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Captain America #247

Marvel · Series began 1968 · July 1980

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Dates

Cover date: July 1980
On sale: 1980
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #247 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition40¢ cover

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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UK pence edition0.15 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.15 GBP.
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Newsstand edition40¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860245307
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Creators

pencils: John Byrne, George Pérezinks: Joe Rubinstein, Joe Sinnottletters: Gaspar Saladino, Jim Novak, Irv Watanabescript: John Byrne, Roger Stern, Stan Leecolors: George Roussos

Stories

By the Dawn's Early Light! · 17 pages
Cap heads to S.H.I.E.L.D. looking for info on his true origins and all is revealed as he uncovers his old WWII footlocker which also contains his triangular shield. Baron Strucker tricks Nick Fury and escapes imprisonment but when he goes after Cap and is defeated, it is revealed that he is really a sophisticated robot.

Characters

Steve RogersCaptain AmericaNick FuryDum Dum DuganWolfgang von StruckerBernadette RosenthalSamuel SaxonMachinesmithChester PhillipsJosh CooperMichael FarrelWalter Rogers

Reprinted in

Captain America [War and Remembrance] (1990), Essential Captain America (2000), Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (2003), Captain America: War & Remembrance [Second Edition] (2007), Captain America: War & Remembrance (2010), Captain America Omnibus (2011), Captain America Epic Collection (2014), Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus (2016)