| Captain America | |
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_100.jpg) Captain America #100 (April 1968) Cover art byJack Kirby | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Varied |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Publication date | Full list |
| No. of issues | Full list |
| Main character | Captain America |
Captain America is acomic book title featuring the characterCaptain America and published byMarvel Comics. The originalCaptain America comic book series debuted in 1968.
Atlas Comics published the short-lived titleCaptain America #76–78 from May 1954 to September 1954. Atlas came to adopt the name Marvel Comics in 1961. During the Marvel era,Captain America was starring in the titleTales of Suspense, which was retitledCaptain America with issue #100 (April 1968).[1] The new titleCaptain America continued to feature artwork byJack Kirby, as well as a short run byJim Steranko, and work by many of the industry's top artists and writers. It was calledCaptain America and the Falcon from #134 (Feb. 1971) to #222 (June 1978),[2] although the Falcon's name was not on the cover for issues #193, 200, and 216. The 1972–1975 run on the title by writerSteve Englehart and artistSal Buscema saw the series become one of Marvel's top-sellers.[3] In 2010,Comics Bulletin ranked Englehart and Buscema's run onCaptain America fourth on its list of the "Top 10 1970s Marvels".[4] Kirby returned to the series as writer and penciler with issue #193 (Jan. 1975)[5] and remained through #214 (Oct. 1977).
This series – consideredCaptain America volume one by comics researchers and historians[6] – ended with #454 (Aug. 1996).Captain America Vol. 1 should not be confused with the 1940s seriesCaptain America Comics (1941–1949, 1954) andCaptain America's Weird Tales (1949–1950).
This series was almost immediately followed by the 13-issueCaptain America vol. 2 (Nov. 1996 – Nov. 1997, part of the "Heroes Reborn" crossover),[7] the 50-issueCaptain America vol. 3 (Jan. 1998 – Feb. 2002),[8] the 32-issueCaptain America vol. 4 (June 2002 – Dec. 2004),[9] andCaptain America vol. 5 (Jan. 2005 – Aug. 2011).[10] Beginning with the 600th overall issue (Aug. 2009),Captain America resumed its original numbering, as if the series numbering had continued uninterrupted after #454.
As part of the aftermath of Marvel Comics' company-crossover storyline "Civil War", Steve Rogers was ostensibly killed inCaptain America vol. 5, #25 (March 2007). Series writerEd Brubaker remarked, "What I found is that all the really hard-core left-wing fans want Cap to be standing out on and giving speeches on the street corner against theGeorge W. Bush administration, and all the really right-wing fans all want him to be over in the streets of Baghdad, punching outSaddam Hussein."[11] The character's co-creator,Joe Simon, said, "It's a hell of a time for him to go. We really need him now."[11] ArtistAlex Ross designed a slightly revised Captain America costume that former sidekick Bucky Barnes began to wear as the new Captain America in vol. 5, #34 (March 2008).[12] As of 2007, an estimated 210 million copies of "Captain America" comic books had been sold in 75 countries.[13]
The storyline of Rogers' return began in issue #600.[14][15]
Marvel stated in May 2011 that Rogers, following the public death of Bucky Barnes in the "Fear Itself" crossover, would resume his Captain America identity in a sixth volume ofCaptain America, by writer Ed Brubaker and artistSteve McNiven.[16][17] TheCaptain America title continued from issue #620 featuring team up stories with Bucky (#620-#628),[18] Hawkeye (#629-#632),[19] Iron Man (#633–635),[20] Namor (#635.1),[21] and Black Widow (#636-#640),[22] and the title ended its print run with issue #640.
In February 2025, it was announced thatChip Zdarsky would be writing a new volume ofCaptain America for Marvel. The opening arc of the series will follow Steve shortly after he is freed from the ice and tells the untold first encounter between him andDoctor Doom. Valerio Schiti will serve as the main artist for the book, with the first issue set to debut in July 2025.[23]
Hailing 1968 as the beginning of the 'Second Age of Marvel Comics,' and with more titles to play with, editor Stan Lee discarded his split books and gave more characters their own titles:Tales of Suspense #99 was followed byCaptain America #100.
When Steve and I [Sal Buscema] got on the book ... if I remember correctly, the book hit #5 in sales. It really shot up the charts.
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