Coming at the halfway point of the "Heroes Reborn" period, his issue serves as a reset of sorts for Captain America himself, as we'll see in the story below, and behind the scenes as well, as responsibility for the title changes hands within Image Comics from Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios to Jim Lee's Wildstorm. Most... Continue Reading →
Captain America #6, Avengers #6, and Iron Man #6 (April 1997)
These three issues—plus a prologue in Fantastic Four #6—comprise the first crossover event of the "Heroes Reborn" era, which ends in Captain America #6. We'll get to our brief coverage of that story later in this post, but first we discuss the bulk of that issue, which deals with our hero meeting someone from his... Continue Reading →
Fantastic Four #3 (January 1997)
This is a rare appearance of Captain America in a different "Heroes Reborn" title outside of crossover stories, and is notable for two reasons: his reunion with an old friend (that he somehow remembers, despite having few solid memories of any reality), and seeing Jim Lee draw our hero for the first time since Uncanny... Continue Reading →
Avengers #2-5 (December 1996-March 1997)
In this post we continue with the "Heroes Reborn" run of Avengers: In the first issue, the team found Thor trapped in amber, and in these four issues they face this reality's version of Kang and a new Hulk born from their old reality's Bruce Banner (split from the familiar Hulk in Onslaught: Marvel Universe... Continue Reading →
Captain America #2-5 (December 1996-March 1997)
These four issues continue the "Heroes Reborn" run of Captain America, the background of which was reviewed in the post on the first issue. There, following the final battle with Onslaught, we meet Steve Rogers in a new reality, living in Philadelphia with a wife Peggy and a son Rick, and with no memory of... Continue Reading →
Avengers #1 (November 1996)
This issue marks a new volume of Avengers after the culmination of the Onslaught Saga brought an end to the first volume after 402 issues, most of which were covered here, starting with issue #4 in March 1964 (which reintroduced Captain America to the modern Marvel Universe). I discussed the background of the "Heroes Reborn"... Continue Reading →
Captain America #1 (November 1996)
After over 500 posts, I finally get to write about Captain America #1, thanks to the "Heroes Reborn" reboot that gave us new volumes of this title, Avengers, Iron Man, and Fantastic Four. (You'll no doubt remember that the first volume of Captain America began with #100 in April 1968, continuing the numbering of Tales... Continue Reading →