Welcome!

During the dark days of the early 1940's, a covert military experiment turned Steve Rogers into America's first Super-Soldier: Captain America!

Throughout the war, Captain America and his partner, Bucky, fought alongside the Allied forces and a group of other heroes known as the Invaders. In the closing months of the war, Captain America and Bucky were both presumed dead in an explosion over the Artic Ocean.

Decades later, a figure was found trapped in the ice, and Captain America was revived. Having slept through more than half of the twentieth century, Steve Rogers awakened to a world he never imagined, a world where war had moved from the battlefield to the city streets... a world more in need of a symbol of Freedom and Liberty than ever before!

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A word about the cartoon images - these are a style called Microheroes, and more information about them can be found at Microhero Central. Special thanx go to Robert Bradley and Rich Bellacera, the most prolific and talented microhero artists of the bunch; without their massive output of Captain America-related microheroes, this site would be much poorer!


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Captain America DVD Archive!

From the Silver Age to Present, over 42 Years of Captain America (Marvel's second best known character worldwide behind Spider-Man) comic books from Nov. 1964 thru Apr. 2007. Over 500 complete issues including all annuals. Every single article including American Graffiti, Bullpen Bulletins, Pinups and all advertisements.

MSRP $49.99

UPC 791149900077 ISBN 978-1-934377-01-7

Available from Amazon, or your local comic shop.

Cap Dead

Yeah, I know. Sucks. Go read CA #25.

New Avengers Reviews!

The reviews for New Avengers #20, 21, 22, and 23 are up!

I'm A Flake!

My apologies for the lack of activity and content - but let me tell you, the Civil War stuff has me so unenthusiastic about the Marvel Universe, that I almost deleted the site. However, I especially apologize to Tiger Shark, whose reviews have been stacking deeper than the TSA line at O'Hare Airport...

New Avengers Review!

The review for New Avengers #17 is up!

New Avengers Review!

The reviews for New Thunderbolts #18/#99 and Captain America #15 are up!

New Avengers Review!

The review for New Avengers #16 is up!

May 2006 Previews!

They're up!

Toy Faire 2006 - Captain America

A report from Toy Faire 2006, covering the Captain America-related toys coming to us in 2006!

Editorial - The Marvel Handbook, Golden Age 2004 edition

Kind of a strange combination of editorial and review...

Cable/Deadpool and the 1960's Marvel Handbook!

Captain America guest-stars in the latest issue of Cable/Deadpool #25, and its one of the finest portrayals of Captain America outside of Brubaker's superb run on his own title. Also new this week, the 1960's Marvel Handbook has a number of entries which are Cap-related, from the old Avengers to the terrifying Tumbler to Captain America himself!

Young Avengers Review!

The review for Young Avengers #11 is up!

Captain America, New Avengers, and New T-Bolts Reviews!

The reviews for Captain America #14, Avengers #15, and New Thunderbolts #17 are up (with apologies to John and Tigershark for taking so long to get their reviews - delivered on time - up)!

Avengers movie/DVD web site!

The forthcoming "Ultimate" Avengers DVD movie now has a web site, including a nifty little trailer; the action sequences with Cap look pretty nifty!

Captain America Review!

The reviewfor Captain America #13 is up!

New Thunderbolt Reviews!

The reviews for New Thunderbolts #15 and #16 are up!

Rumor-Mongering For Fun!

Some relatively reliable rumors floating around indicate that Ed Brubaker and Eric Wight are rumored to be working on Captain America 65th Aniversary Special (and that Brubaker is also the favorite to take over Uncanny X-Men from Chris Claremont, but thats more or less off-topic!).

The first annual Edwin Awards!

The balloting for the first annual Edwin Awards are currently undeway! I encourage you to head on over and make your voice heard - especially when you vote with the current excellence of all things Captain America in mind! *grin*

New Avengers Review!

The review for New Avengers #13 is up!

Captain America Voice Actor Inteview!

The good folks at Comics Continuum have a short interview witht he Captain America voice actor from the upcoming Ultimate Avengers DVD feature!

New Captain America and Young Avengers Reviews!

The reviews for Captain America #12 and Young Avengers #9 are up!

New Captain America, New Avengers, New Thunderbolts, and Young Avengers Reviews!

The reviews for New Thunderbolts #14, New Avengers #12, Young Avengers #8, and Captain America #11 are up!

David Morell on Cap project!

From Marvel's press release:

Considered by many to be the father of the modern action novel, award-winning author David Morrell will be the creative mastermind behind a new Captain America project, slated for next year.

With a complex body of work that traverses the Horror, Espionage and Thriller genres, Morrell is a giant in the literary world. He is the author of First Blood, the award-winning novel in which Rambo was created. He has written numerous best-selling thrillers, including The Brotherhood of the Rose (the basis for a highly rated NBC mini-series), The Fifth Profession, Extreme Denial and Assumed Identity. Most recently, he wrote the dark suspense-thriller Creepers (CDS Books, September 2005). Two of his novellas received Stoker awards from the Horror Writers Association.

In his first comic book writing effort, Morrell will bring his action writing talent to Captain America, in the story of a young Marine, Corporal James Newman, who is on his tour of duty in Afghanistan. In the midst of a brutal fire fight with enemy forces, Captain America leads him out of the battle while helping him rescue his wounded comrades who are trapped by enemy fire. When the smoke clears, Newman is unsure if Captain America was really there, or a hallucination in the stress of battle.

"As the creator of Rambo, Morrell is known for heroes who've been trained to handle action and danger. He is a master of weaving action into a thought-provoking plot with more than a few twists, and I am eager to see the thrills he has in store for the newest installments of Captain America," said Joe Quesada, Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics.

"I want the characters to feel real," says David Morrell. "In particular I want the reader to believe in Captain America. Also, I want to explore the major theme of what it means to be a hero in this troubled modern world. I hope the story is deeply moving as well as exciting."

Comicboards are temporarily down!

The Comicboards, and the beloved CAMB are temporarily down, while they migrate the whole kit-and-kaboodle to a new, beefier server. I've asked "the management" if they have an estimated up-time, and will post updates here as I get them. Update - They're baaaaack!

January Previews Are Up!

The solicits for January 2006 are up, with a couple of notes: They posted the same information for Cap this month as last month, which leads me to believe its either an error, or more likely even a solicit would ruin the suprise of the Winter Soldier. Also, there is no information available about Young Avengers beyond a ship date - and that only on the Marvel site.

New Thunderbolts #13 Reviewed!

The review for New Thunderbolts #13, done by the erudite John Warren, is up!

More Reviews!!

The review for CA #10, New Avengers #10, and New Thunderbolts #12 are up!

New December Solicits and Reviews!!

The solicits for December, and more reviews, are up!

CA #09 Reviewed!

The review for CA #9 is up!