Captain America #261 [Direct]
(September 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 (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Salicrup (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

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Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Zeck (signed as Zeck)
Inks
Mike Zeck (signed as Zeck)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Together again for the 1st time! Captain America and the man called Nomad!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nomad [Eddie Ferbel]
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Celluloid Heroes! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
J. M. DeMatteis (credited)
Pencils
Mike Zeck (credited)
Inks
Frank McLaughlin ((pages 1, 22-23, 31) [as Quickdraw Studios]); Vince Colletta ((pages 15-19) [as Quickdraw Studios]); Chic Stone ? of Quick Draw Studios (credited as Quickdraw Studios) (pages 24-27); Al Milgrom ? of Quick Draw Studios (credited as Quickdraw Studios) (pages 28-30)
Colors
Don Warfield (credited as Warfield); Christie Scheele (credited as Scheele)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's a quarter to three--
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon; The Avengers [Beast; Vision; Iron Man [Tony Stark]]; Red Skull; Ameridroid; Nomad (introduction) [Eddie Ferbel]; Nihilist Order (introduction); Golden Archer [Clint Barton; Hawkeye] (cameo flashback); Cobra (cameo flashback); Eel [Leopold Stryke] (cameo flashback); Bucky Barnes (cameo flashback); Thor (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Cap makes his way to California to oversee the making of a movie about his life. He is attacked at the airport by the Nihilist Front and is "rescued" by the new media darling, Nomad. With Cap looking a little outdated and Nomad looking like the hero of the future, the mysterious "Leader" and the Ameridroid watch their plans unfold.
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Keywords
California; Los Angeles

Hot-Tempered Triumph! (Table of Contents: 2)

Hostess Twinkies; Human Torch / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Chic Stone ?
Inks
Chic Stone ?
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Great balls of fire, those thugs are stealing all the money that the TV telethon raised...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Human Torch [Johnny Storm]
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Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Together again for the 1st time! Captain America and the man called Nomad!"]
    Captain America
  2. 1. Celluloid Heroes!
    Captain America
  3. 2. Hot-Tempered Triumph!
    Hostess Twinkies; Human Torch
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