These two issues launch the summer of 1992's six-part biweekly storyline, "Man and Wolf"—and if you don't know what this, you can all too easily guess. It's not a particularly ethically deep story—especially compared to the last issue—but we still find things to discuss, more so in the first half than the second (which we'll... Continue Reading →
This issue of Captain America serves as a coda to the "Operation: Galactic Storm" event that started in issue #398 and ended in last month's Avengers #347. It's also one of the most significant comics we've covered so far at this blog—and if you've been following along in recent posts, you can guess why. After... Continue Reading →
This issue launches the second monthly round of "Operation: Galactic Storm," a storyline that began in the last issue and, amidst all the high-stakes outer-space action, gradually reveals some ethical disagreements between Captain America and his fellow Avengers, especially Iron Man. Speaking of Tony, in our last installment, he surrendered to the Kree on behalf... Continue Reading →
These two issues continue the storyline focused on the Red Skull that began in the last issue and serves as a gap-filler between the last biweekly summer story, "The Superia Stratagem," and the line-wide crossover "Operation Galactic Storm" that starts in issue #398. The story itself is underwhelming, and much of these two issues deals... Continue Reading →
This issue serves as a transition between "The Superia Stratagem," which ended in the last issue, and the beginning of a five-part storyline focused on the Red Skull (with "Operation Galactic Storm" looming on the horizon beginning with issue #398). We're also introduced to Captain America's German counterpart, Hauptmann Deutschland, seen on the cover... but... Continue Reading →
These two issues complete the "Superia Stratagem" storyline that began in issue #387, when Diamondback and her friends were abducted from her Brooklyn home and taken to the cruise ship of Superia, who had gathered a motley crew of female supervillains for nefarious purposes. At the end of the last issue, Captain America and Paladin... Continue Reading →
These two issues of Captain America continue "The Superia Stratagem," the twice-monthly story that began in issue #387, in which Captain America and Paladin are looking for Diamondback and her friends, who were abducted from her Brooklyn home and taken to a cruise ship full of women supervillains. Also, Cap reconnects with Daredevil in an... Continue Reading →
These two issues are the beginning of "The Superia Stratagem," a six-part story published biweekly over the next three months. It is... not great, but nonetheless we will have interesting things to highlight regarding Captain America's ethical behavior, more of them in the first two issues than in the rest (when we will have assorted... Continue Reading →
This annual was the third and final installment (after 1991's Daredevil and Punisher annuals) in "The Von Strucker Gambit," in which Baron von Strucker sends three bounty hunters to track three superhuman agents who escaped from Hydra after being subject to experimental treatments. Captain America does not appear in either of the first two parts... Continue Reading →
This issue wraps up the story begun in the last issue, wherein Captain America fought with domestic terror group the Watchdogs, who unbeknownst to him have recruited his old neighbor Mike Farrel. As revealed on the cover, we also invite John Walker, aka USAgent, to the party, which also includes Cap's ex-fiancée Bernie Rosenthal, back... Continue Reading →
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