Captain America #315 [Direct]
(March 1986)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.40 GBP; 0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
198?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Michael Higgins (assistant editor); Mike Carlin (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Neary (signed as PN)
Inks
Butch Guice (signed as JG)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Serpent Society’s finally got Captain America right where we want him!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Serpent Society [Diamondback; Cottonmouth; Death Adder; Rattler]
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The Hard Sell (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Mark Gruenwald
Pencils
Paul Neary (breakdowns)
Inks
Dennis Janke (finishes)
Colors
Ken Feduniewicz
Letters
Diana Albers
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Porcupine (villain, death); Modok (villain, dead); A.I.M. (villain); Serpent Society [Sidewinder; Black Mamba; Death Adder; Cottonmouth; Diamondback; Bushmaster; Cobra; Asp; Rattler; Anaconda; Princess Python] (villains); Ant-Man [Hank Pym] (cameo flashback); Count Nefaria (cameo flashback); Unicorn (cameo flashback); Eel [Leopold Stryke] (cameo flashback); Plant Man (cameo flashback); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo flashback); The Defenders [Nighthawk; Dr. Strange; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Red Guardian [Tania Belinskaya]] (cameo flashback); Cyclops (cameo flashback); Iceman (cameo flashback); Nomad [Jack Monroe] (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
The Serpent Society captures the dead body of Modok for AIM. Porcupine is trying to sell his costume to get out of the super villain life but his only taker is Captain America. Cap pretends to be captured by Porcupine to flush out the Serpent Society and, during the ensuing battle, Porcupine falls on one of his own quills and dies.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

American Graffiti / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from ANdrew Lannen, Jon Thomas, Eric Cohen, Brian Nelson. Also includes a reproduction of the Serpent Societies Business Card.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["The Serpent Society’s finally got Captain America right where we want him!"]
    Captain America
  2. 1. The Hard Sell
    Captain America
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    American Graffiti
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