This issue of Captain America launches a new three-part storyline under the broader "Fighting Chance" arc that began in issue #425, following the decline of Steve Rogers' health as his super-soldier serum breaks down. Here we meet a new character (seen as the cover), inspired by Captain America, who will eventually help him accommodate his... Continue Reading →
Like the previous Avengers post, this one is a catch-all of sorts, gathering all of Captain America's appearances with the team these four months—and the number of them is quite impressive, considering his reduced physical capabilities (explained in March's Captain America #425). We'll see in the Avengers storyline that he is even less active in... Continue Reading →
These two issues comprise a mini-crossover (that technically began in the last issues of both titles) that brings Captain America together once again with Jack Monroe, the Bucky of the 1950s who later took up Cap's former identity of Nomad, but went in a decidedly different direction with it. (Hint: the rifle.) Captain America #421... Continue Reading →
Infinity Crusade is the final installment of Jim Starlin's original "Infinity Trilogy," once again taking place among the cosmic entities of the Marvel Universe, well above the head of "normal" heroes such as Captain America. Cap appears even less in this miniseries than the previous two, spending most of it under the thrall of the... Continue Reading →
This one-shot brings Captain America together with the latest Ghost Rider (Danny Ketch) for the first time (Cap having faced the O.G.R., Johnny Blaze, in Avengers #214). Although this story focuses more on the newer hero, it does provide some insights into Cap's feelings on a number of issues (as well as some incredible pencil-work... Continue Reading →
These two issues finish up the current storyline involving the Red Skull and his cronies, also featuring the current Thor, Eric Masterson, whom Captain America has been mentoring recently in both this title as well as Avengers and Thor's own book. Issue #396 picks up where the last one left off, with Cap and Thor... Continue Reading →
This is a fun graphic novel with a combined Avengers team made up of East Coast and West Coast members, working alongside the mutant team Freedom Force to combat a prison break led by Venom and featuring a huge number of super-criminals. (I think this is the first time Captain America has met Venom, no?)... Continue Reading →
This issue serves as a bit of a breather after "The Crossing Line," told in the previous six issues, and also as the conclusion to the Avengers Support Crew tale from the back-ups in the same issues (including the one featuring Peggy Carter in issue #322). There, the members of the Crew were brainwashed by... Continue Reading →
These two issues pick up the "Streets of Poison" story begun in the last, which ended with Captain America caught in an explosion in a warehouse where he was investigating a new drug called Ice. We won't see much of the Black Widow, who, as one of the covers above suggests, "meets" Diamondback, but we... Continue Reading →
Despite the cover shown to the right, this graphic novel is really a Doctor Doom story that features the Avengers: My copy has "Emperor Doom" in large letters at the top and "Starring the Mighty Avengers" in much smaller print below it. As such, I certainly can't do justice to the main part of the... Continue Reading →
THE VIRTUES OF CAPTAIN AMERICA 