Captain America #249 [Direct]
(September 1980)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980-06-10
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [various positions]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Bob Budiansky (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Salicrup (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #180.

According to information supplied by Jim Shooter to the editors of The Comics Journal (issue 60, November 1980), the comic code stamp fell off the cover artwork on the way to the printer. The issue did pass the Comics Code inspection.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne (signed as BYRNE)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (signed as Rubinstein)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Cap smashes thru!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Machinesmith [Samuel Saxon]; Spider-Man Robot; Thing Robot; Magneto Robot
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #249 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Captain America (1968 series) #249 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Captain America (1968 series) #249 [British]
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Death, Where Is Thy Sting? (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
John Byrne (credited) (plot); Roger Stern (credited) (plot, script)
Pencils
John Byrne (credited)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited as Sharen)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
After a long and wearying day, Captain America came home to Brooklyn Heights...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers] (featured); Josh Cooper (supporting); Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (flashback) (cameo); Dragon Man (antagonist); Mike Farrel (supporting); Mister Fear [Samuel Saxon] (flashback) (cameo); Machinesmith [Samuel Saxon] (villain) (also in flashback); Bernie Rosenthal (supporting); Spider-Man robot (antagonist); Thing robot (antagonist); Magneto robot (antagonist); Machinesmith robots (antagonists); Air-Walker robot (cameo)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Machinesmith uses his cadre of robots to trick Captain America into ending his miserable existence.
Reprints

Captain Marvel Defends the Earth! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Captain Marvel; Hostess / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

Letters to the Living Legend / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Roger Stern
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Letters to the Living Legend
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Letter from Gary M. Fishman.

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

Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.33 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Cap smashes thru!"]
    Captain America
  2. 1. Death, Where Is Thy Sting?
    Captain America
  3. 2. Captain Marvel Defends the Earth!
    Captain Marvel; Hostess
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Living Legend
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
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