Captain America Vol 1 155

Captain America Vol 1 #155 Published November, 1972 Editor-in-Chief Roy Thomas Cover Artist Sal Buscema John Verpoorten "The Incredible Origin of the Other Captain America!" Writer Steve Englehart Penciler Sal Buscema Inker Frank McLaughlin Letterer Jean Izzo Editor Roy Thomas Previous Issue Next Issue Captain America #154 Captain America #156

Appearing in "The Incredible Origin of the Other Captain America!"

Featured Characters:

•  Captain America (Steve Rogers) 
• Falcon (Sam Wilson)

Supporting Characters:

• Redwing
• Sharon Carter

Antagonists:

• Captain America (William Burnside) (Main story and flashback) (Origin revealed)
• Bucky (Jack Monroe) (Main story and flashback) (Origin revealed)
• Red Skull (Albert Malik) (Only in flashback)

Other Characters:

• Major Kerfoot (Only in flashback) (Death)
• Kerfoot's spy (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
• Electro (Ivan Kronov) (Only in flashback)
• The Man With No Face (Philip Wing) (Only in flashback)

Locations:

• Bahamas
  • Mosca Cay
• 1953 (Only in flashback)
  • Germany (Only in flashback)
  • Washington, D.C. (Only in flashback)
  • Connecticut (Only in flashback)
    • Lee School (Only in flashback)

Items:

• Captain America's Shield
• Captain America's Uniform
• Super-Soldier Serum (Only in flashback)

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "The Incredible Origin of the Other Captain America!"

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Solicit Synopsis

So you think you know all about the beginnings of our star-spangled stalwart? Well, wait'll you read - the Secret Origin of Captain America! A shocker!

Notes

• A portion of Young Men #24 (December, 1953) is reprinted in this issue. (Original story by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr.). Dialogue has been slightly altered.
• The Man With No Face appeared in Captain America #77, (1954).
• Electro appeared in Captain America #78, (1954).
• This story is #1023Z (as noted at the bottom on Pg. 1).
• John Costanza lettered the splash page of this issue.
• The plot of Captain America of the 1950's returning to the Marvel Universe belongs to Editor Roy Thomas.
• This issue contains a letters page, "Let's Rap With Cap". Lettters are published from: Garnet H. G. Barcelo, Rick Bedard, Kevin Zimmer, and Philip Healy.
  

Trivia

• In this issue, we find that the Grand Director is a member of Captain America's golden age fan club: The Sentinels of Liberty. He is shown wearing the club's distinctive badge.

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Links and References

• The Grand Comics Database: Captain America #155 [1]

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