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Captain America#247

Cover: John Byrne & Joe Rubinstein

Captain America #247

Jul 1980 · Marvel · 0.40 USD

“By the Dawn's Early Light!”

writer John Byrne · writer Roger Stern · artist John Byrne · inker Josef Rubinstein · colorist Roussos · letterer Novak · cover John Byrne Joe Rubinstein

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Cast · 14 characters

Baron Strucker Ben Grimm Bernie Rosenthal Captain America Colonel Nick Fury Dum Dum Dugan General Phillips Josh Cooper Machinesmith Mike Farrel Samuel Saxon Steve Rogers The Thing Walter Rogers

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writer John Byrne

writer Roger Stern

artist John Byrne

inker Josef Rubinstein

colorist Roussos

letterer Novak

cover pencils John Byrne

cover inks Joe Rubinstein

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Cap heads to S.H.I.E.L.D. looking for info on his true origins and all is revealed as he uncovers his old WWII footlocker which also contains his triangular shield. Baron Strucker tricks Nick Fury and escapes imprisonment but when he goes after Cap and is defeated, it is revealed that he is really a sophisticated robot.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).