This sequence of four issues from Nick Fury's "Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." series in Strange Tales (which he shared with a particularly strange doctor) featured Fury and Captain America as written and drawn by the legendary Jim Steranko, who would do the same for Cap's own title in early 1969 with issues #110, 111, and 113.... Continue Reading →
Avengers #25 (February 1966)
This issue sees the Avengers fight Doctor Doom for the first time, which should have been epic, but ol' Vic was not then the majestic villain we now know him to be. Furthermore, little of the material of interest to us here has to do with Doom, one of the few comics villains I find... Continue Reading →
Avengers #5 and Fantastic Four #26 (May 1964)
Captain America’s second issue back from the frozen deep is fairly light on explicit demonstrations or descriptions of his virtues, but nonetheless there are interesting (or at least funny) things to note. And as a bonus, the Avengers appeared in the same month’s Fantastic Four #26, so I will describe them together. (Twice the value... Continue Reading →