Captain America #270 [Direct]
(June 1982)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-03-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Jim Salicrup (credited) (editor); Lance Tooks (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

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

Someone Who Cares! (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
J. M. DeMatteis (credited)
Pencils
Mike Zeck (signed as Zeck)
Inks
John Beatty (signed as BEATTY)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Cap helps a friend from his past-- but at what price?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; robot; Arnie Roth
Reprints
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Someone Who Cares (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain America / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
J. M. DeMatteis (credited)
Pencils
Mike Zeck (credited)
Inks
John Beatty (credited as Beatty) (pages 1-13); Ricardo Villamonte (credited as & Co.) (pages 14, 15, 18); Vince Colletta (credited as & Co.) (pages 16, 17, 19-22)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A warm March evening in Brooklyn Heights...
Feature Logo
Captain America [red, white and blue]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Arnie Roth; his parents (flashback); Bernie Rosenthal; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Jim Wilson (not identified); Michael Bech; Olympia (bag lady); robot
Synopsis
Cap gets a visit from a childhood friend who is plagued by gambling debts.
Reprints
Keywords
Brooklyn; Captain America's motorcycle; Captain America's shield; Manhattan

Indexer Notes

Additional art credits added 2005 by Steven Tice.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Jim Salicrup ?; Lance Tooks ?
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Letters to the Living Legend
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers: Delmo Walters Jr., Wesley M. Allison, Red Craig, Joe Spencer, John Rucker, John Rivera, Carlas M. Fernandez, Rick S. Jones, T. M. Maple, and Thomas Cook.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Someone Who Cares!
    Captain America
  2. 1. Someone Who Cares
    Captain America
  3. 2. ["Being editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics..."]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Living Legend
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  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Max Capp
  • Peter Croome
  • CTGarry
  • Del Gruber
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Mike Verhart
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