(March 1974)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1973-11-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #102, December 1973.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Bust Out! (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita; Tony Mortellaro
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Black Panther; Falcon [Sam Wilson]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Marvel Comics Index #8A lists Tony Mortellaro as inker. Mortellaro assited Romita on backgrounds, and his name can be seen on buildings.

Cover Thumbnail for Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #171 Cover Thumbnail for Captain America (1968 series) #171 [British]
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Bust-Out! (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain America and the Falcon / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (credited) (story idea); Mike Friedrich (credited) (writer)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited as V. Colletta)
Colors
Linda Lessmann (credited as L. Lessman)
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Cap's in jail -- and accused of murder!
Feature Logo
Captain America and The Falcon
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Redwing; Black Panther; Moonstone [Lloyd Bloch]; Committee to Regain America's Principles (CRAP); Quentin Harderman; Leila Taylor; Stone-Face; Iron Man [Tony Stark]
Synopsis
Cap is broken out of jail by the Sanitation Unit. Realizing they are working for Harderman, Cap takes them down and goes on the run in an attempt to clear his name. The Falcon and Black Panther rescue Leila from Stoneface. Leila and the Falcon return to Harlem. Iron Man tells the Falcon about Cap's murder charge and escape from jail and asks if the Falcon can track him down. The Falcon finds Cap who relates the actual story. But, before the duo can act to clear Cap's name, Moonstone attacks and knocks them both out.
Reprints

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

Let's Rap with Cap [Captain America] / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Steve and Sal, You've done it again.
Feature Logo
Let's Rap with Cap
Characters
Captain America; Black Panther

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jackie Frost, Ronald DeLong, Gail Teague. Includes Marvel Value Stamp Series A 50 featuring the Black Panther.

Christmas Chronicles and Yuletide Yucks — and a Partridge in a Pear Tree! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Bust Out!
    Captain America and the Falcon
  2. 1. Bust-Out!
    Captain America and the Falcon
  3. 2. ["Dear Steve and Sal, You've done it again."]
    Let's Rap with Cap [Captain America]
  4. 3. Christmas Chronicles and Yuletide Yucks — and a Partridge in a Pear Tree!
    Bullpen Bulletins
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  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Dan Creel
  • Del Gruber
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gregg Whitmore
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