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Issue: Captain America #253
Publication Date: January 1981
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Issues: #253 of 355 Issues (793 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 1980
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bob Budiansky (Assistant Editor); Jim Salicrup (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In15
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
Inks over pencils; colors and masting yet to be added. From the private collection of Ron Sonenthal.
 
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Tomb of Blood!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): John Byrne (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Rubinstein (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Baron Blood
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagObras Maestras #10 published December 1993
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold: Capitán América de Roger Stern y John Byrne #2 published August 2008
In Issue: FlagColeccionable Marvel Héroes #3 published September 2010
In Issue: FlagCaptain America: War & Remembrance #[nn] [premiere edition] published January 2011
In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #112/113 published January 1981
as Le tombeau de sang! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagCaptain America: War & Remembrance [Second Edition] #[nn] published January 2007
as Cover to Captain America #253 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]Cover
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein, via The Crespi Files as maintained originally by Danny Crespi. Posted to Comics History Exchange page on Facebook (March 24, 2017).
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Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Byrne (plot); Roger Stern (plot, script)
Penciller(s): John Byrne
Inker(s): Joe Rubinstein
Colorist(s): Bob Sharen
Letterer(s): Jim Novak
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Jacqueline Falsworth Crichton [formerly Spitfire]; Lord Falsworth [formerly Union Jack I]; Joey Chapman; Kenneth Crichton (Spitfire's son); Bernie Rosenthal; Edwin Jarvis; Baron Blood (villain); Adolf Hitler (cameo flashback); Master Man (cameo flashback); The Face (cameo flashback); Agent Axis (cameo flashback); Asbestos Lady (cameo flashback); Warrior Woman (cameo flashback); Scarlet Scarab (cameo flashback); Invaders [Captain America; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Bucky Barnes; Union Jack; Spitfire] (cameo flashback)
Synopsis: Cap travels to England to reunite with his old Invaders allies when the threat of Baron Blood resurfaces.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagCaptain America: War and Remembrance #[nn] published January 1990
In Issue: FlagObras Maestras #10 published December 1993
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold: Capitán América de Roger Stern y John Byrne #2 published August 2008
In Issue: FlagColeccionable Marvel Héroes #3 published September 2010
In Issue: FlagCaptain America: War & Remembrance #[nn] [premiere edition] published January 2011
In Issue: FlagCaptain America Epic Collection #9 published March 2014
In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #112/113 published January 1981
as Si de vieilles amitiés se perdaient... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of Captain America #02883 published May 1982
as Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCaptain America: War & Remembrance [Second Edition] #[nn] published January 2007
as Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters to the Living Legend
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Eric Watts, Nick Grassel, Arthur Cadeaux. Also includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist!
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Iron Man vs. The Bank Robbers!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Milgrom
Inker(s): Al Milgrom
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Irving Watanabe
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Iron Man; Hostess
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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