''Captain America'' is the name of several

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titles featuring the character Captain America and published by

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, beginning with the original ''Captain America'' comic book series which debuted in 1968.

Publication history

Captain America was starring in the title ''

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'', which was retitled ''Captain America'' with issue #100 (April 1968). The new title ''Captain America'' continued to feature artwork by

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, as well as a short run by Jim Steranko, and work by many of the industry's top artists and writers. It was called ''Captain America and the Falcon'' from #134 (Feb. 1971) to #222 (June 1978), although the Falcon's name was not on the cover for issues #193, 200, and 216. The 1972–1975 run on the title by writer

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and artist

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saw the series become one of Marvel's top-sellers. In 2010,

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ranked Englehart and Buscema's run on ''Captain America'' fourth on its list of the "Top 10 1970s Marvels". Kirby returned to the series as writer and penciler with issue #193 (Jan. 1975) and remained through #214 (Oct. 1977). This series – considered ''Captain America'' volume one by comics researchers and historians – ended with #454 (Aug. 1996). ''Captain America'' Vol. 1 should not be confused with the 1940s series '' Captain America Comics'' (1941–1949, 1954) and '' Captain America's Weird Tales'' (1949–1950). This series was almost immediately followed by the 13-issue ''Captain America'' vol. 2 (Nov. 1996 – Nov. 1997, part of the " Heroes Reborn" crossover), the 50-issue ''Captain America'' vol. 3 (Jan. 1998 – Feb. 2002), the 32-issue ''Captain America'' vol. 4 (June 2002 – Dec. 2004), and ''Captain America'' vol. 5 (Jan. 2005 – Aug. 2011). Beginning with the 600th overall issue (Aug. 2009), ''Captain America'' resumed its original numbering, as if the series numbering had continued uninterrupted after #454. As part of the aftermath of Marvel Comics' company-crossover storyline "

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", Steve Rogers was ostensibly killed in ''Captain America'' vol. 5, #25 (March 2007). Series writer

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remarked, "What I found is that all the really hard-core left-wing fans want Cap to be standing out on and giving speeches on the street corner against the

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administration, and all the really right-wing fans all want him to be over in the streets of Baghdad, punching out

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." The character's co-creator, Joe Simon, said, "It's a hell of a time for him to go. We really need him now." Artist Alex Ross designed a slightly revised Captain America costume that former sidekick Bucky Barnes began to wear as the new Captain America in vol. 5, #34 (March 2008). As of 2007, an estimated 210 million copies of "Captain America" comic books had been sold in 75 countries. The storyline of Rogers' return began in issue #600. Marvel stated in May 2011 that Rogers, following the public death of Bucky Barnes in the " Fear Itself" crossover, would resume his Captain America identity in a sixth volume of ''Captain America'', by writer Ed Brubaker and artist Steve McNiven. The ''Captain America'' title continued from issue #620 featuring team up stories with Bucky (#620-#628), Hawkeye (#629-#632), Iron Man (#633–635), Namor (#635.1), and Black Widow (#636-#640), and the title ended its print run with issue #640.

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