Captain America #260 [Direct]
(August 1981)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981
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 (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

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

Behind Bars! (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Milgrom (signed as MILGROM [regular Ms])
Inks
Al Milgrom (signed as MILGROM [regular Ms])
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]
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Prison Reform! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Al Milgrom (credited) (crime reporter)
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg (credited as A. Kupperburg) (police sketches)
Inks
Frank McLaughlin of Quick Draw Studios (credited as Quickdraw Studios) (pages 1-18, police sketches); Al Milgrom (credited) (pages 19-22, police sketches)
Colors
George Roussos (credited as Roussos) (Doc Martin); Don Warfield (credited as Don W.) (Doc Martin)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited) (letter of the law)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, well.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Thumper Morgan; Deacon
Synopsis
Cap gets himself tossed in prison in an attempt to ferret out some bad guys.
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Indexer Notes

Additional inker information added 2005 by Steven Tice.

The Fantastic Four in Wonders of Nature (Table of Contents: 2)

Fantastic Four; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Herb Trimpe
Inks
Herb Trimpe ?
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This trip was a great idea!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr.Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]]; Franklin Richards
Synopsis
The group protects Franklin and his Hostess Fruit Pies lunch.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Marie Severin (credited) (Puzzle Man illustration); John Schlim (credited) (design for Puzzle Man)
Inks
Marie Severin (credited) (Puzzle Man illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
How shall I begin.....?
Feature Logo
Bullpen Bulletins
Characters
Puzzle Man
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Behind Bars!
    Captain America
  2. 1. Prison Reform!
    Captain America
  3. 2. The Fantastic Four in Wonders of Nature
    Fantastic Four; Hostess Fruit Pies
  4. 3. ["How shall I begin.....?"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
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