Captain America #197 [British]
(May 1976)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.09 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel All-Colour Comics
Editing
Jack Kirby (credited) (Editor); Marv Wolfman (credited) (Executive Editor)

Issue Notes

Letters page letter from Ralph Macchio.
This issue is a variant of Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #197 [25¢]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain America and the Falcon / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
John Verpoorten
Colors
Phil Rachelson (sourced)
Letters
Danny Crespi
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've found an army of underground killers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Indexer Notes

Marvel Comics Index #8A lists letterer as Gaspar Saladino. Verpoorten credit by Nick Caputo, August 2012. Previous indexer credited Frank Giacoia.

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The Rocks Are Burning! (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain America and the Falcon / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (credited); Mike Esposito ?
Colors
Phil Rachelson (credited as P. Rache)
Letters
John Costanza (credited as J. Costanza)
Job Number
JV197
Feature Logo
Captain America and The Falcon
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; General Argyle Fist; Cheer Chadwick (villain); "Poppa" [Dr. Hesperus Chadwick] (cameo, villain); Tinkerbelle (villain); Royalist Forces of America (villains)
Synopsis
Captain America and the Falcon are victorious in the Elite's "kill-derby" but refuses to accept the winners' pot of gold. Incensed the crowd attack the heroes, but General Fist's forces assault the base and defeat the Royalist Forces. Cheer Chadwick and her "Poppa" are able to escape with their plans on detonating the "Big Daddy" Madbomb on the day of the bicentennial.
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Indexer Notes

The Madbomb Part 5.

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

Let's Rap with Cap [Captain America] / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Let's Rap with Cap

Indexer Notes

Letters from Ralph Macchio, Gregg Stamey, the Marveriter.
Marvel Value Stamp Series B #78 "Conan".

More Merely Magnificent Marvel Madness Made to Move You to Mafficking! (Table of Contents: 3)

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Okay, gang, it's name-dropping time again!
Feature Logo
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [times three]
Characters
Killraven

Indexer Notes

Includes Stan Lee's Soapbox and Items.

Spider-Man and the Twinkie Takers (Table of Contents: 4)

Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Reprints
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["I've found an army of underground killers!"]
    Captain America and the Falcon
  2. 1. The Rocks Are Burning!
    Captain America and the Falcon
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Let's Rap with Cap [Captain America]
  4. 3. More Merely Magnificent Marvel Madness Made to Move You to Mafficking!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. Spider-Man and the Twinkie Takers
    Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
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