strange tales #114 Cap app?

[howlingdog]

Is strange tales #114 considered a Capt.America app? and if so is it a key?

[*Bronze age fan*]

It is to me. Awesome Cap cover! Add me to the club.

 

 

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[Dick Pontoon]

I wish I had a picture of mine handy.

 

I'd say it's an important book but don't know if I'd call it a key.

[howlingdog]

nice copy1 I just picked up a raw copy,will send for grading next time I submit

[MagnetoWasRight]

One of my favorite covers, definitely a key in my mind anyway. I'm in...

 

[pmpknface]

It's kind of a key. It's the first time Cap had appeared in a comic in nearly 10 years. However it's actually the Acrobat, and not Cap but you don't find that out until the end. That said, it's killer Kirby cover, so who cares!

[chrisco37]

Love this book. My copy:

 

[Jaydogrules]

Not a "key" and not his real first SA appearance, but wasn't this story used as a test of sorts to see how readers responded to or if they wanted to see cap back? If so, that's pretty neat. And we obviously know how things eventually turned out.

 

-J.

[porcupine48]

I've always considered it his first app. in the SA.People will freak and argue and go .... But it is presented as Cap on the cover,most of the story...if it's just a try out then so is TTA 27....AntMan could have been bee man if that months competing try out had fared better...a good what if story?

[porcupine48]

Love this book. My copy:

 

And that's a sexy copy.

[chrisco37]

Strange Tales had some awesome covers.

[porcupine48]

Indeed. #60 may be my favourite.

[howlingdog]

So I guess it doesn't count as a Captain America app,as it is an imposter

[howlingdog]

Or since a few different characters have been Cap over the years, it does count

[Dick Pontoon]

Don't have a copy in front of me, but IIRC it's been broken out with at least a note in Overstreet for years and also IIRC the story was done to test the waters prior to bringing back the real Cap.

[*Bronze age fan*]

I've always considered it his first app. in the SA.People will freak and argue and go .... But it is presented as Cap on the cover,most of the story...if it's just a try out then so is TTA 27....AntMan could have been bee man if that months competing try out had fared better...a good what if story?

 

 

I am not freaking or arguing. I feel the same way about this comic. Should be his first silver age appearance.

[Comicdey]

First IMO

 

Heck TOS 33 has a hulk appearance with a picture on a wall.

 

Cap might not have shown up at all if he didn't get a good response.

 

I like it more than Avengers 4 although the man in ice trick is pretty big and important.

[Chicago Boy]

correctamundo on the test phase..........great cover, fun story

[thehumantorch]

So I guess it doesn't count as a Captain America app,as it is an imposter

 

It's not his first appearance and I wouldn't classify it as a key but it's an important book. Great cover and an iconic appearance of a great GA cover. Can you imagine what it would be like back in the day for a long time comic reader to see that cover on the stands? And Stan Lee's blurb at the end asking if you'd like to see the real Captain America return should qualify it as at least a prototype appearance.

[zosocane]

ST 114: a bad guy wearing a Cap costume. Not a key. A nice-to-have book with a nice cover. A must for Cap fans.