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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 4, 2020 12:11:19 GMT -5
Inspired by rberman 's threads and what with it being fourth of July (at the time of this posting), I thought it would be fun to discuss, in your opinion, the Sentinel Of Liberty's greatest tales of trial and tribulation
As I've said before, I love Captain America's Bicentennial Battles. While Kirby's return to Cap was a little on the rough side, Bicentennial Battles seemed to distill Cap down to it's purest essence. As far as single issues/runs though, I really liked
1)#139, where Steve goes undercover as a cop to find out where all the missing police officers have gone
2) #243 and #244, where thieves steal the Master Matrix for the Shield LMDs to make a new body for this dying techno man. Very Kirby, also think that Roger McKenzie's run on the title is extremely underrated
3) #267, where people begin to lose faith in Captain America and the American Dream and Everyman seeks to embody it's future
4) Tales Of Suspense #63- #71, Those WWII flashbacks are what got me into Cap
Also, while not considered "classic comic" yet, I did greatly enjoy Joesph Loeb's Captain America: White
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2020 12:44:25 GMT -5
My 5 favorite Captain America stories/runs in no particular order...
-Man Without a Country and the rest of the first Waid/Garney run that happened just before Heroes Reborn was instituted and ended the run abruptly. The continuation of the the run after Heroes Reborn did not have the same magic the initial run did.
-Steranko's three Captain America issues
-Captain America's Bicentennial Battles by Kirby
-Brubaker's Captain America run up through the Death of Captain America (I haven't read much of his run beyond that point)
-the Simon & Kirby Cap stories form Captain America Comics
-M
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 4, 2020 13:59:13 GMT -5
Okay , I’ll play.
Fighting Chance. Starting in #425. Cap discovers that he’s losing his health because the serum is not working anymore.
Captain America is replaced- # 332 The government Decides that they can’t control him so they replace him with Johnny Walker.
Captain America fights the 50’s Captain America. # 153. He is forced to deal with a Captain America that has been made a bigot by a faulty serum.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 4, 2020 14:12:15 GMT -5
I read Cap off and on, so take this entry wiht a grain of salt.
I love the Cap/ Batman team-up. Love it.
Loved Avengers 56.
I loved the Steranko "trilogy."
Captain America 100 and 109 make my list.
I loved Captain America: The First Avenger.
I enjoyed the Roger Stern-John Byrne run, though I have little real memory of the actual stories. More a good feeling about the way the title was going. And many fine covers.
I loved the Golden Age stories that I read way back when in Fantasy Masterpieces,especially "The Hunchback of Hollywood and the Movie Murders" (that rolls right off the tongue); "Ivan the Terrible;"The Phantom Hound of Cardiff Manor";and "CA and the Ringmaster of Death."
Some of those GA stories often reminded me of GA Batman stories. Similar villains, plots, etc. All in a good way.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2020 14:49:19 GMT -5
My Top Three: 1. Batman & Capt America. 2. The Stern/Byrne run. 3. Waid/Garney.
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Post by rberman on Jul 4, 2020 14:54:11 GMT -5
I never read a lot of Captain America, but I did enjoy the Stern/Byrne days. The Union Jack/Baron Blood two-parter was nice, but the "Cap for President" (#250) issue was more philosophically interesting, as various heroes and men-on-the-street reacted to the notion.  |
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Post by brutalis on Jul 4, 2020 15:25:20 GMT -5
Likes in general Cap (cuz too lazy to dig for specifics.
Cap leading the Avengers. Whether in Kooky Quartet days or as defacto lead. Always good to see others turning to & listening to Cap's leadership, guidance & battle savy.
Cap & Falc on the S.H.I.E.LD. helicarrier fighting Grey Gargoyle. Amazing Romita art.
Bicentennial Battles by Kirby. USA 200th birthday celebrated large & bold as only the KING can do it.
Cap confronting Thanos after all others have fallen. Never give up, never admit defeat & fight until the very end attitude. That is Captain America.
Sten/Byrne run. Classic!
Mark Gruenwald on Capt. Willing to put Cap through his paces & showing why there really is only 1 person meant to be in that red/white/blue Captain America suit and his name is Steve Rogers.
Englehart & Sal Buscema 1950s Cap vs Cap. A gold standard in story capturing the very essence of Captain America.
Gene Colan drawing Captain America. ALways stunning, athletic & powerful.
Cap/Namor/Torch, the titanic trio battling during WWII. Sheer perfection.
Cap in the MCU in movies. Chris Evan's nails Cap in every way. His stand by his best friend without fail. His past a part of who & what he is. Diving into any & every confrontation with determination to WIN! Picking up Mjolnir and saying the classic battle cry...Avengers Assemble! Oh the thrill, the rush, the goosebumps at that moment.
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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 4, 2020 15:34:04 GMT -5
Gene Colan drawing Captain America. ALways stunning, athletic & powerful. Gene Colan drawing anything is a Masterwork in of itself! Cap in the MCU in movies. Chris Evan's nails Cap in every way. His stand by his best friend without fail. His past a part of who & what he is. Diving into any & every confrontation with determination to WIN! Picking up Mjolnir and saying the classic battle cry...Avengers Assemble! Oh the thrill, the rush, the goosebumps at that moment. Chris Evans did an admirable job as Cap and I can't see anyone else in the role now, but Sandy Becker from The Marvel Super-Heroes cartoon is how I will forever hear Cap in my head |
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Post by kirby101 on Jul 4, 2020 16:58:57 GMT -5
For me, those three Steranko issues are unparalleled.
I love the Red Skull Cosmic Cube story from Tales of Suspense 79-81.
I also have a warm spot for the Cap from the 50s story.
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Post by tarkintino on Jul 4, 2020 18:16:12 GMT -5
Great thread. This lifelong Cap fan is loving the various opinions on the character. To be honest, the "Man out of Time" era--from his reintroduction in The Avengers #4, the Tales of Suspense era through his back and forth about his costumed identity well into Captain America and The Falcon #176 (including the Nomad period from #180 - #183) are a near-perfect run for the character. As much as The Amazing Spider-Man comics of the era are showered with (deserved) praise for having a hero with complications on both sides of his life, Captain America arguably had as many, or problems that shook the core of who Steve Rogers was as a person. Add his great relationship (brotherhood, actually) with the Falcon (and Wilson's own troubles being a superhero partner to a man with an image that made Wilson--by association--"untrustworthy" to some militant factions of his own race), and you had a title that was rich with personal, social and political drama, with Cap becoming an even stronger leader than he was during World War Two, thanks to his being a "product" of the hopes and extremes of the past and then-present. In other words, he was written to have a perspective on life not shaped by any one era, so he was not going to fall into the sort of narrow-mindedness of one who only knows (or cares to know) one era or political ideology/experience. Likes in general Cap (cuz too lazy to dig for specifics. Cap & Falc on the S.H.I.E.LD. helicarrier fighting Grey Gargoyle. Amazing Romita art. Romita's run on CA was incredible. His artwork was in a period of transition, where he added more "grit" to environments, and took advantage of action breaking out of the panel in often jaw-dropping ways. Shocking that an already legendary artist was still growing at that time. Even after he no longer provided interiors, he was responsible for a great deal of memorable Cap covers well into the mid 1970s. Frankly, Evens' Cap is the far and away best thing about the entire MCU. I could see other actors as Iron Man or Thor, but Evans zeroed in on what made Cap....Cap and elevated nearly every scene he appeared in. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 4, 2020 19:39:47 GMT -5
I really enjoyed the Sleepers story arc. Back when dormant Nazi robots were something that made sense.
Steranko's very brief run is an utter classic. 'nuff said.
The return of the 50s Captain was great... one of the first times I came across a retcon, but one that worked beautifully. And Sal Buscema will always, always, be the Captain America artist for me. I imprinted on it like a Lorenz duck.
Cap's struggle against the secret empire, resulting in (Richard Nixon)'s suicide... awesome story!!! It felt so adult, so mature, to read a super-hero story that doubled as a political commentary! (Yes, I was still pretty young).
I really didn't like Kirby's return to the title... but if I'm being honest, in hindsight, it was pretty cool. Sort of retro at the time, but unapologetic about its Kirbyness. I summon the crackle!
Stern and Byrne's run worked very well for me... Wow, that was really how Captain America was supposed to be like in the 1980s!
I also thoroughly enjoyed the first three issues of the four-issue limited series The Adventures of Captain America, by Nicieza and Maguire.
Then... fast forward to Brubaker's entire run. A bit of nostalgia, a bit of modern commentary, a bit of what it means to be a patriot without being a bigot... and the amazingly well performed return of Bucky, something that was once seen as a sin comparable to bringing back Uncle Ben as a cyborg cloned Skrull elemental!
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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 4, 2020 20:43:04 GMT -5
Captain America #176 (leading in to his appearance much later in Avengers Forever 12 issues series)
Avengers #56 (which I think led into Avengers Annual #2)
Captain America #253-254 (Invaders vs. Brother Blood reunion)
there were some good stories in the 1998 series with Mark Waid, Dan Jurgens and Andy Kubert
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Post by tarkintino on Jul 4, 2020 23:36:43 GMT -5
Avengers #56 (which I think led into Avengers Annual #2) Yes, Avengers Annual (or Special) #2 happens immediately after the events of #56, with a cover that I place in my top 10 of best superhero covers of all time. Buscema at the height of his powers. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2020 0:08:25 GMT -5
I wonder if this one will make anyone's list...  it even got a sequel...  so it must be good stuff! -M |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 5, 2020 0:20:12 GMT -5
Avengers #56 (which I think led into Avengers Annual #2) Yes, Avengers Annual (or Special) #2 happens immediately after the events of #56, with a cover that I place in my top 10 of best superhero covers of all time. Buscema at the height of his powers. And which might remind you of this, published the summer before:  |
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