Captain America #284 [Newsstand]
(August 1983)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-05-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860245308
Editing
Michael Carlin (assistant editor); Mark Gruenwald (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #23, with shipping date of 1983-04-12.
This issue is a variant of Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #284 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

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Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Zeck (signed as MZ)
Inks
John Beatty (signed as JB)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]
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Cracker Jack / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Diverging... (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
J. M. DeMatteis (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited) (breakdowns)
Inks
Kim DeMulder (credited) (finisher)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Diana Albers (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nick Fury; Dum Dum Dugan; Nomad [Jack Monroe]; Bernie Rosenthal; Arnold Roth; Anna Kappelbaum; Josh Cooper; Lenny; Sammy Bernstein; Sam Wilson [Falcon]; Jeff Mace [Patriot]; DiMarco; Beehan; Tommy Beehan (villain, introduction)
Synopsis
Dum Dum talks about retiring after his heart problems during the Viper affair but instead Fury makes him deputy director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Jack moves in with Steve and they attend a party hosted by Bernie. Captain America has to take on a drunken family man with no hope and a loaded gun.
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Star Frontiers; TSR Hobbies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

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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 D. M. Pratt, Stephen Gawronski, Karl Hiller, R. Rabb, and John Brittan.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Captain America
  2. 1. ["Scottie, the score is tied, time has run out, but you've got two foul shots."]
    Cracker Jack
  3. 2. Diverging...
    Captain America
  4. 3. ["...from the very center of the great spiral galaxy..."]
    Star Frontiers; TSR Hobbies
  5. 4. ["If you knew sushi..."]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Letters to the Living Legend
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  • Ray Bottorff Jr
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  • Peter Croome
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