Freedom, equality, justice. No superhero embodies the utopian American way like Captain America. But Steve Rogers it’s not just the embodiment of US propaganda: The Sentinel of Liberty has often been the protagonist of stories that also highlighted American hypocrisy. But what are the best stories from Captain America?
Formed with a continuity by more than half a century of stories, it can be difficult to navigate the adventures of the Marvel superheroes. If there’s an official Captain America timeline for movies, comic book readers aren’t that lucky. That is why we identified Five must-have comics to read to get to know the Sentinel of Freedom in the group.
Captain America joins the Avengers!
Although Captain America was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby in 1941, we can recognize Steve Rogers’ true debut in the Marvel universe in Avengers # 4, which was released more than 20 years later, in 1964. Contrary to what the films suggest. Captain America is not a founding member of the Avengers (unlike Ant-Man and the Wasp, for example), but he still got on the team quite early, in the fourth installment of the series. What happens in this comic should be known to everyone: The Avengers find Captain America’s body frozen in the ice of the Arctic and manage to bring it back to life. From that moment on, Steve Rogers’ adventure in the Marvel world begins.
nomad
1974 Steve Englehart and Sal Buscema change the character of Steve Rogers forever. In Captain America # 180, the Sentinel of Liberty he sees everything he believed in collapse when he discovers that a senior US government official is the leader of the Secret Empire terrorist group. Steve Rogers no longer feels represented by America today and leaves the role of Captain America to take on the role of Nomad. It’s only been a short time, however: in Captain America # 184, Steve Rogers already returns to wear the Captain America costume, knowing that he can fight for American ideals even without blindly supporting his representatives.
Captain America: White
Part of a project by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale that also includes Spider-Man: Blue, Daredevil: Yellow and Hulk: Gray, Captain America: White, released between 2008 and 2015, that deals with the relationship between Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes busy World War II. It’s a story that, much like the Nomad saga, seeks to tackle the moral issue of Captain America, the embodiment of American ideals that have to grapple with a world in which nothing is ever just white or just black, everything is increasingly gray.
Civil war
In 2006, the superhero civil war marked a turning point in the Marvel universe. Civil War by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven is a story that, unlike the film adaptation, has neither a real protagonist nor a real villain. It’s the story of two sides, led by Captain America and Iron Man that They will come to fight, to defend their idea. A story that will end in the worst possible way: In Death Of The Dream, a plot written by Ed Brubaker and illustrated by Steve Epting, Steve Rogers of Crossbones is murdered on the steps of the court that should have tried him.
The winter soldier
The list closes with another Ed Brubaker story, The Winter Soldier, which is also a source of inspiration for the Marvel Studios films dedicated to Captain America. The Winter Soldier is a political thriller, a story of intrigue and machinations in which Bucky Barnes returns from the world of the dead as a winter soldier, a Soviet killer controlled by Division X, a subdivision of the KGB. The film of the same name draws heavily on that story and is a fairly faithful adaptation of it. If the film is considered one of the best in the MCU, much of the credit goes to Brubaker, who wrote it one of the most memorable Captain America stories of all time.
These suggestions from us are only a small selection numerous stories from Captain America deserves a read. Unlike in the films, Steve Rogers is still active in the comics and continues to fight for American ideals. In any case, Captain America 4 is official, although the character played by Chris Evans is retired in the MCU and Anthony Mackies will see Sam Wilson as the Sentinel of Freedom.
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