Dates
- Cover date
- August 1983
- On sale
- April 12, 1983
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #284 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition60¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition60¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860245308 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.
Barcode 0714860245308 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Mike Zeck, Sal Buscema, Larry Elmoreinks: John Beatty, Kim DeMulder, Larry Elmorescript: J. M. DeMatteis, Jim Shootercolors: Bob Sharenletters: Diana Albers
Stories
- Diverging... · 22 pages
Dum Dum talks about retiring after his heart problems during the Viper affair but instead Fury makes him deputy director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Jack moves in with Steve and they attend a party hosted by Bernie. Captain America has to take on a drunken family man with no hope and a loaded gun.
Characters
Steve RogersCaptain AmericaNick FurySam WilsonDum Dum DuganJack MonroeNomadBernadette RosenthalJeff MaceJosh CooperArnold RothAnna Kapplebaum
Reprinted in
Marvel Masterworks: Captain America (2003), Captain America Epic Collection (2014)