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Marvel Comics   ·   Released May 1st, 1983

Captain America #281

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"Before the Fall!" 

After a night at the movies, Steve Rogers and Bernie are being followed home by Jack Monroe, the 1950's Bucky. In San Francisco, Spider-Woman tracks Viper to an abandoned warehouse only to find a recording of Viper. While Spider-Woman battles two vipers, Viper's recording explains she's not Spider-Woman's mother. Spider-Woman surmises that Morgan LeFey tricked both her and Viper. At Steve's apartment, Jack explains that he was rehabilitated by SHIELD but he has nowhere to go. Steve offers his apartment and to help him acclimate to the present. Meanwhile, Viper learns that Spider-Woman escaped her trap. Viper kills the agent that told her and feeds his body to her giant vipers. Later, Cap takes Bucky on patrol until the Constrictor attacks. Constrictor easily defeats Bucky and Viper's agents surprise Cap from behind. Constrictor and the agents take Cap and go leaving a distraught Bucky behind.

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Creators

J. M. DeMatteis
Writer
J. M. DeMatteis
Mike Zeck
Penciller, Cover Artist
Mike Zeck
Bob Sharen
Colorist
Bob Sharen
Letterer
Diana Albers
Jim Shooter
Editor
Jim Shooter
Mark Gruenwald
Editor
Mark Gruenwald

Characters

Bernadette Rosenthal
Bernadette Rosenthal
Earth-616
Bucky
James Barnes
Bucky
Earth-616
Captain America
Steve Rogers
Captain America
Earth-616
Constrictor
Frank Payne
Constrictor
Earth-616
Doctor Faustus
Johann Fennhoff
Doctor Faustus
Earth-616
Jack Monroe
Jack Monroe
Earth-616
Red Skull
Johann Schmidt
Red Skull
Earth-616
Spider-Woman
Jessica Drew
Spider-Woman
Earth-616
Viper
Ophelia Sarkissian
Viper
Earth-616

Key Events

First Appearance
Jack Monroe as Nomad Earth-616

Collected In

  • Captain America Epic Collection: Monsters and Men TP
    Captain America Epic Collection: Monsters and Men TP
    Captain America Epic Collection (2014)

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