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Captain America, #287 Newsstand

Published: November 1983

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Issue Contents:

Story Featuring Captain America

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Future Shock!

Story Featuring Captain America

"All right, you--on your feet! Up, I said--or you're gonna be dead meat--"

Storyline

Captain America and Luther battle Deathlok but the tables are turned as Luther touches the cyborg and gives him back his memories of being human. Escaping from the Brand Corporation, Captain America and Deathlok are pulled into the future by Godwulf.

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Story Notes

Bernie's sister's name changes from Jeannie to Nancy between this issue to next. Pages 1 and 15-17 are not reprinted in the Captain America: Deathlok Lives reprint.

Star Frontiers

Ad Featuring TSR Hobbies , Ad Featuring Star Frontiers

"...from the very center of the great spiral galaxy..."

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An alien entity travels all the way to Earth to purchase the Star Frontiers role playing game.

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Comic strip ad for the Star Frontiers role playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.

Letter Column Featuring Letters to the Living Legend

"Dear Editor, The Living Legend lives on..."

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Letters from: Mike Kanterovich, Rod Fautenberry, Christopher Jefferson, and Patrick Miano, also includes the question of the month, a special announcements section on who sent in answers to the question of how the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe character data could be used in role-playing games and hype for the next issue, and a small promo for The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe using an illustration of the Watcher.

In-House Column Featuring Mighty Marvel Checklist , In-House Column Featuring Hype Box

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Marvel checklist for comics listed with a synopsis are Thor Annual #11, Defenders #125, X-Men #175, The Falcon #1, Moon Knight Special Edition #1, Marvel Tales #157, Marvel Team-Up #135, Marvel Tails #1, Krull #1 and Iron Man Annual #6. Appears between pages 21 and 22 of the story.

A Cracker Jack Story

Ad Featuring Cracker Jack

"Scottie, the score is tied, time has run out, but you've got two foul shots."

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Inside front cover. Comic strip ad for the Cracker Jack snack.

In-House Column Featuring Bullpen Bulletins

"Buenos dias!"

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Items about how Jim Shooter was guest of honor at the 3rd Annual Salon del Comic y la Illustracion (Barcelona's huge international comics convention), many Marvel titles are published by Editorial Forum in Spain and Jim met their Editor in Chief Antonio Martin and has made Antonio and his crew honorary Bullpenners, Jim also attended Tulsa Con '83, hosted by the Tulsa Believers in Comics Fandom whose president is Larry Thomas (Tulsa is also the hometown of EPIC Illustrated Editorial Director Archie Goodwin) and Jim continues to be concerned about the closed door meetings about the upcoming Assistant Editors month when Bob DeNatale, Mike Higgins, Mike Carlin, Ann Nocenti, Bob Harras, Jim Owsley, Linda Grant and Eliot Brown take over for the regular editors who will be out of town. Appears between pages 21 and 22 of the story.

Solar Fox

"Earth is desperate for energy, Solar Fox, you're mankind’s only hope!"

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Solar Fox weaves through dangerous space fields to save Earth.

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Comic strip ad for the Solar Fox video game from CBS Electronics, appears between pages 3 and 4 of the story.

Story Featuring Star Wars

"Zero hour approaching!"

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Back cover. Ad for the Return of the Jedi Death Star Battle video game for the Atari 2600 and Intellivision.

Story Featuring Kool-Aid Man

"Kool-Aid Man Video Game"

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Inside back cover.