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Issue: Captain America #159
Publication Date: March 1973
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Issues: #159 of 355 Issues (816 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/05/1972
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from The Comic Reader #91, November 1972.
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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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reprinted as/ in another Issue.
reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Captain America #7 [unnamed variant] published January 2014
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Turning Point!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Redwing; Plantman; Porcupine; Eel [Leopold Stryke]
First Line: Hang tough, Cap!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagΚάπταιν Αμέρικα [Captain America] #4 published ?
In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #19 published March 1973
as "Moment décisif!" [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Suspicions there may be some touch ups on Cap's face by Roussos.
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Turning Point

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): Ann Scotto [as A. Scotto] (credited)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Redwing; Cowled Commander; Viper [Jordan Stryke]; Porcupine; Scarecrow; Eel [Leopold Stryke]; Plantman; Sergeant Brian Muldoon; Commissioner Nathan Martin; Bob Courtney; Sharon Carter [Agent 13]; Leila Taylor
First Line: You are the reader, and you rest confident that the...
Synopsis: Cap and Falcon battle the Cowled Commander's supervillain minions, then learn that the Commander has captured their girl friends. Once defeated, the villain's identity is a shock.
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In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #19 published March 1973
as Moment décisif! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
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Four or Five Phenomenal Flashes, Fitfully Fashioned to Fight Lethargy!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Daredevil; Captain America; Iron Man; Spider-Man; Hulk
First Line: It worked, gang!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes Stan Lee's Soapbox, Items, and the Mighty Marvel Checklist.
Announcement of the marriage of artist Herb Trimpe and writer Linda Fite.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Special night-before-Christmas message - from us to you!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by C.B. Hackworth; Clint Higginbotham, and F.A.M.
Includes solicitation for Jim Steranko's two-volume History of Comics, available from Supergraphics in Wyomissing, PA.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Statement of September 21, 1972
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 178,193
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 160,123
Owners: Magazine Management Co., Inc. 575 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022; Cadence Industries Corp., 641 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022

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