Captain America #257 (1981) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Al Milgrom; inks: Al Milgrom; letters: Irv Watanabe	Bruce Banner, Captain America, Hulk, Steve Rogers
1	Deadly Anniversary!	comic story	17	script: Mike W. Barr; pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Joe Rubinstein, Frank Springer, Frank Giacoia, Mike Esposito; colors: Sharen, Ed Hannigan; letters: Joe Rosen, Jean Simek	Bruce Banner, Bucky Barnes, Captain America, Hulk, Steve Rogers
2	-	letters page	0.67	letters: typeset
3	-	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
4	Charlie America's Family Album!	comic story	3	script: Marie Severin; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin; letters: Marie Severin
6	How To Be a Comic Book Artist!	comic story	2	script: Marie Severin; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin

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

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0714860245305
British	price 0.20 GBP

Collection	Year
Dawn's Early Light ISBN 978-0-7851-8866-7	2014	On eBay ›
Essential Captain America #7 ISBN 978-0-7851-8409-6	2013	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Captain America #14 ISBN 978-1-302-93314-2	2022	On eBay ›
Captain America Omnibus #5 ISBN 978-1-302-96822-9	2026	On eBay ›

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