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Comic Book: Captain America (1968 series)

What This Book is About:
Captain America's flagship title. Continuing TALES OF SUSPENSE, this title ran for decades, establishing Cap as the Living Legend of World War 2 whose adventures continued into the present day as the nation's greatest hero.

Data Sheet:
Dates
Apr 1968 to Aug 1996
1968
N/A

Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.

Captain America
Captain America

(Steve Rogers)
Falcon
Falcon

(Sam Wilson)
Diamondback
Diamondback

(Rachel Leighton)
Red Skull
Red Skull

(Johann Shmidt)
Plus: Peggy Carter.

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Total Indexed Comics: 356

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Captain America #322
3.5 stars

Captain America #322

October 1986
"The Chasm"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
At the snowbound ULTIMATUM base, Captain America, backed by SHIELD forces, tears through hordes of the terrorist agents, distraught over having killed one of the baddies last issue. Finally he spies his target: the enemy leader Flag-Smasher taking off in a copter. [...]
Captain America #323
4.5 stars

Captain America #323

November 1986
"Super-Patriot is Here"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
[...]
Captain America #324
3 stars

Captain America #324

December 1986
"Speed Trap"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Late one night, Captain America crashes through the skylight of a warehouse to stop a weapons heist. To his surprise they are only a bunch of kids and the “weapons” are water guns—Cap’s tip was a prank. [...]
Captain America #325
3 stars

Captain America #325

January 1987
"Slugfest"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Captain America busts up a big drug deal only to discover the buyers were undercover cops and he just ruined a major operation. [...]
Captain America #326
3 stars

Captain America #326

February 1987
"The Haunting of Skull-House"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 On Halloween night, Captain America returns to Skull House, the sinister mansion where he fought his last fight with his archenemy the Red Skull (issue #300). [...]
Captain America #327
3.5 stars

Captain America #327

March 1987
"Clashing Symbols"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Late one night at a college in Madison, Wisconsin, the Buckies (Bold Urban Commandos) terrorize a dorm for international students, setting the lawn on fire and playing the part of redneck racists. [...]
Captain America #328
4 stars

Captain America #328

April 1987
"The Hard Way!"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
In search of info about the Super-Patriot (whom he fought last issue), Captain America arrives at the Los Angeles headquarters of the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation. [...]
Captain America #329
3.5 stars

Captain America #329

May 1987
"Movers and Monsters"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Searching the Power Broker’s lab facility, Captain America and his new ally D-Man (with the captive Dr Karl Malus in tow) uncover the huge boiler room. [...]
Captain America #330
4 stars

Captain America #330

June 1987
"Night Shift"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 In the sewer, Captain America is fighting a cadre of gruesome creatures—failed results of the Power Broker’s augmentation experiments. [...]
Captain America #331
2.5 stars

Captain America #331

July 1987
"Soldier, Soldier"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The Shroud discovers Captain America performing CPR on his new partner D-Man and persuades Dr Karl Malus to try to reverse the augmentation treatment in hopes that D-Man will recover. [...]
Captain America #332
5 stars

Captain America #332

August 1987
"The Choice"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
On a cold morning in the nation’s capital, a man in military gear parachutes down to perch atop the Washington Monument. [...]
Captain America #333
5 stars

Captain America #333

September 1987
"The Replacement"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
The Commission on Superhuman Affairs debates their next move in the wake of Steve Rogers’ resignation as Captain America: General Haywerth wants to court-martial Rogers, while Henry Peter Gyrich would prefer to use him as a means of forcing the Avengers into line. [...]
Captain America #334
5 stars

Captain America #334

October 1987
"Basic Training"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
John Walker, the new Captain America, watches tapes of the original in action and wonders if he will ever master his expert moves. [...]
Captain America #335
5 stars

Captain America #335

November 1987
"Baptism of Fire"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
As the story opens, the new Captain America and Bucky—John Walker and Lemar Hoskins—are running through a gauntlet of deadly obstacles in the training room. [...]
Captain America #336
4.5 stars

Captain America #336

December 1987
"Natural Calling!"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
In a diner in Washington State, a televised news report recounts the adventures of Captain America battling the right-wing vigilante Watchdogs in the South, then moves on to the story the manhunt for a local eco-terrorist known as Brother Nature. [...]
Captain America #337
4 stars

Captain America #337

January 1988
"The Long Road Back"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
The Falcon, D-Man, Nomad (Jack Monroe), and Vagabond arrive in Washington (State) searching for the missing Steve Rogers. They discover his van in the crevice in the back road and see that Steve and his motorcycle are gone. [...]
Captain America #338
4.5 stars

Captain America #338

February 1988
"Power Struggle"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
The new Captain America and Bucky are battling…Roman soldiers? They are assaulting the castle stronghold of the villainous Professor Power; the baddie has recently escaped from SHIELD detention and traced to this one of his former hideouts; Cap and Bucky are assigned to bring him back. [...]
Captain America #339
4 stars

Captain America #339

March 1988
"America the Scorched!"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
As a reward for defeating Marvel Girl (in X-FACTOR (1986) #25), Apocalypse unleashes his Horseman Famine on the American Midwest. Mounted on a stainless-steel beast she flies over farmland sending blight on the crops and slaughtering animals and humans with her withering touch. [...]
Captain America #340
4 stars

Captain America #340

April 1988
"Breakout"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Iron Man, on a crusade to shut down all unauthorized use of his armor designs, has targeted the Guardsmen, the high-tech warders at The Vault, the prison for super-villains. Steve Rogers, now The Captain, has learned of his plans and engages him in battle within the facility. [...]
Captain America #341
5 stars

Captain America #341

May 1988
"Break-In"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Late one evening, Tony Stark returns to his Pacific mansion accompanied by the attractive Dawn Lovett—and finds Steve Rogers, the former Captain America, waiting for him. [...]
Captain America #342
4 stars

Captain America #342

June 1988
"The Snake Pit"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
At D-Man’s Santa Monica estate, the wrestler-turned-hero is getting tossed for a loop by Vagabond, while teaching her some fighting moves. A jealous Nomad breaks up the session, throwing punches at the hapless D-Man until his girl shoves him into the pool. [...]
Captain America #343
4 stars

Captain America #343

July 1988
"Slippery People"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
The new Captain America (John Walker) and Battle Star have been ordered to Cleveland, Ohio to apprehend a mutant rebel against the Registration Act. The frightened young man fires quills from his body at the two heroes and seeks to hide in an alley. [...]
Captain America #344
4 stars

Captain America #344

August 1988
"Don’t Tread on Me"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Late at night in the White House, President Ronald Reagan awakens with a sudden painful sensation. As he takes another drink of water, we discover he is transforming into a human reptile…. [...]
Captain America #345
5 stars

Captain America #345

September 1988
"Surrender"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
[...]
Captain America #346
4.5 stars

Captain America #346

October 1988
"Ambush!"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
After his violent rage-fueled action against the Watchdogs last issue, Captain America (John Walker) is in a jail cell in Custer’s Grove, Georgia. He receives a visit from Battle Star and his Commission handler Adrian Sammish. [...]