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)
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock:
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- 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], #[nn] (1981) [three details of panels], #[nn] (1981) [page 22 only] - in Captain America: War and Remembrance (Second Edition) (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007) [Cover]
-
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:
- 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 Obras Maestras (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #10 - Capitán América: El Sueño Americano (Diciembre 1993) - in Grandson of Origins of Marvel Comics (Marvel, 1998 series) #[nn] (1998)
- in Marvel Gold: Capitán América de Roger Stern y John Byrne (Panini España, 2008 series) #2 (Agosto 2008), #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) #[nn] (2011)
- in Captain America: War and Remembrance (Second Edition) (Marvel, 2007 series) #nn
- in Marvel Premiere Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #57 (September 2010)
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![Cover Thumbnail for Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #255 [newsstand]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/20/w200/20457.jpg?3323334515921929017)
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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]; General Phillips; Agent R; Abraham Erskine; Dr. Anderson; Heinz Kruger; Bucky Barnes; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Sgt. Duffy; Red Skull (cameo); Nazis; Adolf Hitler (cameo); Baron Zemo (cameo); Master Man (cameo); Warrior Woman (cameo); Baron Blood (cameo); Invaders [Namor the Sub-Mariner; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Spitfire; Union Jack] (cameo); Avengers [Thor; Iron Man; Giant-Man; Wasp] (all appearances except for Cap himself are flashbacks)
- Synopsis:
- Cap relives his origin in minute detail.
- Reprints:
- 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 The Marvel Saga (Marvel, 1985 series) #12 (November 1986) [excerpt]
- 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) #[nn] (1998)
- in Captain America: War and Remembrance (Second Edition) (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (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) #[nn] (2011)
- in Captain America: War and Remembrance (Marvel, 1990 series) #[nn] (1990)
- 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
Table of Contents
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0.
The Living Legend!
Captain America -
1.
The Living Legend
Captain America -
2.
Letters to the Living Legend
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- Derek Reinhard
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