Captain America #242 [Direct]
(February 1980)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860245302
Editing
Roger Stern (credited) (Editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (Editor-in-Chief); Jim Salicrup (Assistant Editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Milgrom
Inks
Klaus Janson
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon; Vision; Thor; Iron Man [Tony Stark]]

Indexer Notes

Janson inks confirmed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo.

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Facades! (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain America / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Steven Grant (credited as Steve Grant)
Pencils
Don Perlin (credited) (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (finished art)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Clem Robins (credited)
Job Number
LF628
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon; Vision; Thor; Iron Man [Tony Stark]]; The Manipulator (death); Brian Muldoon; Nick Fury; Gabe Jones; Dum Dum Dugan; Sharon Carter; Red Skull (vision)
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee (signed); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset
Feature Logo
Bullpen Bulletins

Indexer Notes

Stan's Soapbox, Marvel Masterpieces On Sale This Month!, house ad for Rom series.

A Passion for Gold (Table of Contents: 3)

Hostess Twinkies; Mister Fantastic [Mr. Fantastic] / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Goldigger!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Mr. Fantastic; Goldigger
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Letters to the Living Legend / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Letters from Roger Schoolcraft, Matt Kaufman, and David C. Zimmermann; includes house ad for Crazy #58.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Captain America
  2. 1. Facades!
    Captain America
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. A Passion for Gold
    Hostess Twinkies; Mister Fantastic [Mr. Fantastic]
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Living Legend
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  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Del Gruber
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
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