These two issues of Avengers continue the biweekly story "The Collection Obsession" that began in issues #334-335, at the end of which Captain America and the rest of the team had been defeated by the Brethren, who had until recently been prisoners of the Collector, and their leader Thane Ector, who absconded with Sersi as... Continue Reading →
Avengers #330-331, West Coast Avengers #69, and Web of Spider-Man #75-76 (March-May 1991)
The two issues of Avengers covered in this post finish up the storyline introducing Rage and involving the Tetrarchs of Entropy (which would make an awesome name for a death metal band) that began in issue #327. Captain America has a more active role in the first part, stepping back to supervise in the second,... Continue Reading →
Avengers #312, Fantastic Four #334, The Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger #9, and Quasar #5 (December 1989)
These four comics are not especially significant, but hey, Captain America was in a lot of books in late 1989! All of them tie in to the "Acts of Vengeance" event, described in the last post, although that matters little for our purposes here. Avengers #312 sees Cap return to the book after a month... Continue Reading →
Avengers Annual #18, West Coast Avengers Annual #4, Thor Annual #14, and Fantastic Four Annual #22 (October-November 1989)
These issues are just four of the fourteen chapters of "Atlantis Attacks," the crossover event among the Marvel Comics annuals in 1989. I won't even attempt to put these panels in the context of the story, especially since these issues comprise less than a third of it. Most of what I share here shows Captain... Continue Reading →
Avengers #308-310 and Fantastic Four #333 (October-November 1989)
These three issues of Avengers show Captain America and his teammates trying to save their fallen comrade Gilgamesh, so they seek out those in the best position to help: his fellow Eternals. But where are they? And what does it have to do with the Negative Zone and Blastaar, , both Fantastic Four concepts, seen... Continue Reading →
Avengers #305-307 (July-September 1989)
These three issues start with the assemblage of a new Avengers line-up (as well as a change in the status of the West Coast Avengers) before turning to a fight against the Lava Men (first seen here way back in Avengers #5). Issue #305 starts with Captain America welcoming almost all current and former members... Continue Reading →
Avengers #301-303 and Thor #402 (March-May 1989)
For our purposes, these three issues of Avengers are notable mainly for the conflict they show between Captain America and Reed Richards, both accustomed to leading their teams while only one presently does. As a bonus, we see the opening page from an issue of Thor that does not seem to fit where it's supposed... Continue Reading →
Avengers #299-300 (January-February 1989)
These two issues see the Captain assemble the latest Avengers team and it is... definitely something. It is also his last story before the landmark Captain America #350, after which everything changes (in Stan Lee's sense of "change," at least). I'm impressed by how tightly the Avengers and Captain America comics were coordinated in these... Continue Reading →
Avengers #266 and Vision and the Scarlet Witch #7 (April 1986)
This epilogue to Secret Wars II focuses on the Molecule Man, not the Beyonder, and guest-stars the Silver Surfer (as seen on the cover) and the Fantastic Four (who didn't make the cut, apparently, or else Reed forgot when the photo shoot was). With this issue we finally say goodbye to this sad sequel to... Continue Reading →
Captain America #314, Avengers #264, and Secret Wars II #8 (February 1986)
This time around we cover all three of a month's appearances of Captain America in one post: Most of Cap's action in February 1986 occurs in his own title, where he struggles with issues of duty and extradimensional jurisdiction, while he features in just one page of each of this month's Avengers and Secret Wars... Continue Reading →