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Issue Details

Issue #[nn]
Published 1981
Cover Price None
Pages 68
Editing David Anthony Kraft? (Reprint Editor)

Cover Details

Characters Captain America
Genre Superhero
Pencils ? (painted)
Inks ? (painted)
Colors ? (painted)
Letters Typeset

2 page Captain America credits "Title page and credits"

Characters Captain America
Genre Superhero
Letters Typeset

2 page text article "Captain America - The Man and the Legend!"

Characters Captain America; Adolph Hitler
Script David Anthony Kraft
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne
Letters Typeset
Reprinted from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #255 [detail from page 1].

10 page Captain America story "The Red Skull Supreme!"

Characters Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Cosmic Cube
Synopsis Cap fights a seemingly-hopeless battle against The Skull, who, armed with The Cosmic Cube, can do anything he wishes merely by thinking it! The Skull envisions instantly making everyone on the planet his slaves, turning every able-bodied man into a fighting machine, creating "new, invincible weapons...in endless number, with matchless power," and eventually leaving Earth to create an intergalactic empire, extending to "the furthest reaches of space." Cap only turns the tables by pretending to grovel and becoming the Skull's servant. Mad with power, The Skull envisions a new group of "knights of the round table," and fashions a suit of armor made of solid gold. At which point Cap wrestles with him, trying to knock the Cube from his grip. At his thought, the island they're on breaks up and sinks into the ocean. Cap knocks the Cube into the water, and The Skull dives in after it before he realizes what he's done, as the weight of the armor drags him down to the bottom. The Cube becomes buried in the deep, as Cap hopes it will be lost forever.
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee; Jack Kirby (Co-Plot)
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Frank Giacoia
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #81.

3 page Captain America text article "The Red Skull Lives!"

Characters Adolph Hitler; Red Skull
Genre Superhero
Script David Anthony Kraft
Pencils Jack Kirby (illustration)
Inks ? (illustration)
Letters Typeset
Reprinted from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #? [two panels]

17 page The Avengers story "Captain America Joins... The Avengers!"

Characters FEATURE: Avengers--Captain America; Iron Man; Thor; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp; GUESTS: Rick Jones; Teen Brigade; VILLAINS: Namor; Atlanteans; An Alien; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Bucky Barnes; Hulk
Synopsis Namor, disgusted by the human race, attacks a group of eskimos and throws their god, an image frozen in ice, into the sea; When the ice melts, the figure trapped within turns out to be Captain America who has been in suspended animation since the end of World War II; The Avengers rescue Cap but as they return him to New York, a mysterious figure turns our heroes to stone; Cap meets Rick Jones, the Hulk's buddy and a dead ringer for his old partner Bucky Barnes, and they enlist the help of the Teen Brigade in trying to find the man responsible for the Avengers' plight; When they do track him down, the man actually turns out to be an alien and he agrees to restore the Avengers to humanity if they agree to help him recover his broken space ship in return; The Avengers pull the ship from the ocean floor but are immediately attacked by Namor and his people; Cap and the Avengers battle the Atlanteans but it is the restored spaceship blasting off that ultimately drives off Namor and his men; Cap joins the team.
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks George Roussos
Letters Art Simek
Reprinted from Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #4 [pages omitted].

3 page Avengers text article "The Avengers - Earth's Mightiest Heroes!"

Genre Superhero
Script David Anthony Kraft
Pencils ? (illustrations)
Inks ? (illustrations)
Letters Typeset

1 page Captain America text article "The Birth of a Legend!"

Genre Superhero
Script David Anthony Kraft
Pencils John Byrne (illustration)
Inks John Byrne (illustration)
Letters Typeset
Reprinted from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #255 [three details of panels].

21 page Captain America story "The Living Legend"

Characters I: Mrs. Rogers (D; fb; Captain America's mother); GA: Bucky Barnes; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Sgt. Duffy; Abraham Erskine (D; all in fb)
Synopsis The origin of Captain America is retold.
Genre Superhero
Script Roger Stern
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne; Joe Rubinstein
Colors Bob Sharen
Letters Joe Rosen
Notes Last page not reprinted until later.
Reprinted from Captain America [Marvel, 1968 series) #255.

1 page text article "Captain America - Looking to the future!"

Script David Anthony Kraft
Letters Typeset

1 page Captain America illustration

Genre Superhero
Notes Page of Cap standing before the Declaration of Independence.
Reprinted from ?

1 page Captain America story "Today."

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Genre Superhero
Script Roger Stern
Pencils John Byrne
Inks Joe Rubinstein
Colors Bob Sharen
Letters Joe Rosen
Reprinted from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #255 [page 22 only].

1 page text article "Now You Know..."

Script David Anthony Kraft
Letters Typeset

1 page text article "The Men Behind Captain America!"

Script David Anthony Kraft
Letters Typeset
Notes Profiles of Jack Kirby and Joe Simon; Stan Lee.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Now! Amaze Your Friends!"

Genre Superhero
Script ? (Promo Text)
Pencils ? (painted)
Inks ? (painted)
Colors ? (painted)
Letters Typeset
Notes Back cover.