These five comics comprise the "Bloodties" storyline, a crossover event that commemorated the 30th anniversary of both the Avengers and the X-Men. The huge cast of this story necessarily minimizes Captain America's role (other than many impressive heroic poses), but a central theme of the Avengers aspect of the story deals with the obligations under... Continue Reading →
Captain America #421 and Nomad #19 (November 1993)
These two issues comprise a mini-crossover (that technically began in the last issues of both titles) that brings Captain America together once again with Jack Monroe, the Bucky of the 1950s who later took up Cap's former identity of Nomad, but went in a decidedly different direction with it. (Hint: the rifle.) Captain America #421... Continue Reading →
Avengers: The Terminatrix Objective #1-4 (September-December 1993)
This miniseries is notable for several reasons: It brings the "Avengers Prime" (Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor) with their version 2.0 counterparts (USAgent, War Machine, and Thunderstrike) together as a group for the first time; we are introduced to Alioth, who was featured in the Disney+ Loki series alongside Ravonna Renslayer and Kang; and... Continue Reading →
Infinity Crusade #1-6 and Web of Spider-Man #106 (June-November 1993)
Infinity Crusade is the final installment of Jim Starlin's original "Infinity Trilogy," once again taking place among the cosmic entities of the Marvel Universe, well above the head of "normal" heroes such as Captain America. Cap appears even less in this miniseries than the previous two, spending most of it under the thrall of the... Continue Reading →