Dates
- Cover date
- July 1981
- On sale
- 1981
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #259 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.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition50¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860245307
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Mike Zeck, John Romita Jr.inks: Mike Zeck, Frank McLaughlinletters: Irv Watanabe, Jim Novakscript: Jim Shooter, David Micheliniecolors: Roger Slifer
Stories
- Rite of Passage! · 21 pages
Cap is trying to help an old army buddy whose son has joined a motorcycle gang when Doc Ock shows up and tries to steal his shield.
Characters
Steve RogersCaptain AmericaHank McCoyBeastOtto OctaviusDoctor OctopusEdwin Jarvis
Reprinted in
Captain America (1981), Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (2003), Captain America Omnibus (2011), Captain America Epic Collection (2014)