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Captain America (1968 series) #138

Jun 1971 on-sale: Mar 9, 1971

Stan Lee
writer
 |  John Romita
penciler

Captain America (1968 series) #138 cover

Story Name:

It Happens in Harlem!


Synopsis

Captain America (1968 series) #138 synopsis by reviewer Peter Silvestro
Rating: 4 stars

Realizing the Falcon is hiding something from him but unwilling to make an issue of it, Captain America takes leave of his partner. Falcon, hoping for another crack at Spider-Man, is attacked by Stone Face’s hoods; he beats them but is hit by the ganglord’s car and knocked unconscious. The crooks load him in their car and drive off….

Peter Parker checks to see if Harry Osborn is all right and he’s not, he is badly shaken by the experience. Pete consoles him with the thought that Falcon now knows Harry isn’t Spider-Man and won’t bother him again. Then he heads off as Spidey to locate the Falcon by means of the Spider-Tracer planted on him….

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Meanwhile, Steve is interrupted in his brooding about Sharon by Sam’s nephew Jody, come to warn them about Stone Face’s release on bail and desire for revenge. When Redwing arrives seeking Cap, Steve follows the bird into a heavy rainstorm, which delays his search….

At the same time, Spidey has located the Falcon in Stone Face’s limo and follows the group to the ganglord’s hideout. There, Stone Face meets with a representative of the Governor and demands a huge bribe not to interfere with the construction of a planned State office building in the neighborhood by instigating a riot. Spider-Man sneaks in and carries off the bound Falcon; when Falcon is released however, he tries to capture Spidey and ends up webbed to a bridge. Redwing swoops on Spidey, then Cap arrives on the scene and takes on Spidey but the three heroes quickly get things sorted out and head back to Stone Face’s lair. Spider-Man swings through and rescues the Governor’s aide while Cap and the Falcon subdue the gangsters. Outside minutes later, a mysterious figure in a car asks Captain America to accompany him. Cap makes his apologies to his partner and goes off, leaving the Falcon worried about him….


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Characters
Good (or All)
CAP  
Captain America
(Steve Rogers)
FALCON  
Falcon
(Sam Wilson)
SPIDERMAN  
Spider-Man
(Peter Parker)
Plus: Jody Casper (Toby).

Antagonists
Stone-Face.

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Main/1st Story Full Credits

John Romita
John Romita
Unknown
John Romita (Cover Penciler)
John Romita (Cover Inker)
Unknown (Cover Colorist)
Additional Credits
Letterer: Art Simek.
Editor: Stan Lee.



Review / Commentaries


reviewer
Captain America (1968 series) #138 Review by (October 7, 2026)

Review: So if Part One of every story about two heroes meeting for the first time is that they mistake each other for a bad guy and fight, then Part Two is that they get that all sorted out and team up to catch the real bad guy. And that’s what we have here, with all of the sorting out process taking more time and space than one would think necessary. It’s because they need to fill in a lot of pages since the three heroes tacking a two-bit local gangster is over in about five minutes. Enjoyable issue is an improvement over the last one and we get the rare sight of a villain in a dashiki.

Comments: Part two of two parts. Stone Face is now spelled as two words, no hyphen. Sam Wilson’s nephew Jody, introduced in issue #134, is called Toby several times on page 7; it’s back to Jody on page 16 so they pulled a Robert Bruce Banner and made his name officially Jody Toby Casper. First shadowy appearance of Police Commissioner Nathan Marvin. Tony Mortellaro is credited with inking the backgrounds, his credit hidden within the background on page one. 






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