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Captain America, #104

Published: August 1968

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Captain America #104

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Issue Contents:
Slave of... the Skull!
1 page superhero
Characters
Credits
Story 1 1 page

"Secret muscle building "tools""

Characters
  • Chuck Sipes (photo)
  • Dave Draper (photo)
Story Notes

Inside front cover. Ad for body building products.

Slave of the Skull!
Story 2 20 pages superhero

"Who are these hard-hitting, hostile foes whom..."

Storyline

Can Cap single-handedly take on all of the Red Skull's men?

Characters
Credits
Story Notes

Jim Steranko inked the heads of Nick Fury on Page 11. (Referenced in a letter from Dan Adkins printed in Amazing Heroes #167 (June 15, 1989).

Story 3 1 page

"Shamed by your English?"

Story Notes

Ad offering free booklet on "How to Gain a Good Command of English", located between story pages 3 and 4.

Featuring Marvel Super-Heroes T-Shirt; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit

Story 4 1 page

"Marvel super-hero T-shirts"

Characters
  • Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]
  • The Fantastic Four [The Human Torch
  • Mr. Fantastic
  • Invisible Girl
  • The Thing]
  • Iron Man
  • Thor
  • Spider-Man
  • The Avengers [Captain America
  • Hawkeye
  • Scarlet Witch
  • Quicksilver]
  • The Hulk
Story Notes

In-house advertisement for T-shirts, sweat shirts and The Merry Marvel Marching Society membership kit, from Marvel Comics Group. Located between story pages 6 and 7.

Story 5 1 page

"Baseball fans are crazy about this true-to-life baseball game"

Storyline

Ad for Strat-O-Matic baseball game.

Story Notes

Located between story pages 6 and 7.

Missile Firing Tank
Story 6 1 page
Story Notes

Sold by Honor House Products. Between story pages 9 and 10, on upper half of page.

Story 7 1 page

"We’ll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny"

Story Notes

Ad for U.S. coin catalog. Between story pages 9 and 10, on lower half of page.

Story 8 1 page

"You can now become an expert with forbidden Oriental fighting arts"

Story Notes

Ad for martial arts book sent in plain wrapper for $3.98. Between story pages 15 and 16.

Stamps; Shop by Mail (1)
Story 9 2 pages

"Okay! Okay! Stop nagging us! Here it is - - an autographed photo of - - Stan (the man) Lee"

Story Notes

Thumbnail classified advertising offering stamps, novelties, and comic books. Between story pages 18 and 19.

Story 10 1 page
Credits
  • Script:
Story Notes

Includes: Stan's Soapbox; Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

Story 11 1 page

"Magic world of surprises & mystery"

Story Notes

Located on upper half of page.

Story 12 1 page

"Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time"

Story Notes

Ad soliciting salespeople for newspaper. Located on lower half of page.

Featuring Not Brand Echh

Story 13 1 page satire-parody

"Now twice as many pages!"

Credits
Story Notes

House ad for Not Brand Echh (Marvel, 1967 Series) #9 (August 1968), with cover shown, and advertised as "On Sale Now!".

Story 14 1 page superhero
Characters
  • Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Credits
Story Notes

Letters of comment from readers Harry G. Purvis, Bob Olenuk, Lee Silver Jr., and Jim Rohal.

Featuring Spectacular Spider-Man

Story 15 1 page superhero

"The greatest event in the history of comic magazines!"

Characters
  • Spider-Man
Credits
Story Notes

House ad for the Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1968 Series) #1 (July 1968), with cover shown (pre-painted version), and advertised as "On Sale Now". On top half of page.

Story 16 1 page

"The most daringly dramatic superhero of all time!"

Characters
  • Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]
Credits
Story Notes

House ad for the Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 on lower half of page.

Story 17 1 page

"3 complete fishing outfits"

Story Notes

Ad for fishing equipment from Niresk Discount Sales. Inside back cover.

Story 18 1 page

"132pc. Roman soldiers set"

Story Notes

Back cover. Ad for toy soldiers.