Captain America #389 for Sale - First Appearance of Ferocia - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue: #389
Publication date: Early August 1991
Key date: 1991-08-00
On-sale date: 1991
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $1.00; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Voletta Todd - 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 Superia Strategem Part Three of Six	cover	1	pencils: Ron Lim; inks: Art Thibert	Captain America, Steve Rogers
1	Pageant of Power	comic story	17	script: Mark Gruenwald; pencils: Rik Levins; inks: Danny Bulanadi; colors: Christie Scheele; letters: Joe Rosen	Anaconda, Asp, Battleaxe First, Black Mamba, Blackbird First, Bloodlust, Bombshell, Robin Braxton, Captain America, Joanna Cargill, Wendy Conrad, Dansen Macabre, Ann Darnell, Rita DeMara
2	Kidnaped	comic story	5	script: Mark Gruenwald; pencils: Larry Alexander; inks: Bud La Rosa; colors: Kevin Tinsley; letters: Ul Higgins	Blitzkrieg, Crossbones, Hauptmann Deutschland, Machinesmith, Franz Mittelstaedt, Mother Night, Red Skull, Brock Rumlow, Samuel Saxon, Susan Scarbo, Johann Shmidt, Sleeper
3	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee, Barry Dutter; pencils: John Romita, Rick Parker; inks: John Romita, Rick Parker; colors: John Romita, Rick Parker
4	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; barcode 07148602453809
Australian	price 1.50 AUD; barcode 07148602453811

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Superia Stratagem ISBN 978-1-302-91620-6	2019	On eBay ›
Captain America by Mark Gruenwald Omnibus #3 ISBN 978-1-302-96881-6	2026	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

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

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