Captain America #102 p 9 (June 1968)
by Jack Kirby (1917-1994) and Syd Shores (1916-1973)
13 x 20 in., ink on paper
Coppola Collection

50 years ago!

“The Sleeper Strikes” is the third of a 4-parter that kicked things off after the premiere of the first stand-alone Captain America book of the modern age. Naturally, Cap’s main nemesis, the Red Skull, was lurking around, along with a update on the biggest weapon the Skull ever devised: the Sleepers!

On this page, Captain America has failed in stopping the Red Skull from awakening a fourth Sleeper robot, which can become intangible and is destroying strategic US locations with its power blasts.

King Kirby all the way.

BTOOOM!