Captain America #100 - First Appearance of The Destructon, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue: #100
Publication date: April 1968
Key date: April 1968
On-sale date: January 2, 1968
Indicia publisher: Leading Magazine Corp.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of The Destructon - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Captain America, Steve Rogers.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Cap in His Own Magazine at Last!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Syd Shores, Joe Sinnott; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Agent 13, Black Panther, Captain America, Sharon Carter, Giant-Man, Iron Man, Namor, Thor Odinson, Hank Pym, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Sub-Mariner, T'Challa, Thor
2	This Monster Unmasked!	comic story	20	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Syd Shores; letters: Artie Simek	Agent 13, Baron Zemo, Black Panther, Captain America Origin, Sharon Carter, The Destructon First, Nick Fury, Giant-Man, Iron Man, Sharon Carter, Namor, Thor Odinson, Hank Pym, Steve Rogers Origin
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.75	pencils: Marie Severin, Gene Colan; inks: Marie Severin, Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen
4	Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation	statement of ownership	0.25	script: John F. Hayes
11	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee
12	Marvel Super-Heroes T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: ? (promo copy)
13	-	letters page	2	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Sam Rosen	Captain America; Black Panther

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Captain America #400	1992	On eBay ›
Essential Captain America #1 ISBN 0-7851-0740-1	2000	On eBay ›
The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #12	1986	On eBay ›
Marvel Super Action #1	1977	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Captain America #2 ISBN 0-7851-1785-7	2005	On eBay ›
USPS Marvel Comics Limited Edition Comic Book and Stamps Set #[nn]	2007	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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