This twelve-part series paid tribute to the original run of Fantastic Four by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby by imagining new stories occurring between issue #100 and issue #101, with the writing and art done by a team of stellar comics professionals as an homage to Stan and Jack. Captain America appears in only three of the... Continue Reading →
These five issues of Thunderbolts see Captain America assume leadership of the Redeemers, the government-sanctioned successor to the Thunderbolts, after Hawkeye cuts a deal with the government in issue #50, surrendering to federal custody to guarantee the rest of the Thunderbolts immunity for their unlawful activities. It's a long story which also involves Jack Monroe, the... Continue Reading →
This issue of Black Panther reveals Captain America's first meeting with the King of Wakanda—not T'Challa, whom he met in Tales of Suspense #97, but rather his father T'Chaka, whom he met in early 1941, months before the United States entered World War II. (This meeting would later be expanded and revised in the Captain... Continue Reading →
These three issues of Captain America primarily deal with our hero's ongoing conflict with Connie Ferrari and the long-simmering mystery surrounding her brother David, whom she believes was killed in a hazing episode in the military for being gay, but in actuality Nick Fury has found him alive and (reasonably) well. (We also get a... Continue Reading →
This issue finishes the story begun in the last issue, in which both parts of Captain America's life began to converge. As the Sentinel of Liberty, he is working with Sharon Carter and SHIELD to bring down AIM before they can create another Protocide, while as Steve Rogers he is growing more uncomfortable with his... Continue Reading →
These issues herald a new era for Earth's Mightiest Heroes and their book, as Captain America returns to the team full-time, and writer Kurt Busiek is joined by the legendary team of Alan Davis and Mark Farmer on pencils and inks (respectively) for the first six issues, the last three of which also launch "The... Continue Reading →
This issue strikes a solemn note, as Captain America gets reflective about the nature of war and is reminded of the circumstances of the "death" of his young partner Bucky Barnes, while at the same time conflicts deepen between him and his girlfriend Connie Ferrari regarding the legal services she provides to unsavory characters and... Continue Reading →
This issue completes the long Protocide storyline that began behind the scenes back in issue #25 but only involved Captain America as of issue #35, which culminates in an important choice for our hero. At the end of the last issue, in a Hydra warehouse, Protocide had defeated Cap and tossed him into the energy... Continue Reading →
These two issues of Avengers see Captain America continue his gradual and tentative return to the team what found him all those years ago. He doesn't appear in these issues extensively, but when he does, it is great to see him drawn by Steve Epting, familiar from his incredible work (with Tom Palmer's inks) on... Continue Reading →
This issue is the first in a two-part conclusion to the story of Protocide, the victim of a botched incomplete Project Rebirth process that left him mentally unhinged, after which he was manipulated by his handlers into believing Captain America stole his legacy (as explained in the 2000 Annual). The issue opens with Cap reflecting... Continue Reading →
THE VIRTUES OF CAPTAIN AMERICA 