Captain America 1968 #110 - 7.5 - $155.00

Cap runs across the Hulk on a rampage in NYC. The Hulk escapes and Cap vows Rick must never put himself in danger until the monster can be tamed. Back at Avengers Mansion Rick finds Bucky Barnes' old uniform, and rejects Cap's protests against wearing it. After putting him off for years, Cap finally accepts Rick officially as his new partner. Almost immediately they uncover a plot by HYDRA to contaminate the city's water supply. After a series of battles the HYDRA goons are driven off, and Cap tells Rick he survived his "baptism of fire" like a man.

On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• - This new logo was used until October 1982. Possible logo design credit from Todd Klein via his Facebook posting Comics Logos C #10: CAPTAIN AMERICA on 6 July 2021. Originally credit to Jim Steranko. Per Klein, Steranko told him he did not create this logo.
• - Inside front cover. Ad for a variety of novelty items from the Johnson Smith Company.
• No Longer Alone! - Steranko plot per letter from the artist in Fantastic Fanzine # 12, 1970. Steranko explained: "My Captain America tales were..written by Stan Lee over my plots (the idea of reinstating Rick Jones as another Bucky was Stan's directive" Part 1 of 3. James Bond had faced a "Madame Spectra" in the 007 newspaper strip story "The Spy Who Loved Me" in The Daily Express (December 18, 1967-October 3, 1968); see James Bond 007 #[7] (Titan Books, August 2005). Last previous appearance of HYDRA in Strange Tales #159 (July 1967); its subsidiary, A.I.M., had effectively split off to become a separate organization and continued to crop up in the Nick Fury, Captain America & Iron Man series. Cap had first asked Rick to be his partner back in The Avengers #4 (March 1964)but hesitated because he did not want to place a teenager in danger. The sequence in the sewers is strikingly similar to the one in "Spy Ambush" in Captain America Comics #10 (January 1942). The Spirit had also once faced a female villain who planned to poison NYC's water supply in an early story.
• 80,000 Candlepower - Advertisement for a torch to use while skin diving from Freeman Electric Co. Located between story pages 3 and 4.
• - Promo for inflatable Spider-Man and Thor plastic pillows. $1.50 each plus 15 cents postage. Also Marvel super-hero t-shirts featuring Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, Thor, and the Hulk. $2.00 each including postage. And The Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit for $1.00. Two mail-in coupons: Marvel Comics Group (Dept. PP or Dept. AJ) 625 Madison Ave., N.Y.C., N.Y 10022. Located between story pages 6 and 7.
• - Send for free booklet on how to finish high school at home. Between story pages 6 and 7.
• Missile Firing Tank - Sold by Honor House Products. Located between story pages 9 and 10 on top half of page.
• - Ad soliciting salespeople for newspaper. Between pages 9 and 10 on lower half of page.
• Shop by Mail; Stamps - A series of thumbnail advertisements for a range of products, including back-issue comics, between story pages 15 and 16.
• Shop by Mail - A series of thumbnail advertisements for a range of products, including back-issue comics, between story pages 18 and 19.
• - Includes Items, Stan's Soapbox, and The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
• - Ad for karate book and life-size dummy, $1.98.
• - Letters from: Robin Stover, Bruce Dravis, Eric Nash, Brian Clancey, Roger Vanous, Albert Rodriquez, Kenwood Dennard, and Joe Trainor. The page also includes Know Ye These and the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
• - House ad for Amazing Spider-Man #69 (February 1969) and Doctor Strange #177 (February 1969), both advertised as "Now On Sale". Covers are depicted.
• - Inside back cover. Ad for a weight gain product.
• - Back cover.