Human Torch
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. Legal Eagle
    Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man
  6. 5. Street Ball
    Spalding Sports Equipment
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Del Gruber
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
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