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254February 1981
$0.50

Captain America #254

Marvel · February 1981 · on sale 1980

First appearance: Union JackDeath of Baron Blood1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue
#254
Publication date
February 1981
Key date
1981-02-00
On-sale date
1980
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.50
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Union Jack - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Death on record for: Baron Blood, James Montgomery Falsworth.

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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0...To Battle Baron Blood!cover1pencils: John Byrne; inks: Joe Rubinstein; letters: Gaspar SaladinoBaron Blood, Captain America, James Montgomery Falsworth, John Falsworth, Steve Rogers, Union Jack
1Blood on the Moorscomic story22script: John Byrne, Roger Stern; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Joe Rosen; editing: Jim SalicrupBaron Blood Death, Captain America, Kenneth Crichton, Dracula, John Falsworth, Jim Hammond, Human Torch, Anna Kapplebaum, Namor, Sub-Mariner, Steve Rogers, Bernadette Rosenthal, Inspector Sweeney, Joseph Chapman
2Letters to the Living Legendletters page1script: Roger Stern

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 0714860245302

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Captain America #4001992On eBay ›
Captain America: War & Remembrance [Second Edition] #[nn]
ISBN 0785126937		2007On eBay ›
Captain America [War and Remembrance] #[nn]
ISBN 0-87135-657-0		1990On eBay ›
Captain America: War & Remembrance #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-4966-8		2010On eBay ›
The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of Captain America #02883
ISBN 0-939766-08-6		1982On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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