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:
Apr 1968 to Aug 1996
1968
N/A
Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.
Comics Index
Page: 11 of 15
Total Indexed Comics:
356
Comics sorted by date. Oldest shown first. Up to 25 comics per page. Page navigator at the bottom of the page.
November 1988"Vengeance"
Script: Mark GruenwaldIn a Chicago suburb late one night, an aged woman hears the doorbell; answering it, she is shocked to see Captain America, delivering a warning that the next time he sees her son Hector, he is a dead man. Fighting a heart seizure, Mrs. [...]
December 1988"Out of Commission"
Script: Mark GruenwaldIn the Arctic, anarchist villain Flag-Smasher is on the run from two members of his own organization, ULTIMATUM, who are trying to kill him. [...]
January 1989"Icecap"
Script: Mark GruenwaldLate one night, The Captain comes ashore on the Hydro-Base, former headquarters of the Avengers, in search of hs missing teammates. He is attacked by a figure in the dark who turns out to be his partner D-Man, who came here to find Cap after being released by the Commission. [...]
February 1989"Seeing Red"
Script: Mark GruenwaldThe sinister Adonis who we have seen manipulating the Commission on Superhuman Activities stands in a gym. Facing him are five sparring partners dressed as Captain America. [...]
March 1989"Changing of the Guard"
Script: Mark GruenwaldAt a press conference in Washington D.C., Captain America John Walker officially resigns and hands the shield back to his predecessor Steve Rogers. [...]
April 1989"Refuge"
Script: Mark GruenwaldOn Avengers Island, Captain America is overseeing the audition of a quartet of aspiring Avengers—Speedball, Blue Shield, Gladiatrix, and Mechanaut—and he finds them wanting. He is called away by a report of incoming visitors. [...]
May 1989"The Great Bear"
Script: Mark GruenwaldThe three Soviet Super Soldiers critically injured by the Supreme Soviets (last issue) are pronounced dead by the doctor on Avengers Island. Captain America undertakes a diplomatic mission to Moscow with the ulterior motive of learning whether the assassination was ordered by the government. [...]
June 1989"Reawakening"
Script: Mark GruenwaldThis issue features two stories told in parallel columns; for convenience''s sake I’ll cover the Cap half then the USAgent part.Captain America enters a barn in New Jersey, investigating the mystery of the rampaging machines from issue #351; this place is the last lab of the villain Machinesmith. [...]
July 1989"Missing Persons"
Script: Mark GruenwaldCaptain America is frustrated with all the paperwork and monitor duty he has to take care of since becoming leader of the Avengers. He receives a call from Raymond Sikorsky of the Commission on Superhuman Affairs to tell him John Walker, the replacement Captain America, is still alive. [...]
August 1989"Camptown Rages!"
Script: Mark GruenwaldCaptain America, turned by magic into a teenaged Steve Rogers, and the other kidnapped teens, are herded off the bus at a sinister youth camp, run by the Sisters of Sin. The rest of the kids are docile but Steve doesn’t know whether they are drugged or under hypnosis. [...]
September 1989"Night of Sin"
Script: Mark GruenwaldThe teenaged Captain America has been beaten into unconsciousness by the Sisters of Sin and the brutish Torso lifts his head to deliver the killing blow…but Sin demands the privilege of dispatching the interloper. [...]
September 1989"Bones of Contention"
Script: Mark GruenwaldCaptain America descends by rope into the catacombs deep beneath the streets of Manhattan. He is coming in response to a signal he is receiving on a transmitter he carries. Reaching a level area, he discovers the skeletal remains of the Mole Man’s servitors, dead by violence. [...]
October 1989"Wheel of Death"
Script: Mark GruenwaldFelled by curare-tipped blowdarts in the Incan temple, Captain America and Diamondback are strapped onto the Wheel of Death alongside their enemies, Baron Zemo, Batroc, Machete, and Zaran. As the victims contemplate their imminent end, Cap searches for a means of escape. [...]
October 1989"Blood in the Sea"
Script: Mark GruenwaldAs Captain America battles Zaran and Machete beneath the waters off Bermuda for the latest fragment of the Bloodstone, Batroc has led a shiver of sharks back toward them. (Yes, "shiver." Look it up. [...]
November 1989"Lair of the Living Mummy"
Script: Mark GruenwaldAs they explore a tomb in Egypt in search of the next fragment of the Bloodstone, Captain America and Diamondback are suddenly dropped into a pit full of poisonous snakes. Cap twists in midair so that he was able to land on his feet and catch Diamond before she hit the floor. [...]
November 1989"Necromancing the Stone"
Script: Kieron DwyerCaptain America and Diamondback are hanging onto the damaged ladder dangling hundreds of feet above the Egyptian desert as Baron Zemo fires on them from his aircraft. Pilot John Jameson puts the Quinjet in gear and zooms away, with Cap and his lady partner hanging on for their lives. [...]
November 1989"Moon over Madripoor"
Script: Mark GruenwaldCrossbones, who has remained in the shadows while dogging the parties to the Bloodstone Hunt (over the previous six issues), now has the unconscious Diamondback in his clutches. After everyone else has left the volcano area, he carries her to a fishing village where he seizes a boat and rows away. [...]
December 1989"Man Trap"
Script: Mark GruenwaldCrossbones has lured Captain America into a trap on a sampan in Madripoor. After Cap steps into an animal trap, the brutish villain turns and attacks. As they brawl, Cap finds ‘Bones a formidable opponent but finally overpowers him, and demands to be led to where Diamondback is being held…. [...]
December 1989"Submission"
Script: Mark GruenwaldStory arc continues from FANTASTIC FOUR (Vol. 1) #336As the story opens, the Red Skull is chastising Crossbones for his failure to obtain the Bloodstones (CAP #362) and his engaging in combat with Captain America without permission. [...]
January 1990"Remote Control"
Script: Mark GruenwaldStory arc continues from AVENGERS #312.Captain America brings the comatose Sub-Mariner to Hank Pym to examine the Controller’s disc on the back of his neck. [...]
February 1990"Magnetic Repulsion"
Script: Mark GruenwaldStory arc continued from AVENGERS #313Removing the Controller’s disc from Namor’s neck sends the Atlantean warrior into a violent rage from which only Captain America can calm him. [...]
March 1990"Red Twilight"
Script: Mark GruenwaldAt the Red Skull’s secret headquarters in the Smith Building, his henchmen Crossbones and Machinesmith are searching for signs of their missing boss. [...]
April 1990"The Skeleton Crew"
Script: Mark GruenwaldSurprised in her dressing room at a strip club, Asp lets loose with a pair of venom-bolts at Captain America. After a scuffle, Cap manages to subdue her and gets to the point of his visit: where is Diamondback? Asp hasn’t seen her so Cap leaves a message for her to call him. [...]
May 1990"House Calls"
Script: Mark GruenwaldCaptain America bursts out of the sewer where he and Diamondback were buried alive last issue. After giving details of the supervillain battle beneath the streets to the police, they head back to Avengers headquarters. [...]
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