Awwwards

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: 5 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 #200
2 stars

Captain America #200

August 1976
"Dawn's Early Light!"
Script: Jack Kirby
In the early morning hours, Captain America leads a SHIELD assault on the Taurey estate. Technicians disable the sonic wave projectors designed to protect the inhabitants from the effects of the Madbomb. The assault tem then enters the grounds and takes down several guards…. [...]
Captain America #201
3 stars

Captain America #201

September 1976
"The Night People!"
Script: Jack Kirby
Late at night in a New York shop, the scavengers known as the Night People are foraging for goods to take back to Zero Street. Brother Dickens finds figurines of Captain America and the Falcon and dreams of his people having a superhero of their own. [...]
Captain America #202
3 stars

Captain America #202

October 1976
"Mad, Mad Dimension!"
Script: Jack Kirby
Captain America fights his way past a team of bodyguards to confront Texas Jack Muldoon in his penthouse suite. At Cap’s request, the oil millionaire relates how he saw the Falcon vanish into thin air; Muldoon’s science expert Beasley arrives with more details…. [...]
Captain America #203
3 stars

Captain America #203

November 1976
"Alamo II!"
Script: Jack Kirby
Captain America arrives in the alternate dimension accompanied by Texas Jack Muldoon. Caught by Brother Wonderful, Cap tries to convince him they have not come to arrest the inhabitants but are peacefully searching for their lost friends. [...]
Captain America #204
3 stars

Captain America #204

December 1976
"The Unburied One!"
Script: Jack Kirby
Having returned from the alternate dimension (last issue), Captain America takes Falcon and Leila to SHIELD’s psychiatric section to see if the doctors can reverse the brainwashing inflicted upon them. [...]
Captain America #205
3 stars

Captain America #205

January 1977
"Agron Walks the Earth!"
Script: Jack Kirby
The Falcon is terrified by the sight of Agron, his dead human shell empowered and enlarged by the energy within. [...]
Captain America #206
2 stars

Captain America #206

February 1977
"Face to Face with the Swine!"
Script: Jack Kirby
At SHIELD’s psychiatric hospital, the Falcon and Leila are pronounced free of the brainwashing inflicted by the Night People (issue #202). They and Captain America head back to New York by jet…. [...]
Captain America #207
2 stars

Captain America #207

March 1977
"The Tiger and the Swine!!"
Script: Jack Kirby
Captured by thugs in the employ of the Latin American dictator Hector "The Swine" Santiago, Steve Rogers is being flown to captivity in Rio de Muerte. He has been faking unconsciousness for some time though, and suddenly leaps up and fights with his captors. [...]
Captain America #208
3 stars

Captain America #208

April 1977
"The River of Death!"
Script: Jack Kirby
As Captain America walks alongside a river, seeking escape from Rio de Muerte, he is suddenly attacked by a fishlike monster. Guards working for the Latin American dictator Hector "The Swine" Santiago arrive and drive the Man-Fish off with their gunfire and take the wounded Cap prisoner…. [...]
Captain America #209
3 stars

Captain America #209

May 1977
"Arnim Zola--The Bio-Fanatic!!"
Script: Jack Kirby
Captain America and Donna Maria have fallen into the clutches of mad biochemist Arnim Zola. Zola summons Doughboy, a balloon-like blob of flesh that descends from the sky, and the creature seizes them with its tentacles and draws them into its body. [...]
Captain America #210
3 stars

Captain America #210

June 1977
"Showdown Day!"
Script: Jack Kirby
Captain America leaps to his feet and resumes his attack on Primus, rescuing Donna Maria from the clutches of the artificial man. When she tries to seize the control device from Arnim Zola, the villain causes the floor of the organic crafts to liquefy, trapping her and Cap in its gooey fibers. [...]
Captain America #211
3 stars

Captain America #211

July 1977
"Nazi "X"!"
Script: Jack Kirby
Trapped in a room in Arnim Zola’s castle, Captain America and Donna Maria are attacked by a huge figure wearing a helmet that has no openings for eyes or mouth. The creature, which appears to be mindless, hurls Donna Maria at Cap, who catches her. [...]
Captain America #212
3 stars

Captain America #212

August 1977
"The Face of a Hero!"
Script: Jack Kirby
Arnim Zola has invited Captain America and Donna Maria to witness the revival of Adolf Hitler’s brain—with Cap’s face. Maria hurls a vial of chemicals and sets the room ablaze; she and Cap scoop up more bottles and make their escape. [...]
Captain America #213
2 stars

Captain America #213

September 1977
"The Night Flyer!"
Script: Jack Kirby
Captain America is fighting furiously against hordes of Nazi soldiers to get at their leader, the Red Skull, braving gunfire and bomb blasts, determined to bring his archenemy to justice. [...]
Captain America #214
2 stars

Captain America #214

October 1977
"Power"
Script: Jack Kirby
Surrounded by SHIELD forces, the hit man known as the Night Flyer kneels seemingly to meditate or pray. Suddenly he unleashes a powerful electrical force, knocking down everyone in the room. [...]
Captain America #215
2 stars

Captain America #215

November 1977
"The Way It Really Was!"
Script: Roy Thomas
An early morning in Manhattan sees Captain America and the Falcon rushing along a crowded street. Why the hurry? Cap, blinded up until a few hours ago (see last issue) wants to see his beloved New York once again. [...]
Captain America #216
1 stars

Captain America #216

December 1977
"The Human Torch Meets…Captain America!"
Script: Stan Lee
Captain America has just reviewed his entire career along with those of his successors, but there is one incarnation of Captain America he does not know about…. [...]
Captain America #217
3 stars

Captain America #217

January 1978
"The Search for Steve Rogers!"
Script: Don Glut
Captain America and the Falcon are signing autographs downtown when they remember an appointment they have with Nick Fury. They go to the barbershop which is the secret entrance to SHIELD headquarters and descend into the complex. [...]
Captain America #218
4 stars

Captain America #218

February 1978
"One Day in Newfoundland!"
Script: Don Glut
Captain America has met a mystery woman named Veda (actually an agent for the sinister Corporation) who claims to know about his missing past. As they head through the night, they are attacked by costumed thugs seeking to capture Veda. [...]
Captain America #219
4 stars

Captain America #219

March 1978
"The Adventures of Captain America"
Script: Don Glut
Having gone to Newfoundland to investigate his missing past, Captain America has discovered a secret lab where ex-Nazi spy Lyle Dekker displays a twelve-foot-tall replica of Cap. Dekker reminds him of the first time they met, many years ago during the war…. [...]
Captain America #220
4 stars

Captain America #220

April 1978
"The Ameridroid Lives!"
Script: Don Glut
Captain America, a prisoner of the ex-Nazi spy Lyle Dekker, awakens to find himself strapped into a chair, an electronic helmet clamped to his head. Dekker explains how his scheme of revenge was thirty years in the making…. [...]
Captain America #221
4 stars

Captain America #221

May 1978
"Cul-De-Sac!"
Script: Steve Gerber
As the newly-created Ameridroid terrorizes the Newfoundland seaport, Captain America struggles to escape from the mind-transfer device which gave his power to the giant monster. Cap manages to kick his shield so that it damages the machine’s power source, unlocking the clamps confining him. [...]
Captain America #222
3 stars

Captain America #222

June 1978
"Monumental Menace!"
Script: Steve Gerber
Captain America, having dozed off in his easy chair at the end of last issue, is rudely awakened by a driverless Volkswagen crashing through his window. [...]
Captain America #223
3 stars

Captain America #223

July 1978
"Call Me Animus"
Script: Steve Gerber
At the Lincoln Memorial, Captain America has been attacked by the Animus, a savage brute with an oversized cranium and a very erudite vocabulary, wielding a huge crystalline club full of circuitry. [...]