Captain
America (1) #139-142 (1971)
Writer: Stan
Lee(#139-141) Gary Friedrich #142)
Penciler: John Romita
Inker: Joe Sinnott
Letterer: Artie Simek
Captain
America is asked to go undercover to investigate strange disappearances
in the NYC police department. Working the beat as a rookie street
cop, Rogers uncovers a plot by the Grey Gargoyle to try out a new stone
formula that requires Element X. Soon Captain America and his partner
Falcon team up with S.H.I.E.L.D. to stop the Gargoyle from stealing the world's
supply of Element X from a its mountain fortress facility.
- Continuity
Notes
- Fury
cover appearance on #141 with Sharon
Carter (in stone!)
- Appearance
by Dum Dum and Sharon Carter.
- Sharon
Carter is the head of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s
psyche squad and has
a PHD
in metaphysical
psychology(!)
- The
helicarrier (the original)
is destroyed.
A second
is ready at story's
end.
- Plan
D refers
to the
helicarrier's
self
destruct sequence.
Its life
capsules
detach
from
the hull
of the
ship
and unite
to form
a ring
before landing.
- Captain
America's bike somehow survives the explosion and is picked up by
Cap in issue #161
- Reprinted
in Essential Captain America 3
Review
Silly Silver Age fun with the full Captain America cast, including
Fury, Dugan and rather woeful Sharon Carter. Fury does nothing
more then cameo
for the first few issues, but he soon rounds out
the cast and joins the action
as the setting switches to the Element X facility.
Some great shots of the helicarrier, here called the 'heli-cruiser',
including its evacuation
in light of a self destruct order. The dialogue has
some real groaners, including Cap's "Don't go feminine on me, honey" and
everyone going batty over Fury's order to go to "Plan D".
Well worth a read, although the helicarrier's demise
is rather undramatic.
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