Captain America Comics #61
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Red Skull Strikes Back," the iconic villain returns with a cunning new scheme, posing as an electrician to manipulate a prison breakout and trap the warden in the electric chair. With Cap and Bucky on the case, the battle leads to a dramatic showdown at a dam—where the Red Skull's fate hangs in the balance. Penciled by Al Avison and inked by Syd Shores, this 1947 classic features cover art by Syd Shores and Vince Alascia, capturing the tension of a hero questioning whether evil has truly been vanquished.
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The Red Skull disguises himself as an electrician and slips the condemned criminals notes to be ready to make a break for it. He tricks the warden into sitting in the electric chair and demands the prisoners be set free. He makes his escape and the warden calls in Cap and Bucky. In the ensuing battle the Skull falls to his apparent death at the bottom of a dam. Cap wonders if this time the Red Skull is really dead.
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