Captain America #397 [Direct]
(February 1992)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD; 0.70 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1991
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Ralph Macchio (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

No letter column this issue.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Scourge Lurks! (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rik Levins
Inks
Danny Bulanadi
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Scourge; Blackwing; Jack O'Lantern
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Shot in the Dark (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain America / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald
Pencils
Rik Levins
Inks
Danny Bulanadi
Colors
Christie Scheele
Letters
Steve Dutro
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Thor; Diamondback; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt] (villain); Viper [Madame Hydra] (villain); Skeleton Crew [Jack O'Lantern; Blackwing; Mother Night [also as Scourge]; Cutthroat]; Crossbones (villain); Edwin Jarvis; John Jameson; Diamondback [Rachel Leighton]
Synopsis
Cap fights Blackwing and Jack O'Lantern while Red Skull watches from afar. He wants the upstart supervillains for his Skeleton Crew and sends Mother Night to recruit them.

Snake-Off (Table of Contents: 2)

BAD Girls, Inc. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald
Pencils
Larry Alexander
Inks
Dan Panosian
Colors
Marie Javins
Letters
Steve Dutro
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sersi; BAD Girl Inc. [Black Mamba; Asp; Impala]; Telemachus (illusion)
Synopsis
Sersi catches the Girls as they are stealing an aircraft from the defunct Serpent Society base.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Scourge Lurks!
    Captain America
  2. 1. Shot in the Dark
    Captain America
  3. 2. Snake-Off
    BAD Girls, Inc.
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