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Captain America, #288 Direct

Published: December 1983

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Issue Contents:
Revolution: 1993

Story Featuring Captain America

Characters
Other
Redeemers
Credits
Mazes!

Story Featuring Captain America

"I've been called a living legend. A super-soldier."

Storyline

Captain America is in 1993 and helps Deathlok and the few remaining heroes in the future end Hellinger's threat to eradicate all of humanity.

Characters
Redeemers
The Avengers
Other
Credits
Story Notes

Pages 9 and 10 are not reprinted in the Captain America: Deathlok Lives reprint, also the reprint of the first page is missing the title and credits and the reprint of the last panel is missing the last text box and the next blurb.

Star Frontiers

Ad Featuring TSR Hobbies , Ad Featuring Star Frontiers

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

Storyline

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

Credits
Story Notes

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

Letter Column Featuring Letters to the Living Legend

Story Notes

Letters from: Gabriel Carras, Michael Kanterovich, David M. Somerfleck, and Robert E. Diltz II, also includes the question of the month, a special announcements section about the Captain America editorial team (Mark Gruenwald and Mike Carlin) spending the fourth of July with the Captain America creative team (J. M. DeMatteis and Mike Zeck) and an advertisement for the next issue which will be edited by assistant editor Mike Carlin who refused to say what he has scheduled for the issue.

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

Storyline

Marvel checklist for comics listed with a synopsis are Magik #1, Ka-Zar #29, X-Men #176, Moon Knight Special Edition #2, S.H.I.E.L.D. Special Edition #1, Marvel Tales #158, Krull #2, X-Men Classics #1, Micronauts Special Edition #1, The Punisher #1, Star Wars Annual #3, Spider-Man Annual #17 and Dreadstar Annual #1. Appears between pages 21 and 22 of the story.

In-House Column Featuring Bullpen Bulletins

"Here’s the situation..."

Storyline

Items about how next month's comics (comics on sale in September with a January date) will be edited by the Assistant Editors because Jim and the other editors will all be out of town. Jim expects that these comics will be one-of-a-kind collector's items that should not be missed. Includes a small cartoon advertising the assistant editors taking over, appears between pages 21 and 22 of the story.

Credits
Extra! Extra! Extra!
Storyline

Advertisement for Marvel Comics Subscriptions offering four extra issues with your subscription, a refund guarantee, immediate savings of 19 cents per issue and the lowest price on renewals.

Story Notes

Appears between pages 15 and 16 of the story.

Kool-Aid Man Video Game

Story Featuring Kool-Aid Man

Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Ad Featuring BurgerTime Video Game

"BurgerTime home video game coming soon"

Story Notes

Inside front cover.