Captain America Vol 1 221

Captain America Vol 1 #221 Published May, 1978 Editor-in-Chief Archie Goodwin Cover Artist Gil Kane Tony DeZuniga Danny Crespi "Cul De-Sac!" Writer Don Glut David Kraft Steve Gerber Penciler Sal Buscema Inker Mike Esposito Colourist George Roussos Letterer Irv Watanabe Editor Archie Goodwin "The Coming of Captain Avenger!" Writer Scott Edelman Penciler Steve Leialoha Inker Al Gordon Colourist Irene Vartanoff Letterer Bruce Patterson Editor Archie Goodwin Previous Issue Next Issue Captain America #220 Captain America #222

Appearing in "Cul De-Sac!"

Featured Characters:

•  Captain America (Steve Rogers) 

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

• The Ameridroid

Other Characters:

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Newfoundland
• New York City
  • Manhattan
    • Steve Rogers' Apartment

Items:

• Captain America's Shield
• Captain America's Uniform

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "Cul De-Sac!"

Lyle Dekker has transformed himself into the Ameridroid, a giant version of Captain America. Dekker is able to defeat Cap, but he also quickly deduces that he has transformed himself into a physical freak. Dekker eventually stops his rampage in Newfoundland, and Captain America encourages him to lead a productive life.

Appearing in "The Coming of Captain Avenger!"

Featured Characters:

•  Rick Jones (Captain Avenger)  (First appearance as Captain Avenger)

Supporting Characters:

• Avengers
  •  Thor 
  •  Giant-Man 
  •  Wasp 
  •  Captain America 
  •  Iron Man 

Antagonists:

• Baron Zemo (Hallucination)

Other Characters:

• Captain Marvel (Cameo)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Asgardians
• Kree (Cameo)

Items:

• Captain America's Shield
• Captain America's Uniform
• Iron Man Armor MK IV
• Mjolnir
• Giant-Man's Suit
• Wasp's Suit
• Bio-Synthetic Wings
• Captain Marvel's Suit (Cameo)

Locations:

• New York City (Only in flashback)
  • Manhattan (Only in flashback)
    • Avengers Mansion (Only in flashback) (1964)
      
      

Synopsis for "The Coming of Captain Avenger!"

A six page flashback story. Rick Jones fails into equipment in Avengers Mansion which gives him all the combined powers of the Avengers. Ironically, at that time the Avengers are attacked Zemo and his "Masters of Evil". The Avengers are defeated, but Captain Avenger in turn defeats the Masters of Evil. At the conclusion of the story, Rick regains consciousness and realizes that this was all a dream.

Notes

• Sequence 1 Cul De-Sac!

• Plot (story pages) by Glut (uncredited) pages 1-5 (the lost last pages of the previous issue), and Gerber pages 6-12. Kraft is credited as "co-scenarist".

• Sequence 2 The Coming of Captain Avenger

• Takes place between Avengers #14 and Avengers #15.

• This issue contains a letters page, Letters to the Living Legend. Letters are published from Bruce Canwell, Matt Kaufman, James A. King III, and Tom McNulty.

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Links and References

• The Grand Comics Database: Captain America #221 [1]

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