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Issue Details

Issue #281
Published May 1983
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Michael Carlin (Assistant Editor); Mark Gruenwald (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
Notes Letters page letter from Barry Dutter

Cover Details

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Jack Monroe]
Genre superhero
Pencils Mike Zeck
Inks John Beatty
Letters Typeset

22 page Captain America story "Before the Fall!"

Characters FEATURE: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; GUESTS: Bucky [Jack Monroe] (real name and survival revealed); Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]; Bernie Rosenthal; Gail Runciter; VILLAINS: Viper; Constrictor; Hydra; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Defenders of World War II (1st); Red Skull; Dr. Faustus
Synopsis After Steve and Bernie spend an evening watching old newsreel footage of Cap and Bucky in action, they are confronted by the Bucky of the 1950's, Jack Monroe; Spider-Woman discovers that Viper is not her mother but that the head of Hydra is up to something big; Cap and Bucky go on patrol but are taken down by the Constrictor who captures Cap for Hydra.
Genre superhero
Script J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils Mike Zeck
Inks John Beatty
Colors Bob Sharen
Letters Diana Albers

Half page statement of ownership "Statement of Ownership"

Letters typeset
Notes Statement of Ownership average # of copies in preceding 12 months: 328,511.