Captain America
#281
[direct edition]
(May 1983)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Editing:
- Michael Carlin (Assistant Editor); Mark Gruenwald (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) #281 [newsstand].
Letters page letter from Barry Dutter
![Cover Thumbnail for Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #281 [direct edition]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/772/w200/772688.jpg?-4510000272710005292)
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Before the Fall!
Captain America / comic story / 22 pages
Credits
- Script:
- J. M. DeMatteis
- Pencils:
- Mike Zeck
- Inks:
- John Beatty
- Colors:
- Bob Sharen
- Letters:
- Diana Albers
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- FEATURE: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; GUESTS: Bucky [Jack Monroe] (real name and survival revealed); Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]; Bernie Rosenthal; Gail Runciter; VILLAINS: Viper; Constrictor; Hydra; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Defenders of World War II (1st); Red Skull; Dr. Faustus
- Synopsis:
- After Steve and Bernie spend an evening watching old newsreel footage of Cap and Bucky in action, they are confronted by the Bucky of the 1950's, Jack Monroe; Spider-Woman discovers that Viper is not her mother but that the head of Hydra is up to something big; Cap and Bucky go on patrol but are taken down by the Constrictor who captures Cap for Hydra.
- Reprints:
-
in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #140/141 (Avril 1983)
-
Statement of Ownership
statement of ownership / 0.3 page
Credits
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of Ownership average # of copies in preceding 12 months: 328,511.
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Captain America -
1.
Before the Fall!
Captain America -
2.
Statement of Ownership
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- Lou Mougin
- Tony R. Rose
- Mark Gordon
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Gregory Fischer
- Ramon Schenk
- Max Capp
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