Dates
- Cover date
- February 1992
- On sale
- 1991
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #397 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition$1.25 cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition$1.25 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 00928102453802
This edition’s page - Australian edition1.80 AUD cover
Australian
Printed cover price 1.80 AUD.
Barcode 07148602453805
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Rik Levins, Larry Alexanderinks: Danny Bulanadi, Dan Panosianscript: Mark Gruenwaldcolors: Christie Scheele, Marie Javinsletters: Steve Dutro
Stories
- Shot in the Dark · 17 pages
Cap fights Blackwing and Jack O'Lantern while Red Skull watches from afar. He wants the upstart supervillains for his Skeleton Crew and sends Mother Night to recruit them.
- Snake-Off · BAD Girls, Inc. · 5 pages
Sersi catches the Girls as they are stealing an aircraft from the defunct Serpent Society base.
Characters
Steve RogersCaptain AmericaJohann ShmidtRed SkullSersiJohn JamesonEric MastersonBrock RumlowCrossbonesRachel LeightonDiamondbackOphelia SarkissianViperThorJack O'LanternSteve LevinsSusan ScarboDaniel LeightonMother NightCutthroatBlackwingJoseph ManfrediScourgeEdwin Jarvis
Reprinted in
Captain America Epic Collection (2014), Captain America by Mark Gruenwald Omnibus (2024)