Captain America



Captain America is published by Marvel Comics. Current price per issue is $3.99.

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 * Captain America #19: 24 Oct 2012

Current Issue

 * Captain America #1: 21 Nov 2012

Next Issue

 * Captain America #2: 19 Dec 2012

Status
Published monthly. A new volume started in November 2012.

Main Characters

 * Captain America/Steve Rogers - During World War II, 4-F Steve Rogers was transformed by an experimental super-soldier serum to become America's Fighting Hero. After being frozen in suspended animation, he was revived in modern times, and is now America's living hero & legend, and leader of The Avengers. - WikiPedia

Allies

 * Nick Fury - This WWII veteran is now the leader of the anti-terrorism force S.H.I.E.L.D. - WikiPedia


 * Agent 13/Sharon Carter - S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, and Steve Rogers' former girlfriend. - WikiPedia

Enemies

 * The Winter Solider - This cold war-era Soviet assassin has recently been reactivated--and was revealed to be Captain America's former WWII-era partner, Bucky!


 * The Red Skull - A former Nazi, and Captain America's greatest enemy. Recently deceased. - WikiPedia

Other Characters/Places/Things

 * S.H.I.E.L.D. - Strategic Hazard Intervention, Espionage and Logistics Directorate: An international counterterrorism and intelligence agency, led by Nick Fury. - WikiPedia

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Trade Paperbacks

 * Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 1 #1-4. - WorldCat - ISBN 078515793X


 * Marvel Masterworks: Captain America, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 1 #59-81. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785142002


 * Marvel Masterworks: Captain America, vol. 2 - Collects vol. 1 #82-100. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785159312


 * Captain America by Steve Englehart, vol. 1: Secret Empire - Collects vol. 1 #169-176. "The Secret Empire was rarely more secretive or empirical than in this classic arc that sets Cap against a conspiracy out to frame and replace him in the American mind! And pay close attention to the man behind the curtain (or mask, as the case may be)! Corruption and cover-ups conclude with Cap quitting the Avengers, paving the way for his days as Nomad!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785118365


 * Captain America by Steve Englehart, vol. 2: Nomad - Collects vol. 1 #177-186. "Disillusioned by government corruption, Steve Rogers lays down uniform and shield -- but it's not as easy to set aside half a lifetime of heroics, so a new legend is born: Nomad, the man without a country? But who will take up the forsaken red-white-and-blue, and what will it cost him to hold onto it? Boss Morgan, the Viper and the Red Skull are on hand with enough villainy for any hero, old or new! Plus: the origin of the Falcon!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785121978


 * Captain America by Jack Kirby, Vol. 1: Madbomb - Collects vol. 1 #193-200. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785115579


 * Captain America by Jack Kirby, vol. 2: Bicentennial Battles - Collects vol. 1 #201-205 & Bicentennial Battles #1. "See the Living Legend and the high-flying Falcon fight monsters and madmen in a dimension of disaster, then follow up by fighting a futuristic phantom! Finally, accompany Cap on a tour of history conveyed by the curious Contemplator!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785117261


 * Captain America by Jack Kirby, vol. 3: The Swine - Collects vol. 1 #206-214 & Annual #3-4. "The King keeps Cap's quests coming with menaces from deep in space and deeper in the human soul! Even the evil of the Red Skull might pale before the fearsome Bio-Fanatic! Plus: Magneto and a rarely seen batch of evil mutants!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785120785


 * Captain America: War & Remembrance - Collects vol. 1 #247-255. "Captain America's endless war on crime and tyranny sets him against new enemies and old, from an army of robot replicas to the black deeds of Baron Blood! Plus: Cap for president? Guest-starring the Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D. and Union Jack! Featuring Cobra, Mister Hyde and Batroc the Leaper!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785126937


 * Captain America: Deathlok Lives - Collects vol. 1 #286-288. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785100199


 * Captain America: Death of the Red Skull - Collects vol. 1 #290-301. "Marvel’s First Avenger must contend with the diabolical daughter of the Red Skull, survive the Secret Wars and overcome an untimely encounter with old age — all before one stupendous showdown with Herr Skull." - WorldCat - ISBN 078515986X


 * Captain America: The Captain - Collects vol. 1 #332-350, plus Iron Man #228. "When Steve Rogers refuses to become a government operative, he is stripped of his uniform, title and shield, and a new Captain America is born! John Walker, the former Superpatriot and future USAgent-along with sidekick Bucky, the future Battle Star-does his best to fill the big shoes Rogers left behind." - WorldCat - ISBN 0785149651


 * Captain America: The Bloodstone Hunt - Collects vol. 1 #357-364. "Baron Helmut Zemo is obsessed with raising his father, Heinrich, from the dead, and he's determined to fi nd the fragments of the powerful Bloodstone to do it! Join Captain America and Diamondback as they fi ght underground, in the air, in the ocean and through the jungle to stop Zemo and mercenaries Batroc, Zaran and Machete! Including fi ghts with cannibals, sharks, snakes, mummies and the undead in one of Cap's greatest adventures ever! Plus: When Crossbones kidnaps Diamondback to Madripoor, only Cap can save her!" - WorldCat - ISBN 078514515X - (forthcoming, November 2010)


 * Captain America: Streets of Poison - Collects vol. 1 #372-378. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785100571


 * Captain America: Man & Wolf - Collects vol. 1 #402-408. "What has brown fur, fangs and a star-spangled shield? Why, it’s Capwolf! When old Cap foes Dredmund Druid and Deadly Nightshade begin mass-producing werewolves, Captain America investigates—only to become one himself! How will the world’s greatest Avenger get out of this one?" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785149619


 * Captain America: Fighting Chance, vol. 1: Denial - Collects vol. 1 #425-430. "Old soldiers never die — they just wear themselves out! To Super-Patriot, Cap's a rival. To Americop, he's a relic. But newcomer vigilantes are the least of the Sentinel of Liberty's concerns when Cap learns his enhanced physique is shutting down on him! His choice: retire from action or die in it. But while masterminds devise and dead villains rise, that's no choice at all for the Living Legend! Can Cap’s friends dissuade him from setting the world's safety above his own?" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785137386


 * Captain America: Fighting Chance, vol. 2: Acceptance - Collects vol. 1 #431-437. "After two eras spent protecting the world, Captain America has wrung almost all the power he can out of the Super-Soldier Serum — but menaces like the Red Skull, Baron Zemo and the Serpent Society guarantee he'll go down fighting! And this time, he may go down for good. Will the shield finally yield? Guest-starring the Avengers and introducing Free Spirit and Jack Flag." - WorldCat - ISBN 0785137394 - (forthcoming, July 2009)


 * Captain America: Operation Rebirth - Collects vol. 1 #444-448, #450-454. "The world again believes Captain America dead, but his life is saved by one he himself thought lost forever: S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Sharon Carter, the gallant girlfriend he saw perish in flames long before! But his one-time true love has only rescued him on behalf of his deadliest enemy, the Red Skull, who can't conquer the world until he and Cap stop Adolf Hitler and the Cosmic Cube from doing it first! Will working with one evil against another cost Cap his place as the U.S.A.'s premier protector?" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785131264


 * Heroes Reborn: Captain America - Collects vol. 2 #1-12. "Steve Rogers seems to have found the life of his dreams, but it's up to Nick Fury and the Falcon to awaken him to his role of Captain America! It's new origins for old enemies when Cap faces even darker versions of the Red Skull and the Sons of the Serpent!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785123393


 * Captain America: To Serve and Protect - Collects vol. 3 #1-7. "Empowered by the experimental Super Soldier Serum, Steve Rogers became the physical embodiment of truth, justice and honor. He is Captain America, an ever-vigilant member of the Avengers, sworn to protect the innocent and uphold the ideals and principles of democracy. Now, on the eve of Cap's return from an alternate universe, terrorist forces are conspiring against the country he represents. Without his team and missing his true shield, can even the Sentinel of Liberty survive hordes of Hydra, squadrons of Skrulls, and a legion of... adoring fans?!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785108386


 * Captain America: Land of the Free - Collects vol. 3 #20-24 & Annual 1999, plus Captain America: The Legend. "The shattering of Captain America’s seemingly indestructible shield has caused a harmonic “Vibranium cancer” wave, which threatens to destroy every piece of the miracle metal remaining on Earth! But as Cap races to contain the unseen threat, the villainous Klaw prepares to capitalize on it. It will take a miracle to defeat the master of sound, but a miracle just might be what Captain America gets! Then, Cap goes undercover in prison, faces down Crossbones and the Absorbing Man, and battles the terrorist threats of Hydra and Flag-Smasher! Plus: a WWII tale featuring Nick Fury and the Howling Commandos, captured by the vampiric Baron Blood!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785167536 - (forthcoming, January 2013)


 * Captain America by Dan Jurgens, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 3 #25-34. "Can Cap stop the war efforts of the Hate-Monger, a villain with ties to Hitler himself? Can he save Ka-Zar from the monstrous murderer Count Nefaria? And who is Protocide? Good thing Cap has some friends to help him in his impossible adventures!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785155171


 * Captain America by Dan Jurgens, vol. 2 - Collects vol. 3 #35-44 & Annual 2000. "When Captain America comes face-to-face with Protocide, he learns everything he knew about his origin is wrong! And Steve Rogers' girlfriend, Connie Ferrari, gets caught in the middle of an A.I.M. plot!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785155406


 * Captain America by Dan Jurgens, vol. 3 - Collects vol. 3 #45-50 & Annual 2001. "It's Bucky versus Batroc and a mysterious foreign agent from his past as the Winter Soldier, as he fights to keep a secret super-weapon from falling into enemy hands!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785159800


 * Captain America, vol. 1: The New Deal - Collects vol. 4 #1-6. "In the shadow of September 11th, Captain America fights against the threat of terrorism. On September 11th, 2001, New York City's firefighters, police officers and rescue workers became heroes—risking their lives in the face of incredible danger as the World Trade Center crumbled to dust. In the terrible aftermath, even more people bravely came forward to volunteer their help searching for survivors in the rubble. But six months later, the insidious threat of terrorism has grown stronger than ever, and America needs more than just heroes. She needs a soldier ready to fight for justice without hesitation—the best this country has to offer. That man is Steve Rogers, the star-spangled Super-Soldier called Captain America. In the small town of Centerville, the terrorist known as Al-Tariq holds the entire populace hostage. No one gets in; no one gets out. That is, no one without the skills of Captain America. His mission—to take the terrorists out, while protecting the lives of the innocents held captive. Too many have died already—Steve Rogers will make sure not one more life is lost at the hands of these monsters." - WorldCat - ISBN 0785111018


 * Captain America, vol. 2: The Extremists - Collects vol. 4 #7-11. "In the darkest days of World War II, a covert military experiment transformed 98-pound weakling Steve Rogers into the greatest warrior this country has ever known. Captain America. A symbol of freedom and hope the world over, he fell into the icy Arctic Ocean during a pivotal battle, never to be seen again. But the Super-Soldier Serum flowing through his veins kept him alive for decades, and Captain America was found trapped in ice and revived many years later, taking his rightful place as the premier protector of his beloved country. In many ways, however, he remains a man out of time. Now, Captain America clashes with Redpath, an adversary that shares his ideal of a powerful and unified America, but lacks morality. Redpath and his minions, the Extremists, plan to cleanse America by force—and only Captain America can stop them." - WorldCat - ISBN 0785111026


 * Captain America, vol 3: Ice - Collects vol. 4 #12-16. "For decades World War 2 super-soldier Captain America lay in frozen suspended animation, encased in ice, until he was revived in the modern world to again take his post as protector of the Red, White and Blue. But when a mysterious package arrives at his door and he crosses paths with a shadowy new villain named The Interrogator, Captain America learns everything about his past, his memories, and himself may not be what it seems!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785111034


 * Captain American, vol. 4: Captain America Lives Again - Collects vol. 4 #17-20, plus Tales of Suspense #66. "Captain America finds himself in a nightmare New York City renamed 'New Berlin,' following the Nazis victory in WWII. Joining brave resistance fighters with strange but familiar faces like Ben Grimm, Peter Parker and Professor Reed Richards, Cap must find out how history has been altered and the world changed from everything he once knew to everything he’s fought against, and what does the Nazis’ mysterious & terrifying ultimate weapon have to do with it?" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785113185


 * Captain America, vol. 5: Homeland - Collects vol. 4 #21-28. "The U.S. government taps Cap to embark on what might be his most life-changing mission ever — to serve on a military tribunal being held for a foreign antiwar activist charged with supporting terrorist actions against the U.S.! Cap’s involvement leads him to discover the existence of militant fringe groups planning a legislative overthrow of the United States government. But an even more startling discovery for this true American patriot is millions of disenfranchised citizens who feel abandoned and neglected by both major political parties." - WorldCat - ISBN 0785113967


 * Avengers Disassembled: Captain America - Collects vol. 4 #29-32, plus Captain American and the Falcon #5-7. "Captain America and Diamondback are reunited after all these years - but their reunion is bittersweet, as Cap is consumed with remorse over recent cataclysmic events involving the Avengers. Meanwhile, all is not right within the S.H.I.E.L.D. organization. How is it that Nick Fury is completely unaware? And what does all this have to do with a certain Red-Skulled villain who's been lurking in the background? Plus: Finding himself a fugitive from justice, the Falcon must battle his way past elite naval operatives - even as Cap is forced to choose between his partner and his principles while suffering an enigmatic battle fatigue that replays his worst failure and presents the Scarlet Witch as his only refuge." - WorldCat - ISBN 0785116486


 * Captain America: The Winter Soldier, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 5 #1-7. "Cap is awakened in the dead of the night by agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., who need the kind of help only he can provide. But the corpse he finds on the Heli-carrier brings him face-to-face with the unthinkable, and opens doors to terror and manipulation he never dreamed possible!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785119205


 * Captain America: The Winter Soldier, vol. 2 - Collects vol. 5 #8-9, 11-14. "The questions plaguing Captain America's dreams and memories have been answered in the most brutal way possible. And in the wake of this brutality, General Lukin makes his first all-out assault -- tearing open old wounds and threatening to make new scars that will never heal." - WorldCat - ISBN 0785119213


 * Captain America: Red Menace, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 5 #15-17 plus the Captain America 65th Anniversary Special. "Six months ago, Crossbones kidnapped the Red Skull’s daughter, Sin, from a government re-education facility and disappeared into the night. Now, he and this spawn of infinite evil have come to the American Midwest to tear a new hole in A.I.M. – but none of them counted on Cap and S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 13 stumbling into the mix, and everything going wrong! Plus: Cap’s newest enemy, General Aleksander Lukin, the head of one of the most powerful corporations in the world, is attempting to buy a piece of land in Germany, and he won’t take no for an answer. What does he want there? The answer to that can only be found in an untold tale from the war – a story that finds Cap and Bucky fighting alongside Sgt. Fury and the Howling Commandos behind enemy lines, trying to stop the Red Skull from launching a monstrous attack on the Allies unlike anything ever seen before!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785123210


 * Captain America: Red Menace, vol. 2 - Collects vol. 5 #18-21. "Fan-favorite artist Steve Epting rejoins Top Ten writer Ed Brubaker for an action-packed thriller in London, as Captain America travels across the Atlantic in search of his old partner - a story that will see him fighting side-by-side with some very old friends. But Cap and the Winter Soldier aren't the only ones taking the journey abroad. Crossbones and Sin are on a path of revenge that's leading them in the exact same direction! And what of General Lukin and his "relationship" with the Red Skull?" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785122257


 * Civil War: Captain America - Collects vol. 5 #22-24 plus the Winter Soldier: Winter Kills one-shot. "Captain America has fallen into a clash with his government and his friends, and the people close to him are paying the price. The life of Cap's girlfriend, Agent 13, is torn apart as her superiors use her divided loyalties against her. Elsewhere, a new villain emerges; the Red Skull begins to make himself known; and the Winter Soldier again comes face-to-face with Cap. But which side will he choose? Plus: James Buchanan Barnes, Captain America’s one-time partner Bucky, faces his first Christmas of the 21st century – and the truth of the terrible things he was forced to do as the Winter Soldier. And with Cap caught in a conflict he can neither take a side of – or understand – what moves can he make to try to redeem himself?!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785127984


 * Captain America: The Death of Captain America, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 5 #25-30. "As repercussions ripple outward, the Winter Soldier finally chooses a side, after the Civil War has ended – his own. But what are the Red Skull and his minions up to behind the scenes?" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785124233


 * Captain America: The Death of Captain America, vol. 2 — The Burden of Dreams - Collects vol. 5 #31-36. "Agent 13. Bucky Barnes. The Falcon. Black Widow. Iron Man. Steve Rogers was often the glue that bound these heroes together in common cause. Now, in the aftermath of his death, they come together again in a desperate attempt to keep his dream alive. But the collapse of Steve Roger's dream was just the first step in the wicked machinations of the Red Skull, who is determined to see the death of America follow soon after the death of the Captain. As the Skull's master plan kicks into motion, and chaos begins to take hold of the United States, only one man stands in its way - but is he up to the task?" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785124241


 * Captain America: The Death of Captain America, vol. 3 — The Man Who Bought America - Collects vol. 5 #37-42. "Dissatisfied with this year’s electoral pickings? Not excited, inspired or made to feel safer by the election-year promises of the right or left wing? Well, fear not! The Third Wing is here, and they want your vote! The nation’s newest political party is led by a charismatic politician — and endorsed by none other than THE Captain America! You heard that right! Cap is back, and he’s chosen a side. A side backed by the Red Skull — the man who bought America!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785129715


 * Captain America: The Man with No Face - Collects vol. 5 #43-48. "With the Red Skull-fomented chaos borne from the death of Steve Rogers behind him, Bucky Barnes faces his future as the new Captain America. It's a future full of possibility as the hero emblematic of America's most cherished ideals and hopes. But Bucky is a man weighed down by a past as murderous as any bad guy the first - and in many Americans minds, the only - Captain America ever faced. And it is this weight that might crush the soul of the hero finally emerging out of the shadows and into the light." - WorldCat - ISBN 0785131639


 * Captain America: Road to Reborn - Collects vol. 5 #49-50, 600-601. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785141758


 * Captain America: No Escape - Collects vol. 5 #606-610. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785145133


 * Captain America: The Trial of Captain America - Collects vol. 5 #611-615 & 615.1. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785151206


 * Captain America: Prisoner of War - Collects vol. 5 #616-619. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785151222


 * Captain America by Ed Brubaker, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 6 #1-5. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785157093


 * Captain America by Ed Brubaker, vol. 3 - Collects vol. 6 #11-14. & vol. 1 #328. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785160760 - (forthcoming, April 2013)


 * Captain America: Winter Soldier Ultimate Collection - Collects vol. 5 #1-9, 11-14. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785143416

Hardcovers

 * Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 1 #1-4. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785116192


 * Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America, vol. 2 - Collects vol. 1 #5-8. - WorldCat - ISBN 078512229X


 * Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America, vol. 3 - Collects vol. 1 #9-12. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785128786


 * Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America, vol. 4 - Collects vol. 1 #13-16. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785133615


 * Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America, vol. 5 - Collects vol. 1 #17-20. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785142029


 * Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America, vol. 6 - Collects vol. 1 #21-24. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785150242 - (forthcoming, December 2012)


 * Marvel Masterworks: Captain America, vol. 6 - Collects vol. 1 #137-148. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785158758


 * Captain America: Operation Rebirth - Collects vol. 1 #444-448, 450-454. "The death of Captain America?! The world again believes Captain America dead, but his life is saved by one he himself thought lost forever: S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Sharon Carter, the gallant girlfriend he saw perish in flames long before! But his one-time true love has only rescued him on behalf of his deadliest enemy, the Red Skull, who can't conquer the world until he and Cap stop Adolf Hitler and the Cosmic Cube from doing it first! Will working with one evil against another cost Cap his place as the U.S.A.'s premier protector?" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785150803


 * Captain America: To Serve and Protect - Collects vol. 3 #1-7. - WorldCat - ISBN 078515082X


 * Captain America: American Nightmare - Collects vol. 3 #8-13 & Annual 1998. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785150846


 * Captain America: Red Glare - Collects vol. 3 #14-19. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785158944


 * Captain America: The Winter Soldier, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 5 #1-7. "Cap is awakened in the dead of the night by agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., who need the kind of help only he can provide. But the corpse he finds on the Heli-carrier brings him face-to-face with the unthinkable, and opens doors to terror and manipulation he never dreamed possible!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785116516


 * Captain America: The Winter Soldier, vol. 2 - Collects vol. 5 #8-9, 11-14. "The questions plaguing Captain America's dreams and memories have been answered in the most brutal way possible. And in the wake of this brutality, General Lukin makes his first all-out assault -- tearing open old wounds and threatening to make new scars that will never heal." - WorldCat - ISBN 0785117083


 * Captain America: The Death of Captain America, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 5 #25-30. "As repercussions ripple outward, the Winter Soldier finally chooses a side, after the Civil War has ended – his own. But what are the Red Skull and his minions up to behind the scenes?" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785128492


 * Captain America: The Death of Captain America, vol. 2 - Collects vol. 5 #31-36. "The Red Skull's master plan kicks into motion, and chaos begins to take hold of the US, with only one man to stand in its way - but is he up to the task? Guest-starring the Falcon, Iron Man and the Black Widow!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785128506


 * Captain America: The Death of Captain America, vol. 3 — The Man Who Bought America - Collects vol. 5 #37-42. "He's doing his best to carry on the legacy of Steve Rogers, but things go from bad to worse for Bucky Barnes when the Red Skull makes an unexpected move for the very soul of America." - WorldCat - ISBN 0785129707


 * Captain America: The Man with No Face - Collects vol. 5 #43-48. "Bucky has survived his first major trial as the new Captain America, but now a villain from his past - both as Bucky in WW2 and as the Winter Soldier during the Cold War - has come to the U.S. and he'll have to face his history just as he's finding his feet in the present. Plus, can Bucky and Prince Namor team up to save the memory of an old comrade-in-arms as Cold War crimes come back to haunt the Winter Soldier?" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785131531


 * Captain America: Road to Reborn - Collects vol. 5 #49-50, 600-601. "Where were you when Captain America died? It's the anniversary of the day Steve Rogers was killed, a day of reflection and mourning in the Marvel U...a time to look back on the things Steve did and what he stood for... or is this actually the beginning of the most wicked plot twist since issue 25? Yeah, actually it's both. Plus, Sharon Carter's dreams are forcing her to relive the death of Steve Rogers -- and her time under the control of Dr. Faustus. But will these dreams also reveal hidden secrets about what she saw and did on the day Steve died? Also, Bucky Barnes is the new Captain America now...but today he's trapped in the past, because today is Bucky Barnes' birthday. See Bucky's favorite and least favorite birthdays - from the cold winters of the Depression on military bases, to the front lines of WW2, to his new mission as Cap. Plus, a double-sized story by the legendary Gene Colan about Cap and Bucky’s days in WWII." - WorldCat - ISBN 078514174X


 * Captain America: Two Americas - Collects vol. 5 #602-605 & Who Will Wield the Shield? "Where has the Captain America from the '50s been the past few months, and what part of our modern world has welcomed him? And what will Steve and Bucky do when an old enemy tries to become a revolutionary? Plus, Steve Rogers has returned, but Bucky Barnes is the current Captain America, and has come into his own in the role. Will there be two Captain Americas? Will Bucky go back to being the Winter Soldier? What will happen?" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785145109


 * Captain America: No Escape - Collects vol. 5 #606-610. "Zemo returns to finish the job his father started—Killing Bucky!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785145125


 * Captain America: The Trial of Captain America - Collects vol. 5 #611-615 & 615.1. "Not even Captain America can escape the sins buried in his past, and Bucky Barnes’ future hangs in the balance as evidence of the Winter Soldier’s crimes comes to light. And with Bucky’s trial distracting our heroes, the new Red Skull plots a terror attack at the heart of America!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785151192


 * Captain America: Prisoner of War - Collects vol. 5 #616-619. "Steve Rogers races against time to uncover the international conspiracy that trapped his ex-partner in a web of intrigue and lies. Meanwhile, Bucky Barnes fights for his life in a Russian Gulag. With everybody gunning for Bucky and Steve fighting the clock, is there any hope for either of these two Super-Soldiers?" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785151214


 * Captain America by Ed Brubaker, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 6 #1-5. "A funeral for a fallen friend turns into a race against time as the original Captain America makes his explosive return!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785157085


 * Captain America by Ed Brubaker, vol. 2 - Collects vol. 6 #6-10. "Cap struggles to find his faith when the new Hydra rises from the ashes and makes its first deadly moves! As the Serpent Squad strikes and Madbomb riots explode through Manhattan, Sharon Carter takes charge — and Cap’s crisis of faith becomes a debilitating physical dilemma! Events spiral out of control as Codename: Bravo returns, Machinesmith breaks loose, and Falcon fights alongside the enemy! Can Cap be cured? And if so, will it be in time to face the new Hydra’s deadly secret?" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785157107


 * Captain America by Ed Brubaker, vol. 3 - Collects vol. 6 #11-14. "Former super villains in Witness Protection are being murdered! Does this have anything to do with the return of an old foe and ex-lover into Captain America’s life? Cap must unravel the clues and solve this mystery before he becomes a target himself — but how will he handle the shocking truth when the new Scourge’s secret identity is revealed?" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785160752


 * Captain America by Ed Brubaker, vol. 4 - Collects vol. 6 #15-19. "Still reeling from Hydra’s Madbombs, Cap finds himself the target of a vicious media smear campaign. Who are the Discordians, and what will they blow up next? While Discordian cells attack American interests all worldwide, shock journalist Reed Braxton turns the public against the Sentinel of Liberty." - WorldCat - ISBN 0785160779 - (forthcoming, January 2013)


 * Captain America Omnibus, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 1 #55-113, plus Not Brand Echh #3. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785150781


 * Captain America by Jack Kirby Omnibus - Collects vol. 1 #193-214, Annual #3-4 and Captain America's Bicentennial Battles. "Captain America and the Falcon face racism and government corruption with fists and shields raised! The deadly Secret Empire has infiltrated American society and plans to drive the entire country into war with their madness-inducing Madbomb!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785149600


 * Captain America by Ed Brubaker Omnibus, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 5 #1-25, plus Captain America 65th Anniversary Special and Winter Soldier: Winter Kills. - WorldCat - ISBN 0785128662


 * Captain America: The Death of Captain America Omnibus - Collects vol. 5 #25-42. "In the aftermath of the fabled hero's assassination, Agent 13, Bucky Barnes, the Falcon, Black Widow and Iron Man come together again in a desperate attempt to keep his dream alive. But the collapse of Steve Rogers' dream was merely the first step in the wicked machinations of the Red Skull, who is determined to see the death of America follow soon after the death of the Captain. As the Skull's master plan kicks into motion, and chaos begins to take hold of the United States, only one man stands in its way - but is he up to the task? Freed from the psychosis that transformed him into the relentless mercenary known as the Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes is called on to live up to the dream in ways he never imagined." - WorldCat - ISBN 0785138064


 * Captain America Lives Omnibus - Collects vol. 5 #43-50, #600-601, & Captain America Reborn #1-5. "Steve Rogers' closest friends and allies may have found a way to bring back Captain America. Or is what they found something more sinister? The Red Skull's greatest plan to destroy Captain America has been in motion and its completion is almost at hand. Will Captain America be lost forever or will he be reborn?" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785145141

Creative Team
Captain America created by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby.

Issue #9: Writer: Ed Brubaker, Artist: Michael Lark, Colorist: Frank D'Armata, Letterer: Randy Gentile, Editor: Tom Brevort.

Publishing History

 * Volume 1a: #1-78, 1941-1954 (Timely/Atlas)
 * Volume 1b: #100-454, 1968-1996 (numbering continued from Tales of Suspense)
 * Volume 2: #1-13, 1996-1997 ("Heroes Reborn")
 * Volume 3: #1-50, 1998-2002 ("Heroes Return")
 * Volume 4: #1-32, 2002-2004 (Marvel Knights)
 * Volume 5: #1-50 & 600-619, 2005-2011 (continues as Captain America & Bucky)
 * Volume 6: #1-19, 2011-2012
 * Volume 7: #1-, 2012-present

Future Publication Dates
Dates subject to change at the whims of the publisher or distributor. Please see the Diamond Shipping Lists for current information.


 * Captain America #2: 19 Dec 2012
 * Captain America #3: 16 Jan 2013
 * Captain America #4: 20 Feb 2013

News & Features

 * 26 Oct 2012 - Marvel NOW! Next Big Thing: Remender, Romita on Cap. America
 * 26 Oct 2012 - Captain America a 'Wonderful Departure' for Rick Remender
 * 25 Oct 2012 - Captain America, Several More Reach Simultaneous Close
 * 14 Aug 2012 - Remender Battles Bio-Fanaticism in Captain America
 * 10 Aug 2012 - Remender & JR Jr. Give Captain America his Marvel NOW! Orders
 * 01 May 2012 - Agent of S.T.Y.L.E. - Captain America Avengers Ensemble!
 * 23 Mar 2012 - Veteran Artist Targets Captain America Starting in May
 * 23 Feb 2012 - Zircher & Brevoort Deliver a "Shock to the System" in Captain America
 * 26 Jul 2011 - Captain America: Ed Brubaker and the salvation of Bucky Barnes
 * 16 Jul 2010 - Ed Brubaker Puts Captain America On Trial This October
 * 11 Jun 2010 - Agent of S.T.Y.L.E.: Captain America’s Avengers Ensemble
 * 23 Jun 2009 - HeroesCon: Ed Brubaker & Steve Epting
 * 16 Jun 2009 - Ed Brubaker Talks Captain America #600
 * 13 Apr 2009 - Marvel Executive Editor Tom Brevoort @ I-CON 2009 Part 2 (video)
 * 08 Dec 2008 - Paul Jenkins on His Captain America Specials
 * 28 Nov 2008 - A Cap Catchup with Ed Brubaker
 * 06 Nov 2008 - The '50s Cap - Chaykin on Captain America: America First!
 * 08 Jul 2008 - Captain America is Still Dead: Brubaker on Cap #39
 * 27 Jun 2008 - WWC: Luke Ross: On Captain America & Exclusive
 * 03 Jun 2008 - (A) Captain America is Still Dead, Alas
 * 24 Apr 2008 - A Captain America is... Again Alive? Brubaker on Cap #37
 * 21 Mar 2008 - A Captain America is Still Dead... Alas?
 * 03 Mar 2008 - (A) Captain America is Still Dead: Brubaker on Cap #35
 * 01 Feb 2008 - Wait a minute, wasn't Captain America dead?
 * 28 Jan 2008 - Captain America Lives Again
 * 03 Jan 2008 - Captain America Is Still Dead VIII: Talking Cap #33 with Ed Brubaker
 * 23 Nov 2007 - Captain America Is Still Dead VII: Talking Cap #32 with Ed Brubaker
 * 24 Oct 2007 - Captain America Is Still Dead - Ed Brubaker on Captain America #31
 * 12 Oct 2007 - Brubaker & Ross on Captain America's Redesign
 * 20 Sep 2007 - Captain America Is Still Dead: Talking to Ed Brubaker About Cap #30
 * 16 Aug 2007 - Captain America is Still Dead: Talking to Ed Brubaker About Cap #29
 * 23 Jul 2007 - Captain America Is Still Dead II
 * 25 Jun 2007 - Captain America Is Still Dead I: Talking to Ed Brubaker
 * 14 May 2007 - O Captain! My Captain! Brubaker talks Captain America
 * 11 May 2007 - Ed Brubaker on Captain America - After the Fall
 * 26 Apr 2007 - Fallen Heroes
 * 11 Apr 2007 - The Big Question
 * 18 Oct 2006 - The Winter of Cap's Discontent: Brubaker talks Captain America & Winter Soldier: Winter Kills

Links

 * Marvel Comics - Publisher's Website
 * Captain America - GCD Entry
 * Captain America