Captain America #23 for Sale - First Appearance of Connie Ferrari - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Captain America (Marvel, 1998 series)
Issue: #23
Publication date: November 1999
Key date: 1999-11-00
On-sale date: 1999
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $1.99; 2.99 CAD
Pages: 48
Barcode: 75960604455902311
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Connie Ferrari - 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	Cap Behind Bars? Find Out Inside!	cover	1	pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Tim Townsend; colors: Chris Sotomayor; letters: Todd Klein	Captain America, Steve Rogers
1	-	insert or dust jacket	4	letters: typeset	Clint Barton, Falcon, Giant-Man, Hawkeye, Wanda Maximoff, Ororo Munroe, Greer Nelson, Peter Parker, Hank Pym, Scarlet Witch, Spider-Man, Storm, Tigra, Janet Van Dyne
2	Land of the Free	comic story	22	script: Mark Waid, Jay Faerber; pencils: Patrick Zircher; inks: Denis Rodier; colors: Gregory Wright; letters: Todd Klein	Captain America, Connie Ferrari First, Steve Rogers
3	Fast Lane Part 1: Media Blitz!	comic story	8	script: Glenn Herdling; pencils: Gregg Schigiel; inks: Richard Case; colors: Paul Mounts; letters: Chris Dickey; editing: Michael Stewart, Steve Behling	Quentin Beck, J. Jonah Jameson, Mysterio, Peter Parker, Spider-Man
4	-	in-house column	0.75	script: Stan Lee
5	Bullpen Bits #19	comic story	0.25	script: Chris Giarrusso; pencils: Chris Giarrusso; inks: Chris Giarrusso; colors: Chris Giarrusso; letters: Chris Giarrusso	Captain America, Nick Fury, Henry Peter Gyrich, Steve Rogers, Sebastian Shaw, Aaron Stack, X-51
6	-	letters page	0.67	letters: typeset
7	Statement of Ownership	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 07480802453711

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Captain America: Land of the Free #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-6753-2	2013	On eBay ›
Captain America by Mark Waid, Ron Garney & Andy Kubert Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-90831-7	2017	On eBay ›
Captain America: Heroes Return - The Complete Collection #2 ISBN 978-1-302-93171-1	2022	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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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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