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Issue Details

Issue #252
Published December 1980
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 36
Editing Bob Budiansky (Assistant Editor); Jim Salicrup (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
Notes Letters page replies by Roger Stern. Letters page letter from Kurt Busiek.

Cover Details - "Cap Battles Both Batrok and Mr. Hyde! It's A Blockbuster!"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Mr. Hyde; Batroc
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Milgrom (possibly over an Ed Hannigan sketch)
Inks Joe Rubinstein
Letters Irving Watanabe
Notes Cover art information provided 2006 by Al Milgrom. This cover is often misattributed to John Byrne. Batroc mis-spelled on cover as Batrok.
Reprinted in Captain America: War and Remembrance (Second Edition) (Marvel, 2007 series) #nn; in Marvel Premiere Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #57 (September 2010)

17 page Captain America story "Cold Fire!"

Characters FEATURE: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; GUEST: D.A. Tower; VILLAINS: Batroc; Mr. Hyde; Monique; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Scorpion
Synopsis Batroc ends up teaming up with Cap in trying to prevent Hyde from turning New York City into a nuclear inferno.
Genre superhero
Script Roger Stern
Pencils John Byrne
Inks Joe Rubinstein
Colors Bob Sharen
Letters John Costanza
Reprinted in Captain America: War and Remembrance (Second Edition) (Marvel, 2007 series) #nn; in Marvel Premiere Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #57 (September 2010)

5 page Captain America story "The Life and Times of Captain America!"

Characters FEATURE: Captain America [Steve Rogers](Origin); CAMEO FLASHBACK: Adolf Hitler; Jarvis; Bernie Rosenthal; Nick Fury; Dum Dum Dugan; Falcon; Bucky; Sharon Carter; Spider-Man; Avengers [Thor; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Giant-Man; Wasp; Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver; Vision; Hawkeye; Beast]
Genre superhero
Script Roger Stern
Pencils John Byrne
Inks Joe Rubinstein
Colors Bob Sharen
Letters Jim Novak
Notes Letterer credit 2005 by Steven Tice; Five-page featurette; Bucky's full name (James Buchanan Barnes) revealed; Includes a floorplan of Steve Roger's apartment.
Reprinted in Captain America: War and Remembrance (Second Edition) (Marvel, 2007 series) #nn; in Marvel Premiere Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #57 (September 2010)