Captain America #286 [Canadian]

(October 1983)

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

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

One Man in Search of... Himself! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

J. M. DeMatteis (credited)

Pencils

Mike Zeck (credited)

Inks

John Beatty (credited)

Colors

Bob Sharen (credited)

Letters

Diana Albers (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Welcome to New York City, in the year of our Lord 1991.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Deathlok [Luther Manning] (Earth-7484); Godwulf (Earth-7484); Luther Manning (Clone) (Earth-7484) (also in flashback); Nomad [Jack Monroe]; Bernie Rosenthal; Brand Corporation (villain); Vince

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

A clone of Luther Manning comes back in time from 1991 (this changes to 1993 in issue #288) to find the Deathlok cyborg. Steve is supposed to be spending the weekend at Bernie's house when they almost run down Manning. Captain America follows him into an abandoned Brand Corp. building where they come up against Brand soldiers and Deathlok himself.

Reprints

• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #146/147 (Octobre 1983) [original title: One Man In Search of Himself]
• in Captain America: Deathlok Lives! (Marvel, 1993 series) (October 1993)
• in Biblioteca Marvel: Deathlok (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) (Diciembre 2003)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Deathlok (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 ([November] 2009)
• in Deathlok the Demolisher: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) (2014)

Keywords

Long Island

Indexer Notes

Two slight alterations in the Captain America: Deathlok Lives reprint are the removal of credits on page 4 and the replacement of the next blurb on page 22 with a thought from the Luther Manning clone from the first page of Captain America #287 which is also not reprinted.

Star Frontiers (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Star Frontiers; TSR Hobbies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

October 1983 (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

Mike Zeck; ?

Pencils

Walter Simonson (signed as Simonson (brontosaurus))

Inks

Walter Simonson (signed as Simonson (brontosaurus))

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Marvel, Captain America #282 was very good.

Feature Logo

Letters to the Living Legend

Genre

superhero

Characters

Thor

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Chris Harrison, Tom Long, Angie Cashdollar (Mike Zeck's aunt) and Ralph Griffith; also includes the question of the month, a special announcements section on Captain America Annual #7 and Captain America #287, and a small promo for Thor by Walt Simonson.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

BurgerTime Video Game / advertisement / 1 page (report information)