Captain America Annual 3 p 14 (January 1976)
by Jack Kirby (1917-1994) and Frank Giacoia (1924-1988)
13 x 20 in., ink on paper
Coppola Collection

Early in the return run that Kirby had on Captain America. His first issue was #193 (January 1976), and this Annual also carries that publication date.

“The Thing From the Black Hole Star”

Cap meets the pilot who calls himself ‘the Captive.” He explains that he escaped from a black hole after a million year effort and that Galactic warships were sent to retrieve him. Soon after, outside, Cap battles the arriving Combatron, holding it off so long that the frustrated Commander ignites its self-destruct with a heat ray, then sends Magnoid robots instead.