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Issue: Captain America #285
Publication Date: September 1983
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Issues: #285 of 355 Issues (816 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 05/10/1983
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.25 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #25, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-05-31.
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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
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Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagCaptain America Epic Collection #10 published January 2020
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Would Ya Believe -- The Porcupine?!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Porcupine
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Pages: 1
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A Cracker Jack Story

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Scottie
First Line: Okay, Scottie!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Letting Go

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Jeff Mace [Patriot] (death); Nomad [Jack Monroe]; Bernie Rosenthal; Josh Cooper; Mike; Edwin Jarvis; Doctor Hamer; The Porcupine (villain); Secret Empire (villains); Whizzer (cameo flashback); Ms. America (cameo flashback); Bucky Barnes (cameo flashback); Human Torch [Jim Hammond] (cameo flashback); Namor, the Sub-Mariner (cameo flashback)
First Line: Portrait of a determined man:
Synopsis: While Captain America visits the deathbed of an old comrade in arms, Nomad faces off with the Porcupine.
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In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #144/145 published January 1983
as Sur son élan! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 22
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[untitled]

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Genres: science fiction
First Line: ...from the very center of the great spiral galaxy...
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Spider-Man; Silver Surfer; Hercules; Man-Thing; Daredevil; She-Hulk; Captain America; Thor; John Byrne; X-Men [Nightcrawler; Cyclops; Wolverine; Colossus; Kitty Pryde; Storm]; Beast; Hawkeye; Dr. Strange; Black Widow; Ghost Rider; Alpha Flight [Vindicator; Sasquatch; Aurora; Northstar; Marrina; Shaman; Snowbird; Puck]; Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Thing; Human Torch]; Iron Man; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Iron Fist
First Line: Big Jim Shooter asked me to do a guest spot for the Bulletins Page, and for the longest time - like, two years - I couldn't come up with anything resembling a theme.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Spider-Man
First Line: Dear Marvel, You did it!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from readers: Carlos Martinez, Dave Lipson, Michael T. Smith, and Steven Gawronski.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Peter Pepper; Mr. Hot Dog; Mr. Pickle; Mr. Egg
First Line: BurgerTime home video game coming soon
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Tutankham the home video game you've waited 3000 years for
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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