Captain America #308 [Newsstand]
(August 1985)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-04-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860245308
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Mike Carlin (credited) (editor); Michael Higgins (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #69.
This issue is a variant of Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #308 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Armadillo! He's No Laughing Matter (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne (signed as Byrne)
Inks
Dennis Janke (signed as Janke)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Armadillo [Antonio Rodriguez]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Reprints

The Body in Question (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Mark Gruenwald (credited)
Pencils
Paul Neary (credited)
Inks
Dennis Janke (credited)
Colors
Ken Feduniewicz (credited)
Letters
Diana Albers (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Vaulting over the outer fence is no problem.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers West Coast: Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Mockingbird [Bobbi Morse]
Serpent Society: Anaconda [Blanche Sitznski]; Asp [Cleopatra Nefertiti] (picture); Black Mamba [Tanya Sealy]; Cobra [Klaus Voorhees] (picture); Constrictor [Frank Payne] (picture); Death Adder [Roland Burroughs]; Princess Python [Zelda DuBois] (picture); Sidewinder [Seth Voelker]
Armadillo [Antonio Rodriguez] (introduction); Beyonder; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Erik Josten]; Dr. Karl Malus; Bernie Rosenthal; Bonita Rodriguez (introduction; Armadillo's wife); Amy
Synopsis
Cap heads to the WCA compound to borrow a quinjet to get him back home. Cap repels an invader trying to break into Avengers HQ, the armored Armadillo. 'Dillo tells him a tragic story of a dying wife and Cap agrees to help. Cap follows him back to the lair of Dr. Malus and confronts the evil doc. With the life of 'Dillo's wife hanging in the balance, Cap agrees to leave Malus to his work but warns Armadillo to keep a close eye on him. The Beyonder has watched this whole adventure and decides to take the form of Steve Rogers for his sojurn on Earth. The Serpent Society begins to reform.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continued from Secret Wars II (Marvel, 1985 series) #1; Continued in Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #196.

The Adventures of Quik Bunny (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Quik Bunny / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script
Mike Carlin
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: James Formasa, Mark J. Newman, Chris White, Jason Hickle, John P. Parrish III, and Ken Page.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Armadillo! He's No Laughing Matter
    Captain America
  2. 1. The Body in Question
    Captain America
  3. 2. The Adventures of Quik Bunny
    Quik Bunny
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    American Graffiti
This issue was modified by
  • ge.org.e
  • Terry Collier
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Derek Reinhard