- Script
- Roger Stern (credited)
- Pencils
- John Byrne (credited) (see notes)
- Inks
- Joe Rubinstein (credited) (page 22, see notes)
- Colors
- Bob Sharen (credited)
- Letters
- Joe Rosen (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the latter days of 1940, as the entire world teetered on the brink of global war, there arose a man unlike any other--
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers: Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo)
The Avengers: Giant-Man [Hank Pym] (cameo); Thor [Donald Blake] (cameo); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (cameo)
The Invaders: Human Torch [Jim Hammond] (cameo); Spitfire [Jacqueline Falsworth] (cameo); Sub-Mariner [Namor the Sub-Mariner] (cameo); Union Jack [Lord James Montgomery Falsworth] (cameo)
Agent R [Elizabeth Ross]; Dr. Murray Anderson; Baron Blood [John Falsworth] (cameo); Baron Zemo [Heinrich Zemo] (cameo); Bucky [James Buchanan Barnes] (origin); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (origin); Sergeant Duffy; Dr. Abraham Erskine; Adolf Hitler (cameo); Heinz Kruger (death) (antagonist) (also disguised as Special Agent Clemson); Master Man [Wilhelm Lohmer] (cameo); General Phillips; Red Skull [Johann Shmidt] (cameo); Sarah Rogers; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Under-Secretary Simms; Warrior Woman [Julia Koenig] (cameo)
- Synopsis
- A retelling of Captain America's origin.
- Reprints
- in Captain America: The Secret Story of Marvel's Star-Spangled Super Hero (Ideals Publishing Corp., 1981 series) (1981), (1981) [page 22 only], (1981) [three details of panels], (1981) [detail from page 1]
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #114/115 ([Mars 1981])
- in Captain America (Arédit-Artima, 1984 series) #4 - Souvenirs, souvenirs... (juin 1985)
- in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #12 (November 1986) [excerpt]
which is reprinted- in The Best of Marvel Comics (Marvel, 1987 series) #1 (1987)
- in Captain America [Shan-Lon] (Shan-Lon Enterprises, 1990 series) #[2] (1990)
- in Captain America [War and Remembrance] (Marvel, 1990 series) (1990)
- in El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta (Novedades, 1988 series) #147 (Febrero 7 de 1991)
- in Captain America - Souvenirs et combats (Semic S.A., 1991 series) #[nn] (octobre 1991)
- in Obras Maestras (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #10 - Capitán América: El Sueño Americano (Diciembre 1993)
- in Grandson of Origins of Marvel Comics (Marvel, 1998 series) ([March] 1998)
- in Captain America: War & Remembrance [Second Edition] (Marvel, 2007 series) (2007)
- in Marvel Gold: Capitán América de Roger Stern y John Byrne (Panini España, 2008 series) #2 (Agosto 2008)
- in Coleccionable Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2010 series) #3 - Capitán América: El Sueño Americano (Septiembre 2010)
- in Captain America: War & Remembrance (Marvel, 2011 series) ([January] 2011)
- in Marvel Série I (Levoir, 2012 series) #3 - Capitão América - A Lenda Viva
- in Captain America Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #9 - Dawn's Early Light (2014)
- in Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #[nn] (2016)
- in Marvel Tales: Captain America (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (September 2019)
All but page 22 are reproduced directly from Byrne's pencils.
- Script
- Roger Stern (credited as R. S.)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Before we begin...
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
Letters from: Eric L. Watts, Tom A. Field, and Rob Imes.
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