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Issue: Captain America #78
Publication Date: September 1954
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Issues: #78 of 3 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Prime Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format:  
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): John Romita (signed)
Inker(s): John Romita (signed)
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America; Bucky; Electro
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2008
as Captain America #78 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.
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His Touch Is Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Rico
Penciller(s): John Romita (signed)
Inker(s): John Romita (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky; Electro [Ivan Kronov] (introduction)
Synopsis: Soviet scientists create Electro, a man who can discharge electricity through his body as long as he receives a recharge through a dynamo once every twenty-four hours. He tires himself out battling Cap and Bucky and when he edges closer towards a dynamo for a recharge, Cap realizes what he's up to and short-circuits him.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2008
as His Touch Is Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: E-641
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.
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The Green Dragon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Rico
Penciller(s): John Romita (signed)
Inker(s): John Romita (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2008
as The Green Dragon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: E-628
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Just One Hour

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jerry Robinson (illustration)
Inker(s): Jerry Robinson (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2008
as Just One Hour [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: 9558
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Playing With Fire!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hank Chapman
Penciller(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers ?; Ernie Bache ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Dick Ayers
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Human Torch
Character(s): Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2008
as Playing With Fire! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: E-638
Disclose Notes: Next app. of Human Torch in FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #4. Next app. of Toro in SUB-MARINER #14, June 1969.

Writer credit determined by textual analysis.
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The Hour of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Rico
Penciller(s): John Romita (signed)
Inker(s): John Romita (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky; Chuck Blayne
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2008
as The Hour of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: E-642
Disclose Notes: Next appearance of 1950's Cap and Bucky in CAPTAIN AMERICA #153, Sept. 1972.

Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.

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