COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Captain America 314 Modern
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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0952216005
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Owner:
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The Captain
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
February, 1986
"Asylum"
Mark Gruenwald - Writer
Paul Neary - Penciler
Paul Neary - Cover Artist
Dennis Janke - Inker
Ken Feduniewicz - Colorist
Diana Albers - Letterer
Michael Carlin - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
On Earth-712, Nighthawk enters Professor Imam's Temple of Contemplation. Imam tells Nighthawk he has been expecting him, and knows why he is there - Nighthawk wants help in overthrowing his former teammates the Squadron Supreme, who have taken control of the US government as part of their Utopia Program. Imam tells Nighthawk he hasn't the strength to aid him physically as he needs to save himself to train his successor as Sorceror Supreme in 443 years' time, but says he can help by transporting Nighthawk to a place where the Squadron had found aid before - Earth-616. Imam transports him there, with a warning that he will be returned in 12 hours' time.
Nighthawk materialises in the basement gymnasium of Avengers Mansion while Captain America is in the midst of a training session. Cap intially mistakes Nighthawk's appearance as an attack and fights him, but Nighthawk surrenders and convinces him of his identity. Nighthawk tells Cap about the Squadron Supreme's Utopia Program, and convinces him that the Squadron are on the verge of a dictatorship that will destroy individual freedom.
Notes:
- This issue is something of an homage to DC Comics' Batman - Nighthawk has long been seen as a pastiche of Batman himself, and the cover of the issue, with Cap and the Batman-like Nighthawk fighting Nighthawk's outlandish foes on an oversized prop recalls classic Detective Comics covers. Nighthawk's foes, with their habit of picking targets based on their codenames, recall Batman's classic villains. Mink in particular - a thrill-seeking jewel thief with an animal-themed identity and a flirtatious relationship with her enemy, bears strong similarities to DC Comics' Catwoman. In the Magic Carpet nightclub, a patron wonders if Nighthawk had a TV show once - a reference to the 1960s Batman TV series.
- This issue contains a letters page, American Grafitti. Letters are published from Dusty Semo, John Lehre, R. Zander, T.B. Gay, and Mark Hatoff.
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