Descrizione
CAPITAN AMERICA EDITORIALE CORNO
ALBO ORIGINALE DEL 1973
IN QUESTO NUMERO 3 EPISODI COMPLETI DI CAP
contiene inoltre : X – MEN dove nelle ultime pagine si arruola nelle fila dei mutanti malvagi di Magneto anche quello subacqueo ma sempre senza muta anche in inverno e pure nei mari artici, ovvero il sempre fradicio principe Namor
CONDIZIONI : MOLTO BUONE, DI BUSTA, LACERAZIONE RICOMPOSTA NELLA PARTE INFERIORE DEL RETROCOPERTINA, PICCOLA SCRITTA A BIRO IN COPERTINA, DISCRETA USURA IN COSTOLA, REFERENDUM INTERNO PARZIALMENTE COMPILATO A MATITA
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“The Red Skull Supreme!” / L’ AGGUATO
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Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Artificial Being created by the Cosmic Cube
Locations:
- Red Skull’s Island Stronghold (Destroyed)
Items:
- Cosmic Cube
- Captain America’s Shield
- Captain America’s Uniform
- Red Skull’s Golden Armor & Sword
Synopsis
The Red Skull now has in his possession
the Cosmic Cube, a device created by AIM that would allow it’s user to
shape reality to their whims, and the only person to stop the Skull from
using it is his arch nemesis Captain America.
Cap’s first attack is easily defended, and the Skull tells Cap
how after he destroys his old foe he will use the cube to make the
entire human race his slave and then root out the weak in order to
create an army of the strongest people on the planet to launch war
against the rest of the universe.
The Skull then creates a humanoid out of the islands very soil
and sets it to attack Captain America until he grows tired and sends the
creature into limbo. When he is about to do the same thing to Captain
America himself, Cap tricks the Skull into sparing him by convincing him
that the greatest victory would have his greatest foe, humbled and
subservient to nobody but the Skull.
Finding this idea appealing, the Skull accepts and then creates
himself a suit of knightly armor to match his perceived destiny to be
king of the world. When “knighting” Captain America, Cap uses it as the
perfect opportunity to catch the Skull off guard and knock the cube out
of his grasp. During their fight to get the cube back the Skull uses it
to try and destroy Cap by tearing the island apart. However in the
scuffle Cap manages to knock the cube out of Skull’s hand making it lost
at sea and the Skull falls in right after it, the weight of his armor
dragging him to the ocean floor. Cap survives the experience, presuming
that the Skull had died, as for the cube, it is lost at the bottom of
the sea.
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“The Maddening Mystery of the Inconceivable Adaptoid!” / L’ AGGHIACCIANTE MISTERO DELL’ INCREDIBILE ADATTOIDE
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- A.I.M.
- Adaptoid (First appearance)
- Count Bornag Royale
Other Characters:
- Bucky Barnes (Photo)
- The Adaptoid imitates the following people:
- Agent Axis (First appearance)
- Fang the Warlord (first silver age appearance)
- Bucky
- Sgt Duffy
- Quicksilver
- Scarlet Witch
- Edwin Jarvis
- Captain America
Locations:
Items:
Synopsis
One night while alone in Avengers Mansion, Captain America is once
again reminiscing about his past during World War 2 when he is briefly
visited by Jarvis. Deciding to check on the ready room one more time, he
is suddenly attacked by his old World War 2 foe, Agent Axis, who
vanishes as suddenly as he appears.
When checking the monitor room he is soon interrupted by a
communication from yet another old World War 2 foe: Fang the Warlord.
Fearing that he may be losing his mind, he soon finds himself living a
vivid fantasy where he and his late partner Bucky are in a car fleeing
the Nazi’s the two fight off their attackers before Cap realizes this is
yet another strange hallucination.
Next he sees what he believes to be Sgt. Duffy and a troops on a
hike, and soon grows faint to be helped who appear to be Quicksilver and
the Scarlet Witch. When Cap asks what they are doing in New York when
last he heard they were in Europe trying to get their lost powers back,
it turns out that it was really Jarvis he was talking to.
Elsewhere, a group of SHIELD agents have uncovered an AIM
facility where they find Count Royal, an AIM operative who has released
something that they learn is called an “Adaptoid.”
Back at Avengers Mansion as Jarvis places the unconscious Captain
America in his bed, Jarvis soon also suddenly transforms into the
Adaptoid, which then takes on the shape of Captain America, and takes
Cap’s shield.
Notes
- Agent Axis was not actually a Marvel character, but a golden age character from the DC universe.
It seems either Stan Lee or Jack Kirby confused this when
writing/drawing this issue. Agent Axis will appear later as an
halluncination in Captain America #162 (in Italy in CAPC # 74). Eventually, The Agent was retconned and created for the Marvel Universe by Roy Thomas. Agent Axis is properly introduced in Invaders Annual #1 (in Italy in THC # 209) .
Trivia
- The splash page of the Captain America story lists this credit: Irving Forbush sharpened the pencils.
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“Enter… The Tumbler!” / LA MISSIONE DELL’ ADATTOIDE !
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Items:
Locations:
Synopsis
Having taken the form of Captain
America, the Adaptoid is startled by the sudden appearance made by the
Tumbler, a crook who has studied acrobatics in the hopes of earning a
reputation by defeating Captain America. While the Adaptoid battles the
Tumbler (doing poorly, because while he has Cap’s abilities he doesn’t
have Cap’s experience) the real Captain America manages to get loose and
defeat the Tumbler, and tie both his doppelganger and the intruder and
calls the police. After turning the Tumbler over to the police, Jarvis
helps Captain America take the bound Adaptoid to Goliath’s lab until the
other Avengers return. Left alone in the lab the Adaptoid resumes it’s
original form and plots it’s escape…
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“Trapped: One X-Man” / INTRAPPOLATO UN X-MAN ! (2a parte)
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Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
- Magno-Ship
- Asteroid M spaceships
Synopsis
Continued from last issue…
Magneto attempts to
brainwash Angel.
The X-Men try to decide what to do with the Toad when he suddenly
falls into a trance. The Toad’s only thoughts are that he has to return
to Magneto. He pulls out a communicator and summons a capsule for the
sky. The X-Men decide to go with the Toad to wherever he is heading in
order to find Angel. The X-Men appear on Asteroid M to the
Brotherhood’s surprise. Magneto heads over to activate a switch
designed to kill the X-Men with the push of a button, but the console is
sabotaged by the Scarlet Witch because she cannot tolerate murder.
Magneto and the two siblings argue over their loyalties giving the X-Men
enough time to free the Angel and attack.
The fighting causes some extensive damage to the space station
which causes it to start to fall apart. Cyclops is trapped in a section
of the asteroid that breaks off right away. Iceman has to create an ice
tunnel so that Angel can go and rescue Cyclops. Before the asteroid is
fully destroyed, the X-Men use the capsule to return to Earth. When
the X-Men return to the mansion they try to tell Professor Xavier what
had occurred. Professor Xavier informs them that he was able to follow
everything, because he did not lose his telepathy. Since the X-Men
performed this solo mission perfectly, they passed their final exams and
the narrator informs that their training is over.
Notes
- Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch show resistance, albeit slight, to Magneto’s way of thinking. This is also evident in X-Men #4 (in Italy in CAPC # 6).
However, the Scarlet Witch feels she owes her life to Magneto and
Quicksilver will not abandon her, creating an seemingly uneasy
submission on their part towards Magneto’s wishes. - Toad also shows sympathy towards the X-Men after Magneto
shoves Cyclops into space, crying out to Magneto “You’re making a
mistake” (pg. 23)
Trivia
- This battle marks the end of the X-Men’s training as students at the school.
- Cyclops almost floats away into space in this issue. Luckily
everyone is able to hold their breath in space while both talking and
Iceman builds an ice bridge around them on Asteroid M. - This issue marks the first time Xavier reveals he intentionally decieved the X-Men.
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“Sub-Mariner Joins the Evil Mutants!” / SUB-MARINER SI UNISCE AI MUTANTI MALVAGI ! (1a parte)
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Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- United States of America
- Atlantic Ocean
- Magneto’s Island
- Atlantis
- Sub-Mariner’s undersea castle
Items:
Synopsis
Professor Xavier reads a newspaper article about the Sub-Mariner. He
begins to wonder whether or not the Sub-Mariner is a mutant. Meanwhile
Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants are at their new
headquarters on an island somewhere in the ocean pondering the same
thing. Magneto decides to try and recruit the Sub-Mariner by projecting
his astral form under the ocean. Professor Xavier does the same thing
from the mansion, but decides to hide his astral form when he senses
Magneto’s astral form nearby.
Magneto finds Namor’s underwater kingdom, but decides not to
approach the Sub-Mariner following an outburst that he witnesses.
Instead Magneto approaches one of the other Atlanteans and makes a deal
with him. In exchange for delivering a message from him, Magneto claims
that the Atlantean can become the new ruler of Atlantis if the
Sub-Mariner joins the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
Continued to next issue…
Trivia
- Namor is established to be a mutant. He was already mentioned as “possibly the first known mutant” in Fantastic Four Annual #1 (in Italy in F4C #15). At this point in time, Namor was mainly appearing as a recurring character in the Fantastic Four series.
- This is the first mention of a “cook” for the X-Men, but one has yet to be revealed.
- Iceman uses his ice powers to make pie a la mode in this
issue. Unfortunately, the editors ignored the need for cream when making
ice cream and Bobby would have really only eaten ice. - Magneto apparently shows telepathic powers in this issue as he
sends forth a mental image as an ambassador to Prince Namor. This is
the same mental power Professor X uses to look for Namor. It is even
stated that Magneto’s mind is second in the world to Professor X’s
capability.
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