This issue of Captain America completes the third trilogy in the "Fighting Chance" arc that details Captain America's deteriorating health as his super-soldier serum breaks down. Here, Cap-with-Pouches, Diamondback, and new hero Free Spirit (Cathy Webster) are fighting their way out of Baron Zemo's castle, with the last issue ending with Cap barely escaping one... Continue Reading →
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 →
This annual contains two stories, each significant for its own reasons. The first is a Roy Thomas-penned extravaganza involving all the Captains America to date, including the two he introduced in What If? #4 to clear up the appearances of Cap and Bucky in the Golden Age comics after their early 1945 deaths (a concept ... Continue Reading →
This issue completes the three-part story featuring the Americop, revealing his identity and backstory, amidst the longer arc involving Captain America's deteriorating health. The double-page below picks up where the last issue ended: Americop has rejected Cap's offer to work together, the former investigating a child-trafficking ring and the latter rescuing Rachel and Zack Moonhunter... Continue Reading →
This issue continues the storyline in which Captain America faces off against the Americop, a man presuming to be a police officer who takes the law into his own hands (or the Punisher with a badge, real or not). At the same time, Cap is dealing with his diminishing strength and stamina as the super-soldier... Continue Reading →
This issue launches a new three-part story within the larger "Fighting Chance" arc in which Captain America endures his ongoing struggle with his health as his super-soldier serum continues to deteriorate. In this specific story, Cap confronts a new threat: the Americop, who presents in the splash page below as a Punisher-type who has, or... Continue Reading →
These two issues provide a lighthearted break from Captain America's recent problems with his health, which has been especially taxed by appearing in so many books these days! Here, we use his former partner Rick Jones' nuptials to Marlo Chandler to see the way Cap interacts with his friends in a more casual—and somewhat ribald—setting.... 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 →
These three issues of Iron Man are part of the "Crash & Burn" storyline, in which Tony Stark has to defend himself and Stark Enterprises against allegations of illegal behavior due to Stane International, which Stark absorbed as part of a bad deal with Justin Hammer (in issue #283). Over six issues, Tony faces a... 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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