Captain America #253 [Direct]
(January 1981)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Bob Budiansky (assistant editor); Jim Salicrup (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Tomb of Blood! (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne (signed)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
superhero
Characters
Baron Blood [John Falsworth]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein, via The Crespi Files as maintained originally by Danny Crespi. Posted to Comics History Exchange page on Facebook (March 24, 2017).

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Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain America / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne (plot); Roger Stern (plot, script)
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Joe Rubinstein
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Jim Novak
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Invaders [Bucky [Bucky Barnes] (cameo); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (flashback) (cameo); Human Torch [Jim Hammond] (flashback) (cameo); Namor the Sub-Mariner [Namor] (flashback) (cameo); Spitfire [Lady Jacqueline Falsworth Crichton] (flashback) (cameo); Toro [Thomas Raymond] (flashback) (cameo); Union Jack [Lord James Montgomery Falsworth] (flashback) (cameo)]; Agent Axis (flashback) (cameo); The Asbestos Lady [Victoria Murdock] (flashback) (cameo); Baron Blood [John Falsworth] (villain) (disguised); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (flashback); Joseph Chapman (first appearance); Kenneth Crichton (first appearance, Spitfire's son); Adolf Hitler (flashback) (cameo); Edwin Jarvis; Master Man [Wilhelm Lohmer] (flashback) (cameo); Bernie Rosenthal (supporting); Scarlet Scarab [Abdul Faoul] (flashback) (cameo); Inspector Sweeney (New Scotland Yard, first appearance); The Face [Werner Eisen] (flashback) (cameo); Warrior Woman [Frieda Ratsel] (flashback) (cameo); Reg (New Scotland Yard, first appearance)
Synopsis
Cap travels to England to reunite with his old Invaders allies when the threat of Baron Blood resurfaces.
Reprints

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

Letters to the Living Legend / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Letters from Eric Watts, Nick Grassel, Arthur Cadeaux. Also includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist!

Iron Man vs. The Bank Robbers! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Iron Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Tomb of Blood!
    Captain America
  2. 1. Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot
    Captain America
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Living Legend
  4. 3. Iron Man vs. The Bank Robbers!
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Iron Man
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