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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.

Comics Index

Page: 13 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.

Captain America #396
3 stars

Captain America #396

January 1992
"Trick or Treat"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
On the orders of its creator Arnim Zola, Doughboy absorbs Captain America and Thor (Eric Masterson) into its gooey innards and floats off to drown them in a nearby lake; settling to the bottom, Doughboy bursts open from Mjolnir hurled by Thor. [...]
Captain America #397
3 stars

Captain America #397

February 1992
"Shot in the Dark"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Captain America is dropping into the maw of a giant flaming pumpkin—but it''s just a hallucination caused by Jack O''Lantern as he and Blackwing fight the hero in the basement of the vanished Skull House. The two baddies decide to kill Cap as the Red Skull watches on a monitor with Viper. [...]
Captain America #398
4 stars

Captain America #398

March 1992
"It Came from Outer Space"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Rick Jones, aboard the Pantheon facility, has a nightmare of the destruction of the Kree homeworld followed by Captain America turning into the Kree Supreme Intelligence. On the advice of Delphi, he contacts Cap to arrange a meeting. [...]
Captain America #399
4 stars

Captain America #399

April 1992
"Twenty Million Light Years from Earth"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Follows THOR #445The captive Avengers are brought to the Kree homeworld of Hala and delivered by Shatterax into the hands of Ronan the Accuser. [...]
Captain America #400
3 stars

Captain America #400

May 1992
"Murder by Decree!"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Follows THOR #446As the rest of the Avengers head into space to locate the Shi’ar Nega-Bomb (with Iron Man feeling guilty about leaving the captive Captain America behind), Cap is brought before the Supreme Intelligence. [...]
Captain America #401
3.5 stars

Captain America #401

June 1992
"After the Storm"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
At a meeting of all the Avengers Captain America offers to resign when a vote to censure several team members for their execution of the Kree Supreme Intelligence fails. The team members led by Iron Man defend their actions during Operation: Galactic Storm (AVENGERS #347) and leave. [...]
Captain America #402
3.5 stars

Captain America #402

July 1992
"The Prowling"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
A man lost in the nighttime woods is attacked and killed by a werewolf....moments later, Wolverine appears on the trail of the monster.... Rescued from the Arctic (issue #400), D-Man is still in shock from his ordeal. [...]
Captain America #403
3 stars

Captain America #403

July 1992
"City of Wolves"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Captain America and Dr. Druid are in the woods of northern Massachusetts in their search for John Jameson; the werewolf that attacked them is roped and sedated by the silver-armored Moonhunter from his sky-craft. [...]
Captain America #404
2.5 stars

Captain America #404

August 1992
"Children of the Night"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Captain America and Dr. Druid are surrounded by werewolves as they arrive at Starkesboro, Massachusetts; Druid uses his magic to levitate above the monsters while Cap rips into them in the old reliable way. [...]
Captain America #405
2.5 stars

Captain America #405

August 1992
"Dances with Werewolves"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Dr. Nightshade has injected Captain America with her serum and he transforms into a werewolf but one with super-strength due to a new formula she is using. Capwolf breaks loose from his bonds and flees into the street where he terrorizes the citizens and vanishes into the woods.... [...]
Captain America #406
2.5 stars

Captain America #406

September 1992
"Leader of the Pack"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Captain America, transformed into a werewolf by Dr. Nightshade, is dropped into the punishment pit. There he is challenged by a white wolf, leader of the pit-wolves; Capwolf hurls him into the ceiling and instantly becomes the new wolfpack leader. [...]
Captain America #407
2.5 stars

Captain America #407

September 1992
"Lord of the Wolves!"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
As the werewolf Captain America fights many other lycanthropes in the Druid church, the Moongem transforms Dredmund into a cosmic being called the Starwolf! [...]
Captain America #408
2.5 stars

Captain America #408

October 1992
"Dark Dawn"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Nightshade has been pressured into turning all of the unwilling werewolves human again. The white werewolf is revealed to be John Jameson. As Capwolf is injected a demonic doppelganger of Captain America suddenly appears in the room and attacks Capwolf. [...]
Captain America #409
3.5 stars

Captain America #409

November 1992
"Blood and Diamond"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Dr. Druid conjures up a vision of the missing Diamondback for Captain America and Falcon; she is near mountains so Cap and Falcon have new pilot Zack Moonhunter fly them out to search the Rockies for her.... [...]
Captain America #410
4 stars

Captain America #410

December 1992
"Diamonds are for Vengeance"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
At the mystery lab in the Rockies, Captain America and Falcon drop from the sky to take on Crossbones and Jack O'' Lantern, matching strength against strength and gadget against gadget. Inside the Quonset hut lab, Dr. [...]
Captain America #411
4 stars

Captain America #411

January 1993
"The Arena"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Diamondback is sparring with Falcon when Captain America enters to inform her that she is healthy after being treated with his Super-Soldier blood (last issue). She seeks revenge against Snapdragon after nearly being killed by her in issue #388. [...]
Captain America #412
4 stars

Captain America #412

February 1993
"Disguise the Limit"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
At the A.I.M. weapons expo, Captain America, disguised as Crossbones, is being pummeled in the arena by the massive General Wo. He buries his hands in the big man's throat until Wo surrenders. Without a break, Capbones is attacked by Razor-Fist, who has knife blades for hands.... [...]
Captain America #413
4 stars

Captain America #413

March 1993
"Hostile Takeover!"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
At A.I.M.''s weapons fair on their private island, Captain America is hip-deep in violent villains, trying his best not to be overwhelmed and killed.... [...]
Captain America #414
3.5 stars

Captain America #414

April 1993
"Escape from A.I.M. Isle"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Captain America rescues Superia after MODAM has dropped her in the ocean, thinking it might have been Diamondback. Cap returns to A.I.M. Island where Falcon and Shang-Chi are doing battle with A.I.M. Troopers and Diamond is trying to find her way back to Cap.... [...]
Captain America #415
4 stars

Captain America #415

May 1993
"Savage Landings!"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Captain America, Black Panther, Falcon, and Diamondback arrive in the Savage Land on a mission to find the local deposit of Vibranium. They split up to cover more ground; Cap and Diamond go to Ka-Zar''s home to enlist his help and are attacked by Zabu, the saber-toothed tiger. [...]
Captain America #416
4 stars

Captain America #416

June 1993
"(No title given)"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
 In the Savage Land, Captain America''s battle with the Saur-Lords (humanized dinosaurs) is interrupted by the arrival of forty A.I.M. Agents; suddenly one of them starts shooting, causing chaos and panic among the agents and continued firing at one another. [...]
Captain America #417
4 stars

Captain America #417

July 1993
"Termination Day"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Ka-Zar learns that Terminus, which once before destroyed the Savage Land, has returned and he lets out a cry of anguish.... At the citadel, the heroes try to fight off Terminus but there''s little to do about a 200-foot tall machine. [...]
Captain America #418
2.5 stars

Captain America #418

August 1993
"To Have and to Have Not"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
The captive Dennis “D-Man” Dunphy is a prisoner of the underdwellers who call themselves the Night People. He is being subjected to electric torture to disclose whether he is an enemy or not. [...]
Captain America #419
3.5 stars

Captain America #419

September 1993
"Television Blind"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Continued from SILVER SABLE & THE WILD PACK #15 The Red Skull muses on his failed alliance with Viper; he thought she was evil enough but she turns out to love chaos for the sake of chaos and the Skull has actual goals. [...]
Captain America #420
3 stars

Captain America #420

October 1993
"Skull Sessions"
Script: Mark Gruenwald
Captain America leads a SHIELD assault team in an attack on the Red Skull''s secret Rocky Mountain hideaway, the location having been revealed by the captive Viper. As Nick Fury and his team engage the villain''s guards, Cap enters to discover that the Skull has already fled. [...]