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Captain America #249

Marvel · Series began 1968 · September 1980

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Dates

Cover date: September 1980
On sale: June 10, 1980
Pages: 36

Values

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #249 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition50¢ cover

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Newsstand edition50¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860245309
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UK pence edition0.15 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.15 GBP.
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Creators

pencils: John Byrneinks: Joe Rubinstein, Joe Sinnottletters: Gaspar Saladino, Jim Novak, Irv Watanabescript: John Byrne, Roger Sterncolors: Bob Sharen

Stories

Death, Where Is Thy Sting? · 17 pages
Machinesmith uses his cadre of robots to trick Captain America into ending his miserable existence.

Publisher’s description

Cap's battle with Dragon Man continues! Once Captain America starts to gain the upper hand on Dragon Man, things take a turn for the worse when he finds himself going up against the Thing, Magneto, and Spider-Man?

Characters

Steve RogersCaptain AmericaMatt MurdockDaredevilDragon ManBernadette RosenthalSamuel SaxonMachinesmithJosh CooperMichael FarrelMister Fear

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)