Captain America
#247
[British]
(July 1980)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.15 GBP
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- On-sale date:
- 1980
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel All-Colour Comics
- Editing:
- Bob Budiansky (Assistant Editor); Jim Salicrup (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock:
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #247 [newsstand]. There exist further variants.
Letters page replies and brief essay on Captain America by Roger Stern.
Baron Strucker Strikes!
Captain America / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- John Byrne
- Inks:
- Joe Rubinstein
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Gaspar Saladino
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Dum Dum Dugan; Baron Strucker
- Reprints:
-
in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #106/107 ([Juillet 1980]) [re-lettered in French] -
in Obras Maestras (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #10 - Capitán América: El Sueño Americano (Diciembre 1993) -
in Captain America: War and Remembrance (Second Edition) (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007) [cover] - in Marvel Gold: Capitán América de Roger Stern y John Byrne (Panini España, 2008 series) #1 (Julio 2008)
- in Coleccionable Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2010 series) #3 - Capitán América: El Sueño Americano (Septiembre 2010)
- in Marvel Premiere Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #57 (September 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover credits added 2005 by Steven Tice.
![Cover Thumbnail for Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #247 [British]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/772/w200/772707.jpg?8129709546814920348)
![Cover Thumbnail for Captain America (1968 series) #247 [newsstand]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/20/w100/20449.jpg?1991654002873653845)
![Cover Thumbnail for Captain America (1968 series) #247 [Direct Edition]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/902/w100/902712.jpg?-1464073661632836523)
By the Dawn's Early Light!
Captain America / comic story / 17 pages
Credits
- Script:
- John Byrne (co-plot); Roger Stern
- Pencils:
- John Byrne
- Inks:
- Joe Rubinstein
- Colors:
- George Roussos
- Letters:
- Jim Novak
- Job Number:
- LF115
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Captain America [Steve Rogers] (also in flashback); Nick Fury; Dum Dum Dugan; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Baron Strucker robot (villain, dies); Josh Cooper; Mike Farrel; General Phillips (flashback); Walter Rogers (flashback); Machinesmith (villain)
- Synopsis:
- Cap heads to S.H.I.E.L.D. looking for info on his true origins and all is revealed as he uncovers his old WWII footlocker which also contains his triangular shield; Baron Strucker tricks Nick Fury and escapes imprisonment but when he goes after Cap and is defeated, it is revealed that he is really a sophisticated robot.
- Reprints:
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #106/107 ([Juillet 1980])
- in Obras Maestras (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #10 - Capitán América: El Sueño Americano (Diciembre 1993)
- in Captain America: War and Remembrance (Second Edition) (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007)
- in Marvel Gold: Capitán América de Roger Stern y John Byrne (Panini España, 2008 series) #1 (Julio 2008)
- in Coleccionable Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2010 series) #3 - Capitán América: El Sueño Americano (Septiembre 2010)
- in Captain America: War & Remembrance (Marvel, 2011 series) #[nn] [premiere edition] (2011)
- in Captain America: War and Remembrance (Marvel, 1990 series) #[nn] (1990)
- in Marvel Premiere Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #57
-
Indexer Notes
The origin story of #225 is invalidated.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
Baron Strucker Strikes!
Captain America -
1.
By the Dawn's Early Light!
Captain America
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