Captain America #155 for Sale - First Appearance of Electro - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue: #155
Publication date: November 1972
Key date: 1972-11-00
On-sale date: 1972-08-08
Indicia publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price: $0.20
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Man With No Face - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Secret Origin of Captain America!	cover	1	pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Sam Rosen	Bucky, Captain America, Electro First, Ivan Kronov First, Albert Malik, Man With No Face First, Jack Monroe, Red Skull
2	The Incredible Origin of the Other Captain America!	comic story	20	script: Steve Englehart, Don Rico; pencils: Sal Buscema, John Romita; inks: Frank McLaughlin, John Romita; letters: Jean Izzo	Bucky, Captain America, Captain America, Sharon Carter, Electro First, Falcon, Ivan Kronov First, Albert Malik, Man With No Face First, Jack Monroe, Red Skull, Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson
10	Gangway, World! Madcap Marvel Marches Merrily On!	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee	The Cat [Greer Grant Nelson]
11	-	letters page	1	colors: ? (masthead design); letters: typeset

Plus 13 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Essential Captain America #3 ISBN 0-7851-2166-8	2006	On eBay ›
Captain America: The Legacy of Captain America #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-5092-3	2011	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Captain America #7 ISBN 978-0-7851-8799-8	2014	On eBay ›
Hero or Hoax? ISBN 978-1-302-91003-7	2018	On eBay ›
Captain America Omnibus #3 ISBN 978-1-302-93042-4	2021	On eBay ›
Comic Book Creator #37	2025	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

‹ #15456 of 355#156 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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