Captain America #274 [Direct]
(October 1982)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-06-29
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Mike Carlin (credited as Michael Carlin) (assistant editor); Mark Gruenwald (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #13.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Zeck
Inks
John Beatty
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Baron Strucker is back -- with a vengeance! And he wants -- to kill a commando!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Baron Strucker; Happy Sam Sawyer
Reprints
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Death of a Hero! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
David Anthony Kraft (credited)
Pencils
Mike Zeck (credited)
Inks
John Beatty (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Janice Chiang (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, minutes after a costly debacle...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nick Fury; Happy Sam Sawyer (death); Howling Commandos [Dum Dum Dugan; Gabriel Jones; Eric Koenig; Dino Manelli; Izzy Cohen; Pinky Pinkerton; Reb Ralston]; Baron Strucker Robot (villain, death); HYDRA (villain)
Synopsis
Captain America and the Howlers invade Hydra Island to take on Strucker and rescue Happy Sam. Happy Sam gives his life to ensure that a B-52 bomber with nuclear capabilities stays out of Hydra's hands.
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Keywords
Grand Forks Air Force Base; North Dakota; Virginia

[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
?
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Letters to the Living Legend
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers: David C. Zimmerman, Mark Powers, Greg Magarian, J. Alexander Hall, Dave Schmidt, and John Brittan.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Baron Strucker is back -- with a vengeance! And he wants -- to kill a commando!"]
    Captain America
  2. 1. Death of a Hero!
    Captain America
  3. 2. ["Buon giorno!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Living Legend
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