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Issue Details

Issue #153
Published September 1972
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Roy Thomas

Cover Details - "Captain America-- Hero or Hoax?"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon; Redwing
Genre superhero
Pencils Sal Buscema
Inks John Verpoorten
Letters Morrie Kuramoto

20 page Captain America and the Falcon story "Captain America--Hero Or Hoax?"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Redwing; Sharon Carter; Nick Fury; Contessa Valentina Allegro De Fontaine; Mr. Trible (Steve's landlord); Leila; Rafe Michel; Bob Courtney; Captain America ["Steve Rogers"] (1950's Cap); Bucky [Jack Monroe]
Synopsis Cap and Nick come to blows when Fury is feeling his age and he thinks Cap has made a play for Val. Sharon quits SHIELD and she and Steve leave for an overdue vacation. Falcon patrols the streets when he finds Captain America bullying men based on their skin color. As Cap and Falcon fight, Bucky clubs Falcon from behind.
Genre superhero
Script Steve Englehart
Pencils Sal Buscema
Inks Jim Mooney
Letters John Costanza [as Jon Costa]
Notes Reintro: Captain America IV ["Steve Rogers"] and Bucky III [Jack Monroe; later Nomad II] (Captain America and Bucky from the 1950s (Villains)). Story continues in the next issue.

1 page Let's Rap With Cap letters page

Letters typeset
Notes Letters from: Joseph Randisi, Jr.; Robert A. Gillis; John Roemer