Captain America – Issue #5 1988 Turkish Comic Turkey #171 #172 #173 #174

Captain America – Issue #5 (Turkish Edition, Alfa Yayınları, 1988)

Description:

This comic book is Issue No. 5 of the Turkish Captain America series published by Alfa Yayınları in 1988. Released during a period when full-color printing was prohibitively expensive in Turkey, this edition was produced in black and white, using a distinctive local production method. Original American comic artwork was carefully retraced and redrawn by Turkish artists, resulting in a unique visual interpretation that sets these editions apart from their U.S. counterparts.

The Captain America series by Alfa Yayınları launched on April 1, 1988, and was issued on a biweekly schedule, ultimately running for a total of 20 issues. Starting in February 1989, the publisher began releasing the series again under the label “Süper Cilt”, issuing 10 collected volumes on a monthly basis.These “Super Volumes” were not newly produced editions in the modern sense. Instead, they typically consisted of previously published, unsold individual issues, gathered together and repackaged under a new cover, a common practice in Turkish comic publishing at the time.

Although labeled as Issue No. 5 in Turkey, this publication compiles material from the original Marvel Captain America issues #171, #172, #173, and #174. This makes it especially appealing to collectors, as it offers multiple consecutive original issues within a single Turkish release. For collectors of international editions, Turkish Alfa Yayınları comics are highly regarded for their historical context, distinctive black-and-white artwork, and their role in introducing Marvel heroes to a wider local audience during the late 1980s.

Key Features:

• Series: Captain America (Alfa Yayınları Turkish Series)

• Turkish Title: Kaptan Amerika

• Issue Number: No. 5

• Original Content: Collects Captain America #171–174 (Marvel Comics)

• Publication Year: 1988

• Publisher: Alfa Yayınları

• Release Format: Biweekly series 

• Total Series Run: 20 issues 

• Language: Turkish

• Print Style: Black and white; locally redrawn artwork

• Format: Softcover comic book

• Collector Appeal: Early Turkish Marvel edition; unique redraw production; multiple original U.S. issues in one volume