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120December 1969
$0.15

Captain America #120

Marvel · December 1969 · on sale 1969-09-09

First appearance: Grizzly
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Identification plate

Series
Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue
#120
Publication date
December 1969
Key date
1969-12-00
On-sale date
1969-09-09
Indicia publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Grizzly - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Crack-Up on Campus!cover1pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Sam RosenCaptain America, Grizzly First, Steve Rogers
2Crack-Up on Campus!comic story20script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan, John Romita; inks: Joe Sinnott, John Romita; letters: Sam RosenCaptain America, Dum Dum Dugan, Falcon, Nick Fury, Grizzly First, M.O.D.O.K., Redwing, Steve Rogers, George Tarleton, Sam Wilson
7-in-house column0.4script: ? (promo copy); letters: typesetSilver Surfer
10-letters page1script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Joe SinnottCaptain America [Steve Rogers]; Sharon Carter

Plus 13.6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Essential Captain America #2
ISBN 0-7851-0827-0		2002On eBay ›
Bucky Reborn
ISBN 978-1-302-90419-7		2017On eBay ›
Captain America Omnibus #2
ISBN 978-0-7851-9927-4		2016On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #11921 of 355#121 ›

Sources

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