We wrap up the relevant issues of Avengers in the 40s, and the title's first annual, in this post, which closes with Cap once again leaving the team (although not for long). The annual sees the first gathering of the original and current Avengers teams (minus the Hulk, natch) to battle a group of their... Continue Reading →
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 →
This story finds Captain America going against AIM, finally reconnecting with Sharon Carter while constantly patronizing her, and meeting MODOK for the first time. Issue #92 opens as all great comics epics do… at the airport, where our hero bemoans his mess of a life. Isn’t that little girl creepy? Who’s she waving at? STOP... Continue Reading →
THE VIRTUES OF CAPTAIN AMERICA 