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Issue Details

Issue #315
Published March 1986
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 0.40 GBP; 0.95 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Michael Higgins (Assistant Editor); Michael Carlin (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Diamondback; Cottonmouth; Death Adder; Rattler
Genre superhero
Pencils Paul Neary [as PN] (signed)
Inks Jackson Guice [as JG] (signed)

22 page Captain America story "The Hard Sell"

Characters FEATURE: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; VILLAINS: Porcupine (Death); Modok (Dead); A.I.M.; Serpent Society [Sidewinder; Black Mamba; Death Adder; Cottonmouth; Diamondback; Bushmaster; Cobra; Asp; Rattler; Anaconda; Princess Python]; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Ant-Man; Count Nefaria; Unicorn; Eel; Plant Man; Iron Man; Nighthawk; Dr. Strange; Power Man; Cyclops; Iceman; Nomad [Jack Monroe]
Synopsis The Serpent Society captures the dead body of Modok for AIM; Porcupine is trying to sell his costume to get out of the super villain life but his only taker is Captain America; Cap pretends to be captured by Porcupine to flush out the Serpent Society and, during the ensuing battle, Porcupine falls on one of his own quills and dies.
Genre superhero
Script Mark Gruenwald
Pencils Paul Neary
Inks Dennis Janke
Colors Ken Feduniewicz
Letters Diana Albers