Captain America Battlebook: Streets of Fire (1998 series) #1

There were also battlebooks for Spider-Man, Thor, Iron Man, Wolverine, and many other Marvel heroes, plus a few from smaller companies. There are fourteen in all.

Review: An early attempt to adapt something like the Dungeons & Dragons combat scheme to a fighting game. Looks like it might have been fun but the rest of the world would wait for Heroclix to come along. As it is, the best part of the project is the set of full page pictures of Cap in action. And one odd concession to realism: Cap has a crotch bulge on the cover but not inside, making this book straddle the line of all-ages vs. mature comics.

Comments: Other Marvel characters with Battlebooks are Spider-Man, Thor, Iron Man, Wolverine, Colossus, Storm, Gambit, Rogue, Elektra, and Citizen V; non-Marvel characters include Witchblade (Image/Top Cow), Darkchylde (then WildStorm), and Shi (Crusade). All Battlebooks have the title “Streets of Fire.” Each issue includes a maneuvers card and a rules card, in cellophane bound into the center of the book.