Dates
- Cover date
- October 1981
- On sale
- 1981
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #262 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 0714860245310
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Creators
Stories
- Death of a Legend? · 21 pages
As Cap is participating in publicity appearances for the upcoming movie about his life, he is constantly plagued by the Nihilist Front and "saved" by the mysterious Nomad. During a Captain America Day parade, Cap is attacked by the Nihilist Front and the giant Ameridroid who kills Nomad and captures Cap. When Cap awakens, he discovers that he is going to be starring in a very different movie...The Death of Captain America courtesy of the Red Skull.
Characters
Reprinted in
Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (2003), Captain America vs. the Red Skull (2011), Captain America Epic Collection (2014)