Captain America Vol 1 451

Captain America Vol 1 #451 May, 1996 Editor-in-Chief Bob Harras Cover Artist Ron Garney "Plan "A"" Writer Mark Waid Penciler Ron Garney Inker Scott Koblish Colourist John Kalisz Malibu Color Letterer John Costanza Editor Ralph Macchio Previous Issue Next Issue Captain America #450 Captain America #452

Appearing in "Plan "A""

Featured Characters:

•  Captain America / "Nathan Hale" (Steve Rogers)  (Appears in flashback)

Supporting Characters:

•  Sharon Carter  (Appears in flashback)

Antagonists:

•  Machinesmith (Sam Saxon)  (Appears in flashback)
• Machinesmith's Cyberops (Only appearance)^[1]
• United States Air Force

Other Characters:

• Sub-Mariner (Namor McKenzie) (Recap)
• Hydra (Recap)
• Bucky (Rick Jones) (Recap)
• Deathlok (Luther Manning) (Recap)
• "Baron Wolfgang von Strucker" (Recap)
• President Clinton (Referenced)
•  Red Skull (Johann Schmidt)  (Only in flashback)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Atlanteans (Recap)
• Cyborgs (Recap)
• Robots (Main story and recap)

Locations:

• United States of America (Only in flashback)
• Europe
  • United Kingdom
    • England
      • London
        • Big Ben (Cameo)
  • Moldavia
    • U.S. Air Force Base (Only appearance)^[1]

Items:

• Captain America's Uniform (Main story and flashback)
• Captain America's Shield (Main story and recap)
• Hydra Uniforms (Recap)
• Hydra Pistols (Recap)
• Captain's New Suit (First appearance)
• Energy Shield (First appearance)

Vehicles:

• F-15 Plane (Only appearance)^[1] (Destruction)
  
  

Synopsis for "Plan "A""

• Synopsis not yet written.
  

Notes

Chronology Notes

A flashback in this story affects the chronology of the following characters:

•  Sharon Carter 
•  Captain America (Steve Rogers) 
•  Machinesmith (Sam Saxon) 

Continuity Notes

• Pag. 1 presents a recap of some Captain America's battles from previous issues of Marvel Comics.
  • Captain America vs. Sub-Mariner is from Avengers #4, Jack Kirby.
  • Captain America and Bucky vs. Hydra is from Captain America #113, Jim Steranko.
  • Captain America vs. Deathlok is from Captain America #287's cover, Mike Zeck.
  • Captain America vs. Baron von Strucker's Robot is from Captain America #247, John Byrne.
  • Captain America with United States' flag is from Marvel Fanfare #18, Frank Miller.

Publication Notes

• This issue contains a letters page, "American Grafitti". Letters are published from: Jesse Lavendel, Brian Nelson, Mark Trollinger, John Cabral, and Scott Redman.
• This issue is reprinted in other comics and books, see references for more info.^[2]
  

Trivia

• Steve Rogers uses the alias of Nathan Hale in this issue; Nathan Hale was a patriotic hero of the American Revolution.

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