Captain America #253 [British]
(January 1981)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
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 (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Issue Notes

Tomb of Blood! (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne (signed as BYRNE)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (signed as Rubinstein)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Baron Blood [John Falsworth]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein, via The Crespi Files as maintained originally by Danny Crespi. Posted to Comics History Exchange page on Facebook (March 24, 2017).

Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
John Byrne (credited) (plot); Roger Stern (credited) (plot, script)
Pencils
John Byrne (credited)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The rains wash down on the small British village, not far from the north of London.
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Invaders: Bucky [James Buchanan Barnes] (flashback) (cameo); Human Torch [Jim Hammond] (flashback) (cameo); Namor the Sub-Mariner [Namor] (flashback) (cameo); Toro [Thomas Raymond] (flashback) (cameo)
Agent Axis (flashback) (cameo); The Asbestos Lady [Victoria Murdock] (flashback) (cameo); Baron Blood [John Falsworth] (villain) (also disguised as Dr. Cromwell); Blue Bullet [Johann Goldstein] (flashback) (cameo); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (also in flashback); Joseph Chapman (introduction); Kenneth Crichton (introduction, Spitfire's son); Lady Jacqueline Falsworth Crichton (also in flashback as Spitfire); Lord James Montgomery Falsworth (also in flashback as Union Jack); Adolf Hitler (flashback) (cameo); Edwin Jarvis; Master Man [Wilhelm Lohmer] (flashback) (cameo); Bernie Rosenthal (supporting); Scarlet Scarab [Abdul Faoul] (flashback) (cameo); Inspector Sweeney (New Scotland Yard, introduction); The Face [Werner Eisen] (flashback) (cameo); Warrior Woman [Julia Koenig] (flashback) (cameo); Reg (New Scotland Yard, introduction)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Cap travels to England to reunite with his old Invaders allies when the threat of Baron Blood resurfaces.
Reprints
Keywords
Falsworth Manor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Letters to the Living Legend
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Letters from Eric Watts, Nick Grassel, Arthur Cadeaux. Also includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist!

Iron Man vs. The Bank Robbers! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Iron Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Tomb of Blood!
    Captain America
  2. 1. Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot
    Captain America
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Living Legend
  4. 3. Iron Man vs. The Bank Robbers!
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Iron Man
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