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Captain America(comic book)

Not to be confused withCaptain America Comics.

Captain Americais acomic booktitle featuring the characterCaptain Americaand published byMarvel Comics.The originalCaptain Americacomic book series debuted in 1968.

Captain America
Captain America#100 (April 1968)
Cover art byJack Kirby
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
ScheduleVaried
FormatOngoing series
GenreSuperhero
Publication dateFull list
No.of issuesFull list
Main character(s)Captain America

Publication history

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Further information:List of Captain America titles

Atlas Comicspublished 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 Americawas starring in the titleTales of Suspense,which was retitledCaptain Americawith issue #100 (April 1968).[1]The new titleCaptain Americacontinued 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 Falconfrom #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 Englehartand artistSal Buscemasaw the series become one of Marvel's top-sellers.[3]In 2010,Comics Bulletinranked Englehart and Buscema's run onCaptain Americafourth 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 Americavolume one by comics researchers and historians[6]– ended with #454 (Aug. 1996).Captain AmericaVol. 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 Americavol. 2 (Nov. 1996 – Nov. 1997, part of the "Heroes Reborn"crossover),[7]the 50-issueCaptain Americavol. 3 (Jan. 1998 – Feb. 2002),[8]the 32-issueCaptain Americavol. 4 (June 2002 – Dec. 2004),[9]andCaptain Americavol. 5(Jan. 2005 – Aug. 2011).[10]Beginning with the 600th overall issue (Aug. 2009),Captain Americaresumed 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 Americavol. 5, #25 (March 2007). Series writerEd Brubakerremarked, "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. Bushadministration, 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 Rossdesigned 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 Americatitle 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.

See also

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References

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  1. ^DeFalco, Tom;Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2008). "1960s".Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History.London, United Kingdom:Dorling Kindersley.p. 128.ISBN978-0756641238.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.{{cite book}}:|first2=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^Olshevsky, George (December 1979). "Heroes FromTales of Suspense,Book One: Captain America ".The Marvel Comics Index(8A). G&T Enterprises: 64 and 93.
  3. ^Amash, Jim (2010).Sal Buscema: Comics' Fast & Furious Artist.TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 46.ISBN978-1-60549-021-2.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.
  4. ^Sacks, Jason (September 6, 2010)."Top 10 1970s Marvels".Comics Bulletin.Archived fromthe originalon August 1, 2013.RetrievedAugust 3,2013.
  5. ^Evanier, Mark(2008).Kirby: King of Comics.New York, New York:Abrams Books.p. 185.ISBN978-0-8109-9447-8.
  6. ^"Captain America(1968–1996) ".The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-02-24.Retrieved2016-06-07.andCaptain Americaat theGrand Comics Database
  7. ^"Captain America(II) (1996–1997) ".The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-05-25.Retrieved2016-06-07.andCaptain Americavol. 2at theGrand Comics Database
  8. ^"Captain America(III) (1998–2002) ".The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators.andCaptain Americavol. 3at theGrand Comics Database
  9. ^"Captain America(IV) (2002–2004) ".The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators.andCaptain Americavol. 4at theGrand Comics Database
  10. ^"Captain America(V) (2005–2009) ".The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators.andCaptain Americavol. 5at theGrand Comics Database
  11. ^abSacks, Ethan (March 9, 2007)."Captain America killed!".Daily News.New York City.Archivedfrom the original on November 22, 2012.RetrievedApril 26,2013.
  12. ^Penagos, Ryan (November 13, 2007)."Captain America Lives".Marvel Comics.Archivedfrom the original on May 18, 2013.RetrievedApril 26,2013.
  13. ^"Death to 'America': Comic-book hero killed off".Today.March 7, 2007.RetrievedJanuary 9,2017.
  14. ^Brady, Matt (June 15, 2009)."Updated: Captain America Speculation Over".Newsarama.Archivedfrom the original on January 22, 2013.RetrievedDecember 28,2010.
  15. ^Sacks, Ethan (June 16, 2009)."Captain America, a.k.a. Steve Rogers is coming back to life two years after Marvel Comics killed him".Daily News.New York City.Archivedfrom the original on May 25, 2013.RetrievedDecember 28,2010.
  16. ^Khouri, Andy (May 30, 2011)."Steve Rogers Returns to Duty with Brubaker & McNiven inCaptain America#1 ".ComicsAlliance.Archived fromthe originalon April 30, 2013.RetrievedJune 14,2011.
  17. ^Captain Americavol. 6at theGrand Comics Database
  18. ^Captain America and Buckyat theGrand Comics Database
  19. ^Captain America and Hawkeyeat theGrand Comics Database
  20. ^Captain America and Iron Manat theGrand Comics Database
  21. ^Captain America and Namorat theGrand Comics Database
  22. ^Captain America and Black Widowat theGrand Comics Database
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