Captain America #101 for Sale - First Appearance of Sleeper - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue: #101
Publication date: May 1968
Key date: 1968-05-00
On-sale date: 1968-02-01
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 Sleeper - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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	When Wakes the Sleeper!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby, John Romita; inks: Syd Shores, John Romita; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Captain America, Red Skull, Steve Rogers, Johann Shmidt, Sleeper First
2	When Wakes the Sleeper!	comic story	20	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Syd Shores; letters: Artie Simek	Captain America, Sharon Carter, Nick Fury, Red Skull, Steve Rogers, Johann Shmidt, Sleeper First
4	Marvel Super-Hero T-Shirts	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67	pencils: various; inks: various	Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Spider-Man; Hulk; Iron Man; Thing; Thor; The Fantastic Four; The Avengers
5	The Merry Marvel Marching Society Announces a Nifty New Membership Kit!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita	Daredevil
12	Here it is! Proof positive that the biggest brains at Marvel --- don't know what they're doing!	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby	Captain America
14	-	letters page	2	script: Gary Friedrich; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott, Frank Giacoia	Captain America [Steve Rogers]
15	Because You Demanded It!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Gene Colan, John Buscema; inks: Mike Esposito, Sol Brodsky	Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Essential Captain America #1 ISBN 0-7851-0740-1	2000	On eBay ›
Marvel Super Action #2	1977	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Captain America #3 ISBN 0-7851-2063-7	2006	On eBay ›
Captain America Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-0-7851-5078-7	2011	On eBay ›
The Coming of... the Falcon ISBN 978-1-302-90007-6	2016	On eBay ›
To Be Reborn ISBN 978-1-302-95432-1	2024	On eBay ›
Captain America Omnibus #1 [Third Edition] ISBN 978-1-302-95799-5	2024	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

Check spine ticks and cover gloss in the photos; silver-age Marvels chip at the edges easily.
Look for tanning at the page edges and transfer stains on the inside covers.
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Series context

‹ #1002 of 355#102 ›

Sources

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

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