After the valiant efforts in Captain America #437 and Iron Man #314 on the part of Tony Stark and Hank Pym to save Captain America's life after his super-soldier serum finally failed him, leaving him paralyzed and in cardiac arrest, this issue introduces the infamous armored exoskeleton that restores his mobility and allows him to... 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 →
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 →
With this issue we begin the final trilogy within the "Fighting Chance" arc, tracing the final stages of Captain America's physical decline as yet another new hero is introduced, whom you see on the cover. (Don't let the mask fool you, it's not Grifter.) Our story picks up where the last issue left off, with... 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 →
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 →
These two issues of Punisher War Journal—just one of Frank Castle's three ongoing titles on this time—feature Captain America in a role that's becoming familiar: being called, either by his own sense of duty or by an external authority, to apprehend a rogue anti-hero (as he did with Nomad not long ago). Here, of course,... Continue Reading →
These seven issues comprise the "Tree of Knowledge" arc in Daredevil, which followed the better-known "Fall from Grace" arc from issues #319-325. There, we saw Elektra return to Daredevil's life just in time for his secret identity to be revealed to the world, leading him to fake Matt Murdock's death to save his loved ones... Continue Reading →
This oversized one-shot (64 pages!), written by Invaders scribe Roy Thomas, is a fairly routine wartime adventure that takes place in January 1943 and fleshes out the backstory of both Barons Zemo—and the complex woman behind them. Our story begins with Captain America and Bucky sneaking into an apartment and fighting Nazis they find there,... Continue Reading →
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