Captain America #287 [Canadian]

(November 1983)

A Cracker Jack Story (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Scottie, the score is tied, time has run out, but you've got two foul shots.

Genre

children; sports

Characters

Scottie

Keywords

basketball

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Comic strip ad for the Cracker Jack snack.

Future Shock! (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

All right, you--on your feet! Up, I said--or you're gonna be dead meat--

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain America [Steve Rogers] (mainstream); Deathlok [Luther Manning] (Earth-7484) (also in flashback); Godwulf (Earth-7484); Luther Manning (Clone) (Earth-7484) (death, mind merges with Deathlok's, also in flashback); Nomad [Jack Monroe] (mainstream); Quasar [Wendell Vaughn] (mainstream) (cameo flashback); Bernie Rosenthal (mainstream); Nancy Rosenthal (mainstream) (goes by Jeannie Rosenthal in this issue); Scarlet (mainstream) (villain, introduction); Mr. Rosenthal; Mrs. Rosenthal; Brand Corporation (villain); Joel

Universe

Marvel : mainstream; Marvel : Earth-7484

Synopsis

Captain America and Luther battle Deathlok but the tables are turned as Luther touches the cyborg and gives him back his memories of being human. Escaping from the Brand Corporation, Captain America and Deathlok are pulled into the future by Godwulf.

Reprints

• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #146/147 (Octobre 1983)
• in Captain America: Deathlok Lives! (Marvel, 1993 series) (October 1993) [pages 2-14, 18-22]
• 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)

Indexer Notes

Bernie's sister's name changes from Jeannie to Nancy between this issue to next. Pages 1 and 15-17 are not reprinted in the Captain America: Deathlok Lives reprint.

Solar Fox (Table of Contents: 3)

Solar Fox / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Earth is desperate for energy, Solar Fox, you're mankind’s only hope!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Solar Fox

Synopsis

Solar Fox weaves through dangerous space fields to save Earth.

Indexer Notes

Comic strip ad for the Solar Fox video game from CBS Electronics, appears between pages 3 and 4 of the story.

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

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Jim Shooter (signed as Shooter); ?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Buenos dias!

Feature Logo

Bullpen Bulletins [groovy]

Indexer Notes

Items about how Jim Shooter was guest of honor at the 3rd Annual Salon del Comic y la Illustracion (Barcelona's huge international comics convention), many Marvel titles are published by Editorial Forum in Spain and Jim met their Editor in Chief Antonio Martin and has made Antonio and his crew honorary Bullpenners, Jim also attended Tulsa Con '83, hosted by the Tulsa Believers in Comics Fandom whose president is Larry Thomas (Tulsa is also the hometown of EPIC Illustrated Editorial Director Archie Goodwin) and Jim continues to be concerned about the closed door meetings about the upcoming Assistant Editors month when Bob DeNatale, Mike Higgins, Mike Carlin, Ann Nocenti, Bob Harras, Jim Owsley, Linda Grant and Eliot Brown take over for the regular editors who will be out of town. Appears between pages 21 and 22 of the story.

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

Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

? (promo copy)

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Marvel checklist for comics listed with a synopsis are Thor Annual #11, Defenders #125, X-Men #175, The Falcon #1, Moon Knight Special Edition #1, Marvel Tales #157, Marvel Team-Up #135, Marvel Tails #1, Krull #1 and Iron Man Annual #6. Appears between pages 21 and 22 of the story.

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

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

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Editor, The Living Legend lives on...

Feature Logo

Letters to the Living Legend

Genre

superhero

Characters

Watcher [Uatu]

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Mike Kanterovich, Rod Fautenberry, Christopher Jefferson, and Patrick Miano, also includes the question of the month, a special announcements section on who sent in answers to the question of how the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe character data could be used in role-playing games and hype for the next issue, and a small promo for The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe using an illustration of the Watcher.

Star Frontiers (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Larry Elmore (signed as Elmore)

Inks

Larry Elmore (signed as Elmore)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

...from the very center of the great spiral galaxy...

Genre

humor; science fiction

Synopsis

An alien entity travels all the way to Earth to purchase the Star Frontiers role playing game.

Indexer Notes

Comic strip ad for the Star Frontiers role playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Kool-Aid Man / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

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Letters

typeset; ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Kool-Aid Man Video Game

Characters

Kool-Aid Man

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Star Wars / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

?

Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Zero hour approaching!

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Keywords

Death Star; TIE Interceptor

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for the Return of the Jedi Death Star Battle video game for the Atari 2600 and Intellivision.