Captain America Vol 1 253

Captain America Vol 1 #253 January, 1981 Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter Cover Artists John Byrne Joe Rubinstein "Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot" Writers Roger Stern John Byrne Pencilers John Byrne Inkers Joe Rubinstein Colourists Bob Sharen Letterers Jim Novak Editors Jim Salicrup Previous Issue Next Issue Captain America #252 Captain America #254

Appearing in "Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot"Edit

Featured Characters:

•  Captain America (Steve Rogers)  (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

• Bernie Rosenthal
• New Scotland Yard
  • Inspector Sweeney (First appearance)
  • Reg (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Baron Blood (John Falsworth) (Disguised)

Other Characters:

• Edwin Jarvis
• Jacqueline Falsworth (Main story and flashback)
• Jenny Wilson (First appearance)
• Montgomery Falsworth (Main story and flashback)
• Kenneth Crichton (First appearance)
• Joey Chapman (First appearance)
• Hotchkins (First appearance)

Flashbacks of

• Bucky (James Buchanan Barnes)
• Toro (Thomas Raymond)
• Human Torch (Jim Hammond)
• Sub-Mariner (Namor)
• Master Man (Wilhelm Lohmer)
• The Face (Werner Eisen)
• Warrior Woman (Julia Koenig)
• Agent Axis
• Asbestos Lady (Victoria Murdock)
• The Scarlet Scarab (Abdul Faoul)
• Blue Bullet (Johann Goldstein)
• Adolf Hitler

Locations:

• Atlantic Ocean
• United Kingdom
  • England
    • Falsworth Manor
    • London
      • Tower of London
      • Heathrow Airport
• United States of America
  • New York
    • New York City
      • Manhattan
        • Broadway
      • Brooklyn
        • Brooklyn Heights
          • 569 Leaman Place

Items:

• Captain America's Shield (Main story and flashback)

Vehicles:

• Concorde
  
  

Synopsis for "Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot"Edit

After finding a third slasher victim, an English village constable and Dr. Cromwell inform Lady Crichton, who promises to use her influence to get Scotland Yard involved; however, doubting they can handle the situation, her elderly father prepares to contact someone who can. In Manhattan, after attending a musical together, Steve Rogers and Bernie Rosenthal return to Steve's apartment, but their liaison is interrupted by a phone call from Jarvis, who reads Steve a coded telegram, prompting him to cut the date short, to Bernie's dismay. Travelling to England, Steve reunites with Lady Crichton, formerly his Invaders' teammate Spitfire, and learns it was her father, Lord Falsworth, aka WWI's Union Jack, who sent for him, convinced the slasher is their old foe Baron Blood, despite his remains being long interred in the Tower of London. Investigating, Captain America discovers a woman's skeleton has been swapped for Blood's; he returns to the Manor to inform Falsworth of this, and meets Jackie's son Ken and his friend Joey. That night, Baron Blood attacks Captain America.

Notes

• Plot by Stern and Byrne, script by Stern.
• Captain America announces that his "full memory" has just recently returned. This clears up why he did not immediately recognize old friends (such as the Sub-Mariner) as early as Avengers #4.
• This issue contains a letters page: Letters to the Living Legend. Letters are published from Eric Watts, Nick Grassel, and Arthur Cadeaux.
• This issue is reprinted in comics and books, see references for info.^[1]
  

Trivia

• Captain America says it has been a long time since he has been to England? It is revealed in Captain America #257 that, since his revival, Cap has returned to England every year on the date of Bucky's disappearance in 1945! Maybe his full memory has not been restored at this time...

See AlsoEdit

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Recommended ReadingEdit

• None.

Links and ReferencesEdit

• The Grand Comics Database: Captain America #253 [1]

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