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Issue: Captain America #255
Publication Date: March 1981
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Issues: #255 of 355 Issues (816 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: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
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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 In27
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The Living Legend!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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: FlagMarvel Gold: Capitán América de Roger Stern y John Byrne #2 published August 2008
In Issue: FlagColeccionable Marvel Héroes #3 published September 2010
In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #114/115 published March 1981
as La légende vivante! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagGrandson of Origins of Marvel Comics #[nn] published March 1998
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCaptain America: War & Remembrance [Second Edition] #[nn] published January 2007
as Cover to Captain America #255 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]Cover
In Content Item: FlagCaptain America: War & Remembrance #[nn] [premiere edition] published January 2011
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Living Legend

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: In the latter days of 1940, as the entire world teetered on the brink of global war, there arose a man unlike any other--
Synopsis: A retelling of Captain America's origin.
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 January 2014
In Content Item: FlagCaptain America: The Secret Story of Marvel's Star-Spangled Super Hero #[nn] published January 1981
as The Living Legend [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #114/115 published March 1981
as La légende vivante! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #12 [Direct Edition] published November 1986
as Book XII: A Legend Reborn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]excerpt
In Content Item: FlagGrandson of Origins of Marvel Comics #[nn] published March 1998
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCaptain America: War & Remembrance [Second Edition] #[nn] published January 2007
as The Living Legend [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: All but page 22 are reproduced directly from Byrne's pencils.
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Blown About

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Blow Dryer
First Line: Okay, everybody, hand over the furs, the money and the jewels...
Synopsis: Blow Dryer attempts to use her Supersonic Hair Dryer to steal money and furs from socialites. The Human Torch uses Hostess Cup Cakes to defeat her.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Before we begin...
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Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Eric L. Watts, Tom A. Field, and Rob Imes.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.2

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