Captain America Vol 1 303

Captain America #303
Previous Issue	Captain America #302
Next Issue	Captain America #304
Art by: Paul Neary
Release Date	December 4, 1984
Cover Date	March, 1985
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Jim Shooter

1. "Double Dare!"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Michael Carlin
Penciler(s)	Paul Neary
Inker(s)	Dennis Janke
Colorist(s)	Ken Feduniewicz
Letterer(s)	Diana Albers
Editor(s)	Mark Gruenwald

 I have finally shafted zee great Captain America! 

—Batroc the Leaper

Appearing in "Double Dare!"

Featured Characters:

• ⏴ Captain America (Steve Rogers) ⏵ (Main story and recap)

Supporting Characters:

• ⏴ Nomad (Jack Monroe) ⏵ (Main story and recap)
• ⏴ Bernie Rosenthal ⏵

Antagonists:

• ⏴ Batroc's Brigade ⏵
  • ⏴ Batroc (Georges Batroc) ⏵
  • ⏴ Zaran (Maximillian Zaran) ⏵ (Main story and recap)
  • ⏴ Machete (Ferdinand Lopez) ⏵
• Obadiah Stane

Other Characters:

• Myron MacLain ⏵ (Main story and flashback)
• Richard Arons ⏵ (First appearance)
• Josh Cooper
• U.S. Army (Only in flashback)
• Red Skull (Referenced)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and recap)

Locations:

• Sol
  • Earth
    • North America
      • United States of America
        • New York
          • New York City
            • Brooklyn
              • Brooklyn Heights
                • 569 Leaman Place
          • Long Island
            • Stane International
            • Long Island City
    • South America (Referenced)

Items:

• Captain America's Shield (Main story and flashback)
• Captain America's Uniform (Main story and recap)
• Nomad's Stun Discs (Main story and recap)

Synopsis for "Double Dare!"

Captain America and Nomad return home to tell Bernie that Cap's shield has been stolen. The next day, disguised as pizza deliverymen, Batroc's Brigade sells Captain America's shield to Stane International, where Richard Arons is coercing Dr. Myron MacLain, the shield's creator, into trying to replicate the indestructible material the shield is made from. To celebrate their victory Batroc's Brigade gets drunk, and Machete and Zaran taunt Batroc over his inability to defeat Cap solo. Seeking to prove himself. Batroc finds and challenges Cap. As he pummels the inebriated Batroc, Cap is surprised to see Machete and Zaran laughing at their leader. Anxious to retrieve his shield. Cap offers Batroc a free shot at him in exchange for information about the shield's location. Batroc takes it. sending the hero flying, but to the mercenaries' surprise. Cap weathers the blow and wins anyway. Machete and Zaran flee, and Cap resolves to get his shield from Stane.

Solicit Synopsis

It's triple-trouble time with the greatest grudge match of the decade! Batroc, Machete and Zaran are on a rampage! Cap and Nomad must stop them! But Batroc plans to avenge all his past defeats by the star-spangled Avenger! This time, he has vowed, the winner will be Batroc the Leaper!

Notes

• This issue contains a letters page, America Graffiti. Letters are published from: Bill Oldach, Eric Swann, and Thomas Long. It also contains a "Special Announcement Section".

Trivia

• The editor, Mark Gruenwald proclaims in the letters page, "The Red Skull is dead and he will NEVER EVER come back." Later, as Captain America's writer, Mark Gruenwald himself revives the Red Skull in the flesh in Captain America #350.
• Richard Arons erroneously refers to Dr. Myron MacLain as Dr. MacLean.

See Also

• 3 image(s) from Captain America Vol 1 303
• 1 reprint(s) of Captain America Vol 1 303

Links and References

• The Grand Comics Database: Captain America Vol 1 303 [1]