(2011)

Marvel, 2011 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
24.99 USD;27.99 CAD
Pages
268
On-sale Date
2011-04-20
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
?
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
ISBN
978-0-7851-5096-1 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9780785150961 52499
Editing
Axel Alonso (credited) (editor-in-chief); Joe Quesada (credited) (chief creative officer); Dan Buckley (credited) (publisher); Alan Fine (credited) (executive producer)
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Modern Age U.S.
Binding
trade paperback
Publishing Format
Collected Edition

Captain America vs. the Red Skull (Table of Contents)

Captain America; Red Skull / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Don Heck (credited)
Colors
Thomas Mason (credited)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Red Skull [Johann Shmidt]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Captain America vs. The Red Skull (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain America / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby; Joe Simon
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Simon; ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Smashing thru, Captain America came face to face with Hitler...
Genre
superhero
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Indexer Notes

Logo design credit from Todd Klein via his Facebook page, used with permission.

Syd Shores recalled that his first job at Timely was inking this cover (Alter Ego #11, page 46). Per Keith Chandler, examining it in detail Simon appears to have inked the heads, at least, of Captain America and Bucky, and probably that of Hitler also. Some of the far background, including the image on the screen and the faces of at least some German soldiers, are cruder in style and may well be Shores' work.

However, per Syd's daughter, Nancy Shores Karlebach, Syd's wife kept a detailed scrapbook and she recorded that Syd became a part of the staff of Timely not until March 24, 1941 (posted on the Joe Simon Appreciation Facebook page, 27 May 2021). So he could not have been involved in the creation of this issue as a "staffer."

Joe Simon's grandchild, Jesse Simon, confirms this cover's work is by Simon and Kirby, Jack Kirby's pencils, and Joe Simon's pencils and inks (via Joe Simon Appreciation Facebook page, posted 28 May 2021).

Michael J. Vassallo examined the work and concludes "Kirby/Simon is the most likely answer - Joe Simon certainly had a hand in the cover design, I'm certain. Syd Shores has been attributed as an inker but this is old data stemming from a Shores interview in the early 1970s. I just don't know if Shores was with the crew as early as this first issue. Did Al Liederman help ink it? I don't know, but I highly doubt it." (posted to the Joe Simon Appreciation Facebook page, 28 May 2021).

Vassallo, after a discussion with Nancy Shores Karlebach, noted in a 2 June 2021 conversation, that there is the need to reconcile two seemingly disparate notions. First of all, Syd gave an interview saying he worked on the first issue; Syd told his family the same. Secondly, Syd joined the staff “after” the issue was produced, so could not have worked on the issue as a “staffer.” Finally, the only way to reconcile this, without knowing the veracity, is to postulate Syd worked off-staff, off-site within the loose Simon and Kirby “shop” that produced the issue, along with Al Liederman (and anyone else who we will never know).

The Riddle of the Red Skull (Table of Contents: 4)

Captain America / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Herron
Pencils
Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon; Al Liederman
Colors
?
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
superhero
Synopsis
Cap and Bucky come face to face with a villain who scares the wits out of his victims, then injects them with a poison that convinces others that he has killed them with his eyes!
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Indexer Notes

Ed Herron script and Simon and Kirby pencil credits from Greg Theakston.

Synopsis added by Craig Delich June 9, 2008.

Michael J. Vassallo examined the work and concludes "Story by Ed Herron, pencils by Jack Kirby with help from Simon, inks by Al Liederman with Joe Simon, lettering by Howard Ferguson." (posted to the Joe Simon Appreciation Facebook page, 28 May 2021).

Disaster! (Table of Contents: 5)

Iron Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Namor the Sub-Mariner
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The Red Skull Lives! (Table of Contents: 6)

Captain America / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee; Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Feature Logo
Captain America, Living Legend of World War II
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]; Count Bornag Royale; Horst; Wolfgang; A.I.M.
Synopsis
Cap rescues a pilot whose plane was shot out of the sky, a member of A.I.M., and tells Cap about A.I.M.'s The Cosmic Cube--who's taking it to The Red Skull! Watching via remote camera, Using an "experimental manned missile" from SHIELD, Cap catches up to The Keeper. As they battle, the hypnotized man hits the ejector switch, and the two parachute down to a remote island. Red Skull gains the advantage by telling Cap he was the one who gave the orders that resulted in Bucky's death. Gaining the Cosmic Cube, he wills The Keeper into another dimension. Cap realizes his foe has become invincible!
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Keywords
Cosmic Cube

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 3. 1st modern-day appearance of The Red Skull. The suspended animation via experimental gas bit is a tribute to BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY. The truth about Count Royale & A.I.M. was under suspicion in STRANGE TALES #146 (June 1966); as this episode exposes their true motives, it most likely came out afterwards; yet, according to the dialogue, it must be a flashback to just before it, as Count Royale is shown on his way to The Heli-Carrier, and there is no break between STRANGE TALES #146-147 (June-July-1966). 1st appearance of The Cosmic Cube.

He Who Holds the Cosmic Cube! (Table of Contents: 7)

Captain America / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Don Heck
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]
Reprints
Keywords
Cosmic Cube

He Who Holds the Cosmic Cube (Table of Contents: 8)

Captain America / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee; Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Don Heck
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Feature Logo
Captain America, Living Legend of World War II
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]; Wolfgang; A.I.M.; Keeper
Synopsis
Rescuing a pilot whose plane was shot out of the sky Cap discovers he is an A.I.M. agent. He reveals their creation of The Cosmic Cube which has been stolen by it's keeper who is taking it to The Red Skull. Cap catches up to The Keeper and as they battle the hypnotized man hits the ejector switch and the two parachute down to a remote island in view of The Skull. The Skull tells Cap he was the one who gave the orders that resulted in Bucky's death. Gaining the Cosmic Cube which can convert thought waves into material action Cap realizes his foe has become invincible.
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Keywords
Cosmic Cube

Indexer Notes

Part 2 of 3. The palm magnets Cap uses to latch onto the Keeper's jet were later used by Nick Fury in STRANGE TALES #166 (March 1968). Synopsis, notes, and other corrections submitted by Henry Kujawa via GCD Errors list (August 2007).

The Return of the Titanium Man! (Table of Contents: 9)

Iron Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Titanium Man [Boris Bullski]
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The Red Skull Supreme! (Table of Contents: 10)

Captain America / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee; Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Feature Logo
Captain America, Living Legend of World War II
Genre
superhero
Characters
Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Synopsis
Cap fights a seemingly-hopeless battle against The Red Skull who, armed with The Cosmic Cube, can do anything he wishes with a thought. Cap turns the tables by pretending to become the Skull's servant. The Skull fashions a suit of armor made of solid gold. Cap wrestles with him, trying to knock the Cube from his grip. At his thought the island breaks up and sinks into the ocean. Cap knocks the Cube into the water and The Skull dives after it before he realizes that the armor's weight drags him to the ocean floor. The Cube becomes buried in the deep as Cap hopes it will be lost forever.
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Keywords
Cosmic Cube

Indexer Notes

Part 3 of 3. The Red Skull would return in TALES OF SUSPENSE (Marvel, 1959 series) #89 (May 1967). Synopsis, notes, and other corrections submitted by Henry Kujawa via the GCD Errors list (August 2007).

Power to the People! (Table of Contents: 11)

Captain America and the Falcon / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It---it can't be!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Redwing; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]
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Power to the People (Table of Contents: 12)

Captain America and the Falcon / comic story / 34 pages (report information)

Script
Gary Friedrich
Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Job Number
723 Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Grey Gargoyle is trapped in orbit--
Feature Logo
Captain America and The Falcon
Genre
superhero
Characters
S.H.I.E.L.D.: Agent 13 [Sharon Carter]; Dum Dum Dugan; Nick Fury
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Grey Gargoyle [Paul Pierre Duval] (flashback); Red Skull [Johann Shmidt]; Redwing; Sgt. Muldoon; Police Commissioner; Reverend Garcia; Leila; Toby Wilson; Rafe
Synopsis
Red Skull tricks the People's Militia to try to burn down Harlem.
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Keywords
Harlem; Statue of Liberty

Indexer Notes

Story in three chapters: unnumbered chapter one (15 pp.), "Chapter Two: Burn, Whitey, Burn!" (title given as "Holocaust in Harlem!" in last panel of chapter one) (11 pp.), and unnumbered chapter three "Red Skull in the Morning--- Cap Take Warning!" (8 pp.)

The Might That Failed! (Table of Contents: 13)

Captain America / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ron Wilson
Inks
Dan Green
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You are the super-soldier no longer!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Impact
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Indexer Notes

Marvel Comics Index #8A incorrectly credits Jim Novak on lettering.

Am I Still Captain America? (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script
Roger McKenzie
Pencils
Sal Buscema; Mike Esposito; John Tartaglione
Inks
Mike Esposito; John Tartaglione
Colors
Don Warfield
Letters
Gaspar Saladino; Diana Albers

Job Number
LG-16
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Blast it, I can't wait any longer -- no matter...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nick Fury; Red Skull; Impact 739 (introduction, death; a robot)
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A Thousand Skulls! (Table of Contents: 15)

Captain America / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jerry Bingham
Inks
Jerry Bingham ?
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You're too late, Captain!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nick Fury; Red Skull
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Marvel Comics Index #8A incorrectly credits Jim Novak as letterer.

This Deadly Gauntlet! (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script
Roger McKenzie
Pencils
Sal Buscema; Mike Esposito; John Tartaglione
Inks
Mike Esposito; John Tartaglione
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Rick Parker

Job Number
LG87
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Get ready!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nick Fury; Red Skull; Bucky Barnes (flashback)
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Together Again for the 1st Time! Captain America and the Man Called Nomad! (Table of Contents: 17)

Captain America / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Zeck
Inks
Mike Zeck
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nomad [Eddie Ferbel]
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Celluloid Heroes! (Table of Contents: 18)

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

Script
J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils
Mike Zeck
Inks
Frank McLaughlin; Vince Colletta; Chic Stone ?; Al Milgrom ?
Colors
Don Warfield; Christie Scheele
Letters
Jim Novak

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's a quarter to three--
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon; The Avengers [Beast; Vision; Iron Man [Tony Stark]]; Red Skull; Ameridroid; Nomad (introduction) [Eddie Ferbel]; Nihilist Order (introduction); Golden Archer [Clint Barton; Hawkeye] (cameo flashback); Cobra (cameo flashback); Eel [Leopold Stryke] (cameo flashback); Bucky Barnes (cameo flashback); Thor (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Cap makes his way to California to oversee the making of a movie about his life. He is attacked at the airport by the Nihilist Front and is "rescued" by the new media darling, Nomad. With Cap looking a little outdated and Nomad looking like the hero of the future, the mysterious "Leader" and the Ameridroid watch their plans unfold.
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He's Twice As Big! and Twice as Much Trouble! He's the Power-Mad Ameridroid! (Table of Contents: 19)

Captain America / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Zeck
Inks
John Beatty
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Ameridroid
Reprints

Death of a Legend? (Table of Contents: 20)

Captain America / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils
Mike Zeck
Inks
Frank McLaughlin of Quick Draw Studios (as Quickdraw Studios); ? [as quickdraw studios]
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Jim Novak; Rick Parker

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; VILLAINS: Nihilist Order; Nomad [Eddie Ferbel] (death); Red Skull; Ameridroid; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Thor; Falcon; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Whizzer; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner
Synopsis
As Cap is participating in publicity appearances for the upcoming movie about his life, he is constantly plagued by the Nihilist Front and "saved" by the mysterious Nomad. During a Captain America Day parade, Cap is attacked by the Nihilist Front and the giant Ameridroid who kills Nomad and captures Cap. When Cap awakens, he discovers that he is going to be starring in a very different movie...The Death of Captain America courtesy of the Red Skull.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Captain America / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Zeck
Inks
John Beatty
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text
At my command, The Ameridroid shall finally destroy Captain America!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Ameridroid; Red Skull
Reprints

--The Last Movie! (Table of Contents: 22)

Captain America / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils
Mike Zeck
Inks
Frank McLaughlin of Quick Draw Studios (as Quickdraw Studios); Vince Colletta; ? [as Quickdraw Studios]
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Jim Novak

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Will Brynner; Joe; Billie; Leonard Spellman; Jason; VILLAINS: Nihilist Order; Red Skull; Ameridroid (Death); CAMEO FLASHBACK: Beast; Vision; Nomad [Eddie Ferbel]
Synopsis
Cap tries very hard NOT to star in a movie Red Skull is trying to make about his death. He is able to break Ameridorids programming and escape before the final curtain. The recently deceased Nomad is revealed to the public as a phony. A movie exec pulls the plug on the Captain America movie. Cap takes on the Nihilist Order and battles the Red Skull and gets a little timely help from the dying Ameridroid.
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Keywords
Galactic Pictures

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Zeck
Inks
John Beatty
Colors
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
At my command, The Ameridroid shall finally destroy Captain America!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Ameridroid; Red Skull
Reprints

Return to Skull House! (Table of Contents: 24)

Captain America / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ron Lim
Inks
Danny Bulanadi
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Diamondback [Rachel Leighton]; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]
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Indexer Notes

Signature dated 1990.

House Calls (Table of Contents: 25)

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

Script
Mark Gruenwald
Pencils
Ron Lim
Inks
Danny Bulanadi
Colors
Steve Buccellato
Letters
Jack Morelli

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Diamondback [Rachel Leighton]; Skull Crew [Crossbones; Mother Night; Sleeper; Voice; Machinesmith]; Edwin Jarvis; Tristram Micawber; Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]; Fabian Stankovitz; John Jameson; Fifth Sleeper; Ameridroid (head only); Eric Masterson; Peggy Carter
Synopsis
With the help of a mystic, the Skeleton Crew find the Skull, barely alive after being abandoned in an underground bunker by Magneto. Meanwhile, Cap and Diamondback respond to a report that lights have been seen in the Skull's old headquarters.
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Through the Eyes of a Skull! (Table of Contents: 26)

Captain America / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Brian Kong
Inks
Don Hudson
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky; Red Skull
Reprints

Heritage of Hatred (Table of Contents: 27)

Captain America / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Arvell Jones
Inks
David Day; Dan Day
Colors
Dave Sampson; Ovi Hondru (credited as Ovi)
Letters
Diana Albers

Genre
superhero
Characters
Bucky [Jack Monroe] (flashback); Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain America (flashback); Adolf Hitler (flashback); Nikita Khruschev (flashback); Spirit of '76 [William Nasland] (flashback); The Patriot [Jeff Mace] (flashback); Red Skull [Johann Shmidt]; Red Skull [Albert Malik] (flashback); Josef Stalin; Georgi Malenkov; Nokolay Bulganin; Electro [Russian]
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Red, White & Blue (Table of Contents: 28)

Captain America / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Ross
Inks
Alex Ross
Colors
Alex Ross
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
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The Legend and the Lore (Table of Contents: 29)

Captain America / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Tony Salmons
Pencils
Tony Salmons
Inks
Tony Salmons
Colors
Richard Isanove
Letters
Dave Sharpe; Tony Salmons

Genre
superhero
Characters
Red Skull; Captain America
Synopsis
The American First Division fights against the Axis in Monte Morte island in the Mediterranean.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Red Skull Lives! (Table of Contents: 31)

Captain America / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Zeck (credited)
Inks
John Beatty (credited)
Colors
Tom Smith (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Ameridroid; Red Skull
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Captain America vs. the Red Skull
    Captain America; Red Skull
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Captain America vs. The Red Skull
  4. 3. ["Smashing thru, Captain America came face to face with Hitler..."]
    Captain America
  5. 4. The Riddle of the Red Skull
    Captain America
  6. 5. Disaster!
    Iron Man
  7. 6. The Red Skull Lives!
    Captain America
  8. 7. He Who Holds the Cosmic Cube!
    Captain America
  9. 8. He Who Holds the Cosmic Cube
    Captain America
  10. 9. The Return of the Titanium Man!
    Iron Man
  11. 10. The Red Skull Supreme!
    Captain America
  12. 11. Power to the People!
    Captain America and the Falcon
  13. 12. Power to the People
    Captain America and the Falcon
  14. 13. The Might That Failed!
    Captain America
  15. 14. Am I Still Captain America?
    Captain America
  16. 15. A Thousand Skulls!
    Captain America
  17. 16. This Deadly Gauntlet!
    Captain America
  18. 17. Together Again for the 1st Time! Captain America and the Man Called Nomad!
    Captain America
  19. 18. Celluloid Heroes!
    Captain America
  20. 19. He's Twice As Big! and Twice as Much Trouble! He's the Power-Mad Ameridroid!
    Captain America
  21. 20. Death of a Legend?
    Captain America
  22. 21. ["At my command, The Ameridroid shall finally destroy Captain America!"]
    Captain America
  23. 22. --The Last Movie!
    Captain America
  24. 23. ["At my command, The Ameridroid shall finally destroy Captain America!"]
    Captain America
  25. 24. Return to Skull House!
    Captain America
  26. 25. House Calls
    Captain America
  27. 26. Through the Eyes of a Skull!
    Captain America
  28. 27. Heritage of Hatred
    Captain America
  29. 28. Red, White & Blue
    Captain America
  30. 29. The Legend and the Lore
    Captain America
  31. 30. [no title indexed]
  32. 31. The Red Skull Lives!
    Captain America
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