Captain America #240 [Newsstand]
(December 1979)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860245312
Editing
Jim Salicrup (assistant editor); Roger Stern (credited as R. Stern) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited as J. Shooter) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #240 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Carnage in Coney Island! (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Budiansky
Inks
Bob Wiacek
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]

Indexer Notes

Cover credits per Nick Caputo, Feb 2011, derived from The Comic Reader # 172. Steven Tice previously credited Alan Kupperberg?

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Gang Wars! (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain America / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg (credited) (plot); Alan Kupperberg (credited) (script)
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg (credited) (breakdowns); Don Perlin (finished art)
Inks
Don Perlin (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited as G. Roussos)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited as J. Rosen)
Job Number
LG569
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Big Thunder (villain; introduction); Coney Island Cruisers (villain; introduction)
Reprints

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

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

Script
Stan Lee (signed); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Bullpen Bulletins

Indexer Notes

Stan's Soapbox, Items.

Spider-Man Meets June Jitsui! (Table of Contents: 3)

Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Bob McLeod
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Novak
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; June Jitsui
Synopsis
Spider-Man runs into June Jitsui, a martial arts expert, and defeats her by keeping her hands busy with Hostess Twinkies.
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Indexer Notes

Cover inks credit per Josef Rubinstein via FB messenger

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Carnage in Coney Island!
    Captain America
  2. 1. Gang Wars!
    Captain America
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. Spider-Man Meets June Jitsui!
    Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
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