Captain America #252 [Direct]
(December 1980)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 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]
Editing
Bob Budiansky (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Salicrup (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

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

Cap Battles Both Batrok and Mr. Hyde! It's A Blockbuster! (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Milgrom (possibly over an Ed Hannigan sketch)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batroc the Leaper [Georges Batroc]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Mr. Hyde [Calvin Zabo]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover art information provided 2006 by Al Milgrom. This cover is often misattributed to John Byrne. Batroc mis-spelled on cover as Batrok.

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Cold Fire! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Roger Stern (credited)
Pencils
John Byrne (credited)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
When the famed mercenary, Batroc the Leaper, joined with the criminal known as Mr. Hyde...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batroc the Leaper [Georges Batroc] (villain); Pierce Benedict (flashback) (cameo); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (featured) (also in flashback); Mr. Hyde [Calvin Zabo] (villain) (also in flashback); Mademoiselle Monique (villain); Scorpion [Mac Gargan] (flashback) (cameo); District Attorney Blake Tower (flashback) (cameo); Batroc's Henchmen [Bob (first appearance); Terry (first appearance)]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Batroc ends up teaming up with Cap in trying to prevent Hyde from turning New York City into a nuclear inferno.
Reprints
Keywords
Roxxon

The Life and Times of Captain America! (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain America / character profile / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Roger Stern
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Joe Rubinstein
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Jim Novak
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Back in the dawning days of World War Two...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Beast [Hank McCoy]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision (silhouette only); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams] (silhouette only)
Bucky [James Buchanan Barnes]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Sharon Carter; Josh Cooper; Dum Dum Dugan; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Mike Farrel; Colonel Nick Fury; Adolf Hitler (cameo); Edwin Jarvis; Anna Kapplebaum; Bernie Rosenthal; Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (silhouette only); Leila Taylor; Nazis
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit 2005 by Steven Tice; Five-page featurette; Bucky's full name (James Buchanan Barnes) revealed; Includes a floorplan of Steve Roger's apartment.

Letters to the Living Legend (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from Carol Bellamy, Kurt Busiek, Jeff Gelb. Also includes The Might Marvel Checklist!

Iron Man vs. The Bank Robbers! (Table of Contents: 4)

Hostess Fruit Pies; Iron Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Milgrom
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]
Reprints
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Cap Battles Both Batrok and Mr. Hyde! It's A Blockbuster!
    Captain America
  2. 1. Cold Fire!
    Captain America
  3. 2. The Life and Times of Captain America!
    Captain America
  4. 3. Letters to the Living Legend
    Letters to the Living Legend
  5. 4. Iron Man vs. The Bank Robbers!
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Iron Man
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  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • João Clérigo
  • Terry Collier
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  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Terry Staats
  • Steven Tice
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