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Captain America #278 [Direct Edition]
(February 1983)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly
On-sale date:
1982
Publisher's Age Guidelines:
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
Marvel Comics Group
Brand:
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing:
Michael Carlin (Assistant Editor); Mark Gruenwald (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
Color:
color
Dimensions:
standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:
glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding:
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format:
was ongoing series

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.

["Zemo-- You've pushed me too far!"] (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils:
Mike Zeck [as MZ] (signed)
Inks:
John Beatty [as JB] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Baron Helmut Zemo
Reprints:
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Oh, Thus Be It Ever... (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain America / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script:
J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils:
Mike Zeck
Inks:
John Beatty
Colors:
Bob Sharen
Letters:
John Morelli
Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; GUESTS: S.H.I.E.L.D. [Agent Gail Runciter; Agent Sanderson; Agent Abramowitz]; VILLAINS: Baron Helmut Zemo; Primus; Vermin; CAMEO: Bernie Rosenthal; Arnold Roth
Synopsis:
S.H.I.E.L.D. steps in and helps Cap escape from Zemo's lair. Zemo gets away but has to face down Vermin. Cap heads off to confront Primus who has taken the form of Steve Rogers to wreck his life.
Reprints:

Spider-Man and the Mystery of the Magic Snakes! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Spider-Man; Magic Snakes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Snapping: Part III (Table of Contents: 3)

Falcon / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:
J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils:
Mike Zeck
Inks:
John Beatty
Colors:
Bob Sharen
Letters:
John Morelli
Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Falcon; Sarah Wilson; Carol Davis; Father Garcia; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Red Skull
Synopsis:
Sam recovers from his split personality.
Reprints:

Letters to the Living Legend (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers: Wallace Lee Hopkins, Stanley Johnston, P. F. Harvey, Dan Fogel, John Brittan

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Zemo-- You've pushed me too far!"]
    Captain America
  2. 1. Oh, Thus Be It Ever...
    Captain America
  3. 2. Spider-Man and the Mystery of the Magic Snakes!
    Spider-Man; Magic Snakes
  4. 3. Snapping: Part III
    Falcon
  5. 4. Letters to the Living Legend
    Letters to the Living Legend
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