Captain America: The Death of Captain America #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Red Skull - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Captain America: The Death of Captain America (Marvel, 2008 series)
Issue: #2
Issue title: The Burden of Dreams
Publication date: 2008
Key date: 2008-09-17
On-sale date: 2008-09-17
Indicia publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
Price: $14.99; 15.75 CAD
Pages: 164
Barcode: 978078512424551499
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2424-5
Rating: T+

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Red Skull - 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	-	cover	1	pencils: Steve Epting; inks: Steve Epting; colors: Steve Epting	Bucky Barnes, Captain America
1	Title Page and Credits	credits, title page	3	pencils: Butch Guice; inks: Mike Perkins
2	Previously	recap	1	letters: typeset
3	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Steve Epting; inks: Steve Epting; colors: Steve Epting	Bucky Barnes, Red Skull, Johann Shmidt, Winter Soldier
4	The Death of the Dream: Act 2 The Burden of Dreams: Part One	comic story	22	script: Ed Brubaker; pencils: Steve Epting; inks: Steve Epting; colors: Frank D'Armata; letters: Virtual Calligraphy's Joe Caramagna	Agent 13, Bucky Barnes, Black Widow, Captain America, Sharon Carter, Doctor Faustus, Falcon, Johann Fennhoff, Jim Hammond, Human Torch, Namor, Thomas Raymond, Red Skull, Steve Rogers
5	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Steve Epting; inks: Steve Epting; colors: Steve Epting	Black Widow, Captain America, Falcon, Iron Man, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, Tony Stark, Sam Wilson
6	The Death of Captain America Act 2 The Burden of Dreams: Part Two	comic story	22	script: Ed Brubaker; pencils: Steve Epting; inks: Butch Guice; colors: Frank D'Armata; letters: Virtual Calligraphy's Joe Caramagna	Agent 13, Bucky Barnes, Black Widow, Sharon Carter, Doctor Faustus, Falcon, Johann Fennhoff, Red Skull, Redwing, Natasha Romanoff, Johann Shmidt, Tony Stark, Sam Wilson, Winter Soldier
7	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Steve Epting; inks: Steve Epting; colors: Steve Epting	Bucky Barnes, Iron Man, Tony Stark, Winter Soldier
8	The Death of Captain America Act 2 The Burden of Dreams: Part Three	comic story	23	script: Ed Brubaker; pencils: Steve Epting; inks: Butch Guice; colors: Frank D'Armata; letters: Virtual Calligraphy's Joe Caramagna	Bucky Barnes, Black Widow, Doctor Faustus, Falcon, Johann Fennhoff, Red Skull, Redwing, Natasha Romanoff, Johann Shmidt, Tony Stark, Sam Wilson, Winter Soldier
9	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Steve Epting; inks: Steve Epting; colors: Steve Epting	Bucky Barnes, Captain America
10	The Death of Captain America Act 2 The Burden of Dreams: Part Four	comic story	22	script: Ed Brubaker; pencils: Steve Epting; inks: Butch Guice; colors: Frank D'Armata; letters: Virtual Calligraphy's Joe Caramagna	Bucky Barnes, Black Widow, Captain America, Doctor Faustus, Johann Fennhoff, Red Skull, Natasha Romanoff, Johann Shmidt, Tony Stark, Arnim Zola
11	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Steve Epting; inks: Steve Epting; colors: Steve Epting	Bucky Barnes, Captain America
12	The Death of Captain America Act 2 The Burden of Dreams: Part Five	comic story	22	script: Ed Brubaker; pencils: Butch Guice; inks: Mike Perkins; colors: Frank D'Armata; letters: Virtual Calligraphy's Joe Caramagna	Bucky Barnes, Black Widow, Captain America, Sharon Carter, Doctor Faustus, Falcon, Johann Fennhoff, Red Skull, Redwing, Natasha Romanoff, Johann Shmidt, Sin, Tony Stark, Sam Wilson
13	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Steve Epting; inks: Steve Epting; colors: Steve Epting	Agent 13, Bucky Barnes, Black Widow, Captain America, Sharon Carter, Doctor Faustus, Johann Fennhoff, Natasha Romanoff
14	The Death of Captain America Act 2 The Burden of Dreams: Part Six	comic story	22	script: Ed Brubaker; pencils: Butch Guice, Mike Perkins; inks: Butch Guice, Mike Perkins; colors: Frank D'Armata; letters: Virtual Calligraphy's Joe Caramagna	Agent 13, Bucky Barnes, Black Widow, Captain America, Captain America, Sharon Carter, Crossbones, Doctor Faustus, Johann Fennhoff, Red Skull First, Natasha Romanoff, Brock Rumlow, Sinthea Shmidt, Sin
15	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Alex Ross; inks: Alex Ross; colors: Alex Ross	Bucky Barnes, Captain America
16	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Alex Ross; inks: Alex Ross; colors: Alex Ross	Bucky Barnes, Captain America
17	Captain America #34 Script	text story	8	script: Ed Brubaker; pencils: Steve Epting; inks: Butch Guice	Mr. Secretary; Dr. Faustus
18	Preliminary Captain America Designs	illustration	3	pencils: Alex Ross; inks: Alex Ross; colors: Alex Ross	Bucky Barnes, Captain America
19	Captain America #34 Cover Roughs	illustration	1	pencils: Alex Ross, Steve Epting
20	-	comic story	3	script: Ed Brubaker; pencils: Mike Perkins; inks: Mike Perkins; colors: Justin Ponsor; letters: Chris Eliopoulos; editing: Nicole Boose	Bucky Barnes, Captain America

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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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