Marvel Released May 1983

Captain America #281 (1983) First Print

Captain America #281 is an issue of the Captain America series from Marvel, released May 1, 1983. Written by J. M. DeMatteis with artwork by Mike Zeck. This page represents the regular first-print edition. Separate pages are available for the 2 incentive, retailer-exclusive and later-printing variant covers.

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Published May 1983
Cover Price $0.60
Pages 32

"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.