Captain America #265 [Direct]
(January 1982)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
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 [various positions]
Editing
Bob Budiansky (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Salicrup (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
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
John Beatty (signed as BEATTY)
Colors
?
Letters
Jean Simek ?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Spider-Man and Nick Fury can’t help you, Captain America!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Nick Fury; Sultan; Biotron Constructs
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Cover gallery

Thunderhead! (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain America / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
David Anthony Kraft (credited)
Pencils
Mike Zeck (credited) (breakdowns); John Beatty (finished art)
Inks
John Beatty (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited as Sharen)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited as Novak)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It is late evening in Manhattan.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nick Fury; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Sultan (villain, introduction); Biotron Constructs (villains)
Synopsis
Captain America is captured by the Sultan and Spider-Man and Nick Fury fly in to the rescue. Things don't go so well as Sultan launches a nuke at Washington D.C.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Jim Shooter (signed as Shooter)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello, again...
Feature Logo
Bullpen Bulletins

Captain Marvel in Flea Bargaining (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The world's largest flea market on a peaceful afternoon!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; the Flea-Market-Eating Flea
Synopsis
Captain Marvel defeats a giant flea by baiting a trap with Twinkies.
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Keywords
flea market; fleas

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Letters to the Living Legend / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Letters to the Living Legend
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Letters from Rick S. Jones, Juddy Justman, Barry Ditter, John A. Wilcox, Luke Clemente, David Peattie, Wilson Rivera, Jim Artmayer, Stephen Gawronski

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Spider-Man and Nick Fury can’t help you, Captain America!"]
    Captain America
  2. 1. Thunderhead!
    Captain America
  3. 2. ["Hello, again..."]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. Captain Marvel in Flea Bargaining
    Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Living Legend
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