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Issue Details

Issue #400
Published May 1992
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 2.25 USD; 2.70 CAD; 1.10 GBP
Pages 88
Editing Ralph Macchio; Pat Garrahy (Assistant Editor); Tom DeFalco (Editor-in-Chief)
Notes Double Gatefold cover. Flip-book with a reprint of Avengers #4 on the opposite side.

Cover Details - "Operation: Galactic Storm Part 15"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Red Skull; Crossbones; Viper; Cobra; Flag Smasher; Batroc
Genre superhero
Pencils Rik Levins (signed)
Inks Dan Panosian (signed)

1 page Captain America cover reprint (on interior page) "Captain America Comics #1 cover"

Characters Captain America; Bucky Barnes; Adolf Hitler
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Editing Joe Simon (Original Editor)
Reprinted From Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 [cover]

2 page Captain America cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover Gallery"

Characters Captain America; Black Panther; Iron Man; Giant-Man; Thor; Agent 13; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Bucky [Rick Jones]; HYDRA; Madame Hydra; Alchemoid; MODOK; Bucky [James Buchanan Barnes]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Red Skull; Constrictor; Punisher
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby; Jim Steranko; Marie Severin; John Romita; Gil Kane; Ron Wilson; Frank Miller
Inks Syd Shores; Jim Steranko; Frank Giacoia; John Romita; Mike Esposito; Dan Green; Bob McLeod
Notes Inside gatefold cover.
Reprinted from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #100; from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #111; from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #132; from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #143; from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #188; from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #200; from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #228; from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #241 [covers in miniature]

20 page Captain America story "Murder By Decree!"

Characters Captain America; Avengers [Iron Man; Hercules; Crystal; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Sersi]; Kree; Supreme Intelligence; Red Skull (Illusion); Crossbones (Illusion); Viper (Illusion); Cobra (Illusion); Flag Smasher (Illusion); Batroc (Illusion)
Synopsis The Avengers flee the Kree homeworld but are forced to leave Cap behind. Cap is brought before the Supreme Intelligence who forces him to fight six of his greatest foes. The Kree leader wants Cap dead so he can absorb his essence but Cap has other ideas.
Genre superhero
Script Mark Gruenwald
Pencils Rik Levins
Inks Danny Bulanadi
Colors Christie Scheele
Letters Joe Rosen
Notes Part 15 of Operation: Galactic Storm. Continued from Thor #446. Continued in Quasar #34. For a complete Operation Galactic Storm checklist, please see Part 1 of the series in Captain America #398.

18 page Falcon; U.S.Agent story "Out in the Cold"

Characters Falcon; U.S.Agent; D-Man; Avengers [Wonder Man; Mockingbird; Wasp; Hank Pym; She-Hulk; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]]; Flag-Smasher; ULTIMATUM; Peggy Carter (on monitor)
Synopsis When the Flag Smasher captures D-Man, he sends a challenge to Captain America to come and rescue his friend. With Cap off planet, Falcon and U.S.Agent answer the call.
Genre superhero
Script Mark Gruenwald
Pencils Larry Alexander
Inks Kathryn Bolinger
Colors Marie Javins
Letters Steve Dutro

11 page Diamondback story "Crossing Back"

Characters Diamondback (Origin); Mrs. Leighton (Diamondback's mother, Introduction, Flashback); Willy Leighton (Diamondback's brother, Introduction, Death, Flashback); Ricky Leighton (Diamondback's brother, Introduction, Death, Flashback); Danny Leighton [Cutthroat] (Diamondback's brother, flashback); Crossbones (Origin); Savage Crims (Introduction, Flashback)
Synopsis In hour twenty-five of her captivity, Diamondback gets a chance to kill the sleeping Crossbones but, even as she reflects on the way he wrecked her life and her family in the past, she realizes that she can't do it.
Genre superhero
Script Mark Gruenwald
Pencils Rik Levins
Inks Dan Panosian
Colors Gina Going
Letters Steve Dutro

1 page letters page "American Graffiti"

Letters typeset
Notes Letters of comment from readers Lysle Kapp, Dolores Banks, Stefan Schultheiss and Howard W. Stangroom.

23 page Avengers story "Captain America Joins... the Avengers!"

Characters Avengers [Captain America (Joins); Iron Man; Thor; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp]; Rick Jones; Teen Brigade; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Atlanteans; An Alien; Bucky [James Buchanan Barnes] (flashback); Hulk (flashback)
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 (uncredited)
Colors Mike Rockwitz (recoloring)
Letters Artie Simek
Editing Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Reprinted From Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #4

2 page Captain America cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover Gallery"

Characters Captain America; Dragon Man; Baron Blood; Union Jack; Deathlok; Red Skull; Crossbones
Genre superhero
Pencils John Byrne; Mike Zeck; Ron Lim
Inks Joe Rubinstein; John Beatty; Paul Neary; Klaus Janson; Danny Bulanadi; Jim Lee
Notes Inside gatefold back cover.
Reprinted from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #248; from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #254; from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #286; from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #300; from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #321; from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #332; from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #378; from Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #383 [covers in miniature]

1 page Iron Man cover reprint (on interior page) "Tales of Suspense #58 cover"

Characters Captain America; Iron Man
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Chic Stone
Editing Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Reprinted From Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #58 [cover]

Cover Details - "Captain America Lives Again! [Avengers #4 cover]"

Characters Avengers [Captain America; Iron Man; Thor; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks George Roussos
Notes Flip book cover.
Reprinted from Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #4 [cover]