Captain America #290 [Direct]
(February 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
1983-10-11
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
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 #33, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-11-01
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Mother Night... (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne (signed as John Byrne)
Inks
John Byrne (signed as John Byrne)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon; Nomad [Jack Monroe]; Mother Superior
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Echoes (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
J. M. DeMatteis (credited)
Pencils
Ron Frenz (credited) (breakdowns)
Inks
Steve Leialoha (credited) (finisher)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Diana Albers (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Time: One A.M.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon; Nomad [Jack Monroe]; Wasp; Bernie Rosenthal; Arnie Roth; Mother Superior [formerly Superia] (villain, introduction; called Mother Night on the cover); Baron Helmut Zemo (villain); Red Skull (villain)
Synopsis
Captain America’s friends are plagued by nightmares caused by the mysterious Mother Superior, daughter of the Red Skull.
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Keywords
Avengers Mansion

[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
Mark Gruenwald (credited); ?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A meandering memo from mellow Mark
Feature Logo
Letters to the Living Legend
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Letters from Ray D. Smith, Ian White, Buddy Finethy, Shaun Johnston, Kevin Hall

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Mother Night...
    Captain America
  2. 1. Echoes
    Captain America
  3. 2. ["We're back!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. ["A meandering memo from mellow Mark"]
    Letters to the Living Legend
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