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Captain America The 1940s Newspaper Strip#1
Cover: Butch Guice

Captain America The 1940s Newspaper Strip #1

Aug 2010 · Marvel · 3.99 USD
“The Birth of a Legend!”

In "The Birth of a Legend!", Captain America and Bucky take on a high-stakes mission to secure Operation Firebird, a top-secret project aimed at continuing the legacy of the Super-Soldier program after Dr. Erskine's loss. Written and illustrated by Karl Kesel, with art by Rich Ellis and inks by Kesel, this issue captures the wartime urgency and heroism of the era, all rendered with crisp detail and period authenticity. The cover by Butch Guice perfectly encapsulates the bold spirit of the series.

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writer, artist, inker Karl Kesel · artist Rich Ellis · colorist Ben Dimagmaliw · letterer Jared K. Fletcher · cover Butch Guice

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writer, artist, inker Karl Kesel
artist Rich Ellis
cover pencils, inks Butch Guice

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Captain America and Bucky are deputized by Agent Betsy Ross to provide security for Operation Firebird, a project with several different experiments running to take the place of Dr. Erskine's lost Super-Soldier process.

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