Captain America #289 [Direct]
(January 1984)

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
1983-09-13
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Mike Carlin (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Assistant Editor's Month; Top logo bar patterned after DC's checkerboard look and bullet logo; The identities of the creative team are revealed in Cap #291. On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #32, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-10-04.
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 (signed as MZ)
Inks
John Beatty (signed as JB)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
As long as the editor of this comic book is on vacation, I’m the head guy around here!!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bernie America [Bernie Rosenthal]; Mo-Skull [Red Skull; Modok]; J.M. DeMatteis; Mike Carlin; Mike Zeck; John Beatty
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Identification of Marvel creators on cover (listed from left to right) confirmed by J.M. DeMatteis on Twitter (May 6, 2021) at https://twitter.com/JMDeMatteis/status/1390397039033430018

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Tomorrow, the World? (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain America / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
J. M. DeMatteis (credited)
Pencils
Mike Zeck (credited)
Inks
John Beatty (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Diana Albers (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
…good morning, gentlemen.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nick Fury; The Avengers [Thor; She-Hulk; Starfox]; Albert DeVoor (villain, introduction); Brand Corporation (villain); Godwulf II (villain, introduction); Iron Butterfly II (villain, introduction); Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]] (cameos); X-Men [Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Nightcrawler] (cameos); Luther Manning Clone (cameo flashback); Gentle Sam (cameo flashback); Iron Butterfly (cameo flashback); Hellinger (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Captain America returns to the present and attempts to stop the hero purge enacted by the Brand Corporation that was responsible for creating Deathlok's apocalyptic future.
Reprints
Keywords
Metro Bank; time travel; Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters

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

Star Frontiers; TSR Hobbies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Larry Elmore (signed as Elmore)
Inks
Larry Elmore (signed as Elmore)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
...from the very center of the great spiral galaxy...
Genre
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for TSR's Star Frontiers Role Playing Game.

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

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

Script
Lynn E. Cohen Koehler (credited as Lynn E. Cohen) (signed as Lynne); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi! I'm not Jim Shooter, but Jim is my boss.
Feature Logo
Bullpen Bulletins [groovy]

Bernie America, Sentinel of Liberty (Table of Contents: 4)

Bernie Rosenthal / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
J. M. DeMatteis (credited)
Pencils
Mike Zeck (credited)
Inks
Mike Zeck (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Diana Albers (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I guess you can tell right off the bat that I’m not the Watcher.
Genre
satire-parody; superhero
Characters
Bernie America [Bernie Rosenthal]; Steve Rogers; The Avengers [Thor; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; She-Hulk; Wasp; Hawkeye]; Mike Carlin [as the Watcher]; Nancy Rosenthal; Mo-Skull (villain)
Reprints
Keywords
Long Island

Indexer Notes

Story details Bernie's dream of becoming "Bernie America."

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["As long as the editor of this comic book is on vacation, I’m the head guy around here!!"]
    Captain America
  2. 1. Tomorrow, the World?
    Captain America
  3. 2. ["...from the very center of the great spiral galaxy..."]
    Star Frontiers; TSR Hobbies
  4. 3. ["Hi! I'm not Jim Shooter, but Jim is my boss."]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  5. 4. Bernie America, Sentinel of Liberty
    Bernie Rosenthal
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