This two-part crossover between the Avengers and Ultraforce, the premier team of Malibu Comics—which by this point had been bought by Marvel Comics—is negligible as far as story relevance is concerned, and ambiguous in terms of how it fits into recent continuity. However, it is notable for some great art by George Pérez (co-creator of... Continue Reading →
These issues of Captain America and Avengers comprise the first half of the "Taking AIM" crossover, in which Captain America assembles a team of heroes to help him investigate strange energy emissions from AIM Island—which have also attracted the attentions of the Red Skull. The story begins in Captain America #440 as Cap asks his... Continue Reading →
This issue wraps up the final trilogy in the long "Fighting Chance" arc, and in it we see Captain America finally succumb to the gradual deterioration of the super-soldier serum in his body, spelling a very uncertain future for the Sentinel of Liberty. (Don't expect a last-minute deus ex machina to restore him at the... Continue Reading →
This one-off issue of Tales of Suspense honors the title in which Iron Man debuted in 1962 and in which Captain America had his first modern-age solo stories starting in 1964. They shared the title until 1968 when it changed to Captain America with issue #100 and Iron Man got his own shiny #1 (after... Continue Reading →
The second installment of the final trilogy in the "Fighting Chance" storyline—in which Captain America's metabolism starts to break down completely due to his deteriorating super-soldier serum—finds our hero with young hero Cathy Webster, aka Free Spirit, in Arizona, facing the Serpent Society, which has been infiltrated by another young hero, Jack Flag (né Harrison).... Continue Reading →
These two issues feature Captain America, first by himself and then with the Avengers, getting involved in Namor's business in reference to an attack on New York by the giant whale creature Giganto—an attack actually engineered by Llyra, a Lemurian mutant with limited shape-changing abilities, and Llyron, the child Llyra had with Namor's half-brother who... Continue Reading →
This issue continues the latest three-part story within the larger "Fighting Chance" arc chronicling Captain America's physical deterioration. In the last issue, Cap dragged Diamondback (who was trying to break things off with him) to Baron Zemo's castle in search of the abducted children whom the Americop was searching for in the last storyline. There,... Continue Reading →
In the final annual of the original run of Avengers, the team faces the dual threat of Loki and Pluto, who engage in the time-honored strategy of switching foes, with Loki taking on Hercules here while Pluto deals with the Odinson in Thor Annual #19. Captain America's failing health, consistently referenced in his appearances still... Continue Reading →
These two issues complete the tale of the mysterious new Super-Patriot posing as Captain America to ruin his reputation—alongside another person, Dead Ringer, who duplicates the appearance and abilities of dead villains—as well as the opening story in the longer "Fighting Chance" arc about Cap's deteriorating physical condition as the super-soldier serum in his system... Continue Reading →
This is the last issue of Captain America before the game-changing "Fighting Chance" storyline begins, and it sees our hero reunite with Diamondback at long last... as well as one of her former Serpent Society colleagues, in a story that reminds me of classic Spider-Man tales in which a member of his rogues gallery is... Continue Reading →
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