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Captain America (1968 series) #124

Apr 1970 on-sale: Jan 6, 1970

Stan Lee
writer
 |  Gene Colan
penciler

Captain America (1968 series) #124 cover

Story Name:

Mission: Stop the Cyborg!


Synopsis

Captain America (1968 series) #124 synopsis by reviewer Peter Silvestro
Rating: 4 stars

Image from Captain America (1968 series) #124

Captain America is attacked in an alley by two A.I.M. assassins. He fights them off easily and they flee, though their dropped weapons dissolve when Cap tries to recover one for SHIELD to study….

At A.I.M. headquarters MODOK orders one of the failed killers eliminated and the other is offered the choice of death or the cyborg experiment. The assassin chooses to become a cyborg: he undergoes an elaborate series of treatments and emerges a huge, powerful, part-man, part-machine creature….

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Later, Cap stops by SHIELD HQ to settle things with Sharon; he demands that Nick Fury reassign her to a desk job and gets her to promise to take no more dangerous assignments. Turning on the scanner they see the A.I.M. cyborg robbing a bank by ripping the vault door off its hinges and escaping up a sheer wall. Sharon’s first instinct is to go after it but Cap reminds her of her promise….

Returning to MODOK, the cyborg is informed that this was merely a test before his real mission—destroying Captain America. Soon after this, Sharon relays a message to Cap that Fury wants to meet him at a building downtown. When Fury walks in moments later, Sharon realizes that she has sent Cap into a trap and heads to the address to warn him. She arrives at the site first and is attacked by the cyborg but Cap suddenly appears to battle the monster through the trap-filled house. The going looks rough for Cap until he uses an electrical wire to short out his foe’s power source. Sharon rushes into Cap’s arms but he, believing she was assigned to go there by Fury, pushes her away, angry that she broke her promise to stay out of danger. She did it only to save the man she loves but Cap won’t listen, as he walks off into the night….


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Characters
Good (or All)
CAP  
Captain America
(Steve Rogers)
DUMDUM  
Dum Dum Dugan
(Tim Dugan)
FURY  
Nick Fury
(Nicholas Fury)
SHIELD  
S.H.I.E.L.D.
(SHIELD)

Enemies
AIM  
A.I.M.
(AIM)
MODOK  
MODOK
(George Tarleton)

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Main/1st Story Full Credits

Gene Colan
Joe Sinnott
Unknown
Marie Severin (Cover Penciler)
Joe Sinnott (Cover Inker)
Marie Severin (Cover Colorist)
Additional Credits
Letterer: Sam Rosen.
Editor: Stan Lee.



Review / Commentaries


reviewer
Captain America (1968 series) #124 Review by (April 7, 2026)

Review: Issue starts with a nice action sequence, showcasing Gene Colan’s more kinetic art style. And MODOK then appears to recruit one of the hitmen to become a cyborg. The cyborg has a grumpy Boris Karloff face, flap ears, and a pointy hat; I would seek revenge against anyone who made me look like that but no, this guy is perfectly obedient. And for another questionable fashion choice, the A.I.M. agents’ buckethead uniforms are no longer yellow but hot pink. Wow!

Meanwhile, Cap objects to his girlfriend having a dangerous job and she defers to his masculinity but eventually she has to warn Cap about the trap—because cell phones haven’t been invented yet and, despite Dick Tracy having a two-way wrist radio, SHIELD doesn’t have a way to contact agents in the field. But Cap is still miffed despite her having risked her life to safe him because misunderstandings are what love is all about. But the second big battle scene makes up for the silly soap opera stuff.

Comments: In an unusual move the story starts on the cover and continues inside. Cap is an expert in karate, not surprising but I don’t think it was ever stated explicitly. Cap makes a joke about spy TV series MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (1966-1973), comparing the dissolving gun to the show’s self-destructing tapes; it’s the TV series that spawned the movie series with Tom Cruise and pretty good in its own right.






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