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Issue Details

Issue #109
Published January 1969
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes There is a 1994 reprint that is exactly the same except for new advertisements.

Cover Details - "The Origin of Captain America!"

Characters Captain America
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Syd Shores
Reprinted in Essential Captain America (Marvel, 2000 series) #2 (2002)

20 page Captain America story "The Hero That Was!"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers] (Origin); Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Nick Fury; Professor Reinstein (Death); Heinz Kruger; Sgt. Duffy
Synopsis Captain America tells Nick Fury his origin.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Syd Shores
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted in Marvel Super Action (Marvel, 1977 series) #11 (December 1978) [minus 2 pages]; in Essential Captain America (Marvel, 2000 series) #2 (2002)

2 page letters page "Let's Yap with Cap"

Characters Captain America
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby (illustrations)
Inks ? (illustrations)
Letters Typeset
Notes Letters of comment from readers Gordon Matthews, Kenneth Burke, Wayne Warfield, Phil Blunt, Dan Daugherty, Dale Landry, Harvey Sobel and Donald McGregor.