Captain America #271 [Newsstand]
(July 1982)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
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]
Barcode
0714860245307
Editing
Lance Tooks (assistant editor); Jim Salicrup (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alan Kupperberg (signed as A. KUPPERBERG)
Inks
John Beatty (signed as BEATTY)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Mr. X

A Cracker Jack Story (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Cracker Jack / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Mystery of Mr. X (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
David Anthony Kraft (credited as David Kraft)
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg (credited)
Inks
John Beatty (credited) (pages 1-15); Jack Abel (credited as & Co.) (pages 16-17); Mike Esposito (credited as & Co.) (pages 18-20); Joe Rubinstein (credited as & Co.) (pages 21-22)
Colors
Christie Scheele (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Brooklyn Heights, New York...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bernie Rosenthal; Mr. X [Ray Deacon] (introduction); King Arthur (villain, introduction; a wrestler)
Synopsis
Steve and Bernie are watching wrestling when they witness the masked Mr. X kill another wrestler in the ring. Captain America agrees to a match with Mr. X to ferret out the killer.
Reprints
Keywords
Brooklyn Heights; Madison Square Garden; wrestling

Indexer Notes

Additional inker credits added 2005 by Steven Tice. Page numbers are actual story pages.

A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Woods of Oakthorn] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Dungeons & Dragons / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Zeck
Inks
John Beatty
Colors
Bob Sharen ?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Letters to the Living Legend
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Everyman

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers: Jim Jackson, Mark Quinlan, and Andrew Johnston.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Captain America
  2. 1. A Cracker Jack Story
    Cracker Jack
  3. 2. The Mystery of Mr. X
    Captain America
  4. 3. A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Woods of Oakthorn]
    Dungeons & Dragons
  5. 4. ["It’s that time again..."]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Living Legend
This issue was modified by
  • ge.org.e
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Peter Croome
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Richard Thomson