Captain America 117

"There is no place on Earth where he can hide from us! No place on Earth where he can be safe... where the Skull can escape the combined power of the Exiles!"

- Krushki

"The Coming of... The Falcon!" is the story title to the 117th issue of the first volume of the Captain America ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Stan Lee with artwork by Gene Colan and inks by Joe Sinnott. Colan and Sinnott also provided the cover art composition for this issue with some slight alterations conducted by John Romita. The story was lettered by Sam Rosen and edited by Stan Lee. No colorist credit is provided for this issue. This issue shipped with a September, 1969 cover date and carried a cover price of 15 cents per copy (US).

Appearances

 * Captain America, Steve Rogers/Johann Shmidt


 * The Falcon, Sam Wilson


 * Red Skull, Steve Rogers/Johann Shmidt
 * Angelo Baldini
 * Eric Gruning
 * Franz Cadavus
 * Iron-Hand Hauptmann
 * Ivan Krushki
 * General Ching
 * M.O.D.O.K., George Tarleton


 * Redwing


 * A.I.M.
 * Exiles
 * Nazis


 * Humans
 * Altered humans


 * Atlantic Ocean
 * Sargasso Sea
 * Exile Island


 * Captain America's shield





Notes & Trivia

 * This is the first appearance of Sam Wilson as The Falcon. He will become a major supporting character in issues of both Captain America and The Avengers.