Marvel Released December 1985

Captain America #312 (1985) First Print

Captain America #312 is an issue of the Captain America series from Marvel, released December 1, 1985. Written by Mark Gruenwald with artwork by Paul Neary. Notable appearances include Flag Smasher. 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 December 1985

"Deface the Nation" MARK GRUENWALD (W) • PAUL NEARY (A&C)The premiere of yet another daringly different new foe for the star-sprangled Avenger. He calls himself FLAG-SMASHER, and his very mission dictates that Captain America become his greatest enemy!SynopsisThe issue begins with the United Nations being vandalized by a mysterious figure on a flying vehicle. Meanwhile, Cap gets a check for all his years in the service worth almost a million dollars. Cap feels like he didn't earn this money and decides that the only honest thing to do with it is use it to open up a direct hotline between him and the people. Cap gets everything he needs together and sets up a press conference to announce his new hotline. The mysterious villain from before decides to crash this event. He reveals himself as the Flag-Smasher and explains his ideals to Cap and the people. He uses the people as leverage to get to Cap, but a distraction gives Cap a means to defeat his opponent. Cap reflects on what happened and decides he can no longer hold public events like this.