Captain America
#255
[newsstand]
(March 1981)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.50 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- Monthly
- On-sale date:
- 198?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Barcode:
- 0714860245303
- Editing:
- Bob Budiansky (Assistant Editor); Jim Salicrup (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
- Format:
- Color; Standard Silver Age and later Modern Age US Size; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint; Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
This issue has variants.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Captain America: The Secret Story of Marvel's Star-Spangled Super Hero (Ideals Publishing Corp., 1981 series) #[nn] (1981) [detail from page 1]
- in Captain America: The Secret Story of Marvel's Star-Spangled Super Hero (Ideals Publishing Corp., 1981 series) #[nn] (1981) [three details of panels]
- in Captain America: The Secret Story of Marvel's Star-Spangled Super Hero (Ideals Publishing Corp., 1981 series) #[nn] (1981) [page 22 only]
- in The Marvel Saga (Marvel, 1985 series) #12 (November 1986) [Confirm: direction of reprint]
- in Captain America: War and Remembrance (Second Edition) (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007) [Cover]
- in Captain America: War and Remembrance (Second Edition) (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007)
The Living Legend!
Captain America / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Frank Miller [as FM] (signed)
- Inks:
- Joe Rubinstein [as JR] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Rick Parker
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky Barnes
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Captain America: The Secret Story of Marvel's Star-Spangled Super Hero (Ideals Publishing Corp., 1981 series) #[nn] (1981)
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #114/115 ([Mars 1981])
- in Grandson of Origins of Marvel Comics (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (1998)
- in Captain America: War and Remembrance (Second Edition) (Marvel, 2007 series) #nn
- in Marvel Premiere Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #57 (September 2010)
The Living Legend
Captain America / comic story / 22 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Roger Stern
- Pencils:
- John Byrne
- Inks:
- None (pages 1-21); Joe Rubinstein (page 22)
- Colors:
- Bob Sharen
- Letters:
- Joe Rosen
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America [Steve Rogers] (Origin); Ms. Rogers (Cap's Mother); Bucky Barnes; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Sgt. Duffy; Abraham Erskine; Red Skull; Nazis; Adolf Hitler; Baron Zemo; Master Man; Warrior Woman; Baron Blood; Namor [Sub-Mariner]; original Human Torch; Spitfire; Union Jack; Thor; Iron Man; Giant-Man; Wasp (All appearances except for Cap himself are flashbacks)
- Synopsis:
- Cap relives his origin in minute detail.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration (migrated reprint links need inspection)
- in Captain America: The Secret Story of Marvel's Star-Spangled Super Hero (Ideals Publishing Corp., 1981 series) #[nn] (1981)
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #114/115 ([Mars 1981])
- in Grandson of Origins of Marvel Comics (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (1998)
- in Captain America: War and Remembrance (Second Edition) (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007)
- in Marvel Premiere Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #57 (September 2010)
Indexer Notes
All but page 22 are reproduced from Byrne's pencils.
Letters to the Living Legend
letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Roger Stern [as R.S.]
- Letters:
- Typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Eric L. Watts, Tom A. Field and Rob Imes, with replies from Stern.
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- ge.org.e
- Derek Reinhard
- Ramon Schenk
- Patrick Lemaire
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Jenny R McGinnis
- Lou Mougin
- Tony R. Rose
- Mark Gordon
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Gregory Fischer
- Ramon Schenk
- Max Capp
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