Captain America 298 Marvel 1984 Definitive Red Skull Origin Bronze Age Comic NM For Sale

The issue that finally sat down and explained where the Red Skull came from. Captain America #298, October 1984, 60 cents, direct edition - the DEFINITIVE ORIGIN RETELLING of the Red Skull, filling in Johann Shmidt\'s childhood, his recruitment and the making of Marvel\'s most durable fascist villain. Written by Michael Carlin with art by Paul Neary, it is the version subsequent writers and the films have drawn from. Stated accurately: this is the definitive origin issue, not a first appearance - the Red Skull debuted in Captain America Comics #7 in 1941. Condition: raw and ungraded, NM-appearing with sharp corners, tight spine and clean cover. Bagged and boarded. From a smoke-free home. Ships in a rigid comic mailer with a board and tracking.