"Snake, Battle, and Toll" Fighting Chance Part 11 of 12. Script by Mark Gruenwald. Pencils by Dave Hoover. Inks by Danny Bulanadi. Cover by Dave Hoover.
Snakes are everywhere in Scottsdale! Jack Flag successfully infiltrates the Serpent Society and earns the trust of the Cobra! And once Jack gives Cap the society's secret location in Arizona, he thinks his plan to defeat the society will work! However the young superhero doesn't know…that he's getting a severely weakened shield-slinger and a novice Free Spirit as his reinforcements! And also that the Cobra has invited Mister Hyde to the party! So the sides are set in Scottsdale: Captain America, Free Spirit, and Jack Flag vs. the Cobra, Mister Hyde, Coachwhip, and a septet of serpents! Good luck to the red, white, and blue!
32 pages. Cover price $1.50.
"Savage Land Showdown!" Guest-starring Ka-Zar and the Black Panther. Script by Mark Gruenwald. Pencils by Rik Levins. Inks by Danny Bulanadi. Cover by Rik Levins and Danny Bulanadi.
The Savage Land is up for grabs! And a series of battles will determine who gets it! First Cap, Diamondback, and Zabu battle an army of A.I.M. henchmen! Then the action shifts to the High Technician's majestic tower! Where T'Challa and the Falcon join the shield-slinger and Diamondback to fight the High Technician, Lorelei, and the Dino-Men! If the three avengers and the former Serpent Society member triumph in the tower, the quartet will advance to their third and final battle vs. the original destroyer of the Savage Land…Terminus! The David vs. Goliath showdown looms next issue!
32 pages. Cover price $1.25.
"Storm Gathering" Operation: Galactic Storm Part 1 of 19. Script by Mark Gruenwald. Pencils by Rik Levins. Inks by Danny Bulanadi. Cover by Rik Levins and Danny Bulanadi.
Operation: Galactic Storm begins here! A 19-issue crossover saga that will take Earth's Mightiest Heroes across the galaxies to stop two mighty empires from destroying the Solar System and one another! Ironically though, the grandiose adventure begins with a simple dream inside the head of Rick Jones. Disturbed by his strange dream about the star-spangled avenger and the Supreme Intelligence, Rick contacts Cap to arrange a meeting. The former partners sit down together at a roadside diner in Arizona to discuss Rick's kree-based nightmare…when suddenly a giant robot and a little robot attack! The Sentinel of Liberty leaps into action against the twin terrors (of Shi'ar origin) called Warstar! After a short battle, Captain America emerges victorious; however, Rick Jones is missing in action! The Living Legend realizes he may be onto something big. But how big? Cap will find out very soon! Story continues in Avengers West Coast 80.
32 pages Cover price $1.25.
"Going to the Dogs" Part 1 of 2. Script by Mark Gruenwald. Pencils by Ron Lim. Inks by Danny Bulanadi. Cover by Ron Lim and Danny Bulandi.
The Watchdogs are back on the prowl! And unbeknownst to both Steve Rogers and Bernie Rosenthal, one of their friends from Brooklyn Heights is mixed up with the extremist group! When Bernie stumbles into a donnybrook between the shield-slinger and the right-wing terrorists, the closest watchdog grabs her! With concern for his dear friend's safety, Cap stops fighting and lets the Watchdogs escape with Bernie. The dogs win for now, but the star-spangled avenger will be hot on their trail next issue! Cameo appearances by Rage and the Sandman. Second story: "Loose Ends" Script by Mark Gruenwald. Art by Mark Bagley (breakdowns) and Dan Panosian (finishes). Diamondback, Asp, and Black Mamba breathe a sigh of relief after escaping from the Serpent Society. And now the threesome decides to start out on their own as Bad Girls, Inc.! But before the new group can become incorporated, three former serpent friends stop by for a very hostile visit!
32 pages Cover price $1.00.
"This Gun's For Hire" Part 2 of 3. Guest-starring Paladin. Script by Mark Gruenwald. Pencils by Ron Lim. Inks by Danny Bulanadi.
After barely escaping from the Serpent Society, a distraught Diamondback turns to Cap for help in rescuing her two serpent friends, Black Mamba and the Asp. But the star-spangled avenger is not sure if he should get involved. However Rachel has no time to wait, so she hires Paladin instead! Can Diamondback and Paladin beat Bushmaster and King Cobra without Captain America? Back up story: "Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You" Script by Mark Gruenwald. Pencils by Mark Bagley. Inks by Dan Panosian. More and more of John Walker's memories are coming back.
32 pages Cover price $1.00.
"With Friends Like These!" Part 1 of 3. Script by Mark Gruenwald. Pencils by Ron Lim. Inks by Danny Bulanadi.
Diamondback stands trial for treason against the Serpent Society! The judge is King Cobra and the jury is the likes of Anaconda, Cottonmouth, Puff Adder, Rattler, etc. Does Diamondback have a chance for acquittal? Meanwhile, Bernie Rosenthal returns to New York City and has a long visit with Steve Rogers. Back up story: "The Unremembered Past" Script by Mark Gruenwald. Pencils by Mark Bagley. Inks by Dan Panosian. The U.S. Agent is furious with the Commission after discovering that the government group altered his memories.
32 pages Cover price $1.00.
Acts of Vengeance Aftermath (Uncredited) - "House Calls" Story by Mark Gruenwald. Art by Ron Lim and Danny Bulanadi.
Crossbones and his crew finally free the feeble Red Skull from his underground prison, but the evil mastermind is barely clinging to life. The near death Red Skull makes two final requests: first, take him to Skull House; and second, send for Captain America. It's a surreal meeting between the two long-time adversaries. (Note: The letters page contains a statement of ownership: average print run 281,350; average paid circulation 178,800.)
32 pages Cover price $1.00.
Acts of Vengeance Aftermath (Uncredited) - "The Skeleton Crew" Story by Mark Gruenwald. Art by Ron Lim and Danny Bulanadi.
Crossbones, Machinesmith (in the body of the fourth sleeper), Mother Night, and the Voice bust into the Hellfire Club looking for their boss, the Red Skull. The foursome does not find the Red Skull; however, they do find the Black Queen (aka Selene)! The battle in the New York sewer system becomes a three-way affair when Captain America and Diamondback join the fight! Back up story: "Out of his Skull" Story by Mark Gruenwald. Art by Mark Bagley and Don Hudson. Still trapped in his underground prison, the emaciated Red Skull begins to hallucinate.
32 pages Cover price $1.00.
Acts of Vengeance Aftermath (Uncredited) - "Red Twilight" Story by Mark Gruenwald. Art by Ron Lim and Danny Bulanadi.
Crossbones and Machinesmith are looking for their boss, the Red Skull, and believe that Magneto had something to do with his disappearance. Since the two henchmen cannot find the Skull, Machinesmith decides to create a Magneto-like robot and send it to the Resistants' pro-mutant rally in Washington D.C. to hopefully attract the true Master of Magnetism. The ploy instead attracts the star-spangled avenger! Cameo appearances by the Scarlet Witch and the Hellfire Club's Black Queen. Back up story: "A Clockwork Origin" Story by Mark Gruenwald. Art by Mark Bagley and Don Hudson. The origin of Machinesmith is revealed.
32 pages Cover price $1.00.
"Acts of Vengeance" crossover with Red Skull, Magneto. "Magnetic Repulsion." Story by Mark Gruenwald. Art by Kieron Dwyer and Danny Bulanadi. Cover by Kieron Dwyer.
The Acts of Vengeance storyline brings together for the first time Magneto, a Holocaust survivor, and the Red Skull, the top terror operative of the Third Reich. Payback has been 45 years in the making...and the Master of Magnetism will not wait another day! Also in this issue, Captain America finishes off the Controller. Cameo appearances by Dr. Pym and the Sub-Mariner. Back up story: "The Way of the Snake" Story by Mark Gruenwald. Art by Mark Bagley and Don Hudson. The Cobra triumphs over Mr. Hyde and with his new found confidence changes his name to...King Cobra!
32 pages Cover price $1.00.
"Bones of Contention" Part 2 of 6. Story by Mark Gruenwald and Kieron Dwyer. Art by Kieron Dwyer and Danny Bulanadi. Cover by Kieron Dwyer and Al Milgrom.
Captain America descends deep into the catacombs of Manhattan to trace an emergency signal from Diamondback! Will Cap rescue her in time and then find the first jewel of the bloodstone? Back up story: "Siege" Part 1 of the Night of the Scourge. Story by Mark Gruenwald. Art by Mark Bright and Don Hudson. Scourge breaks into the home of the Power Broker (aka Curtiss Jackson).
32 pages Cover price $1.00.
"Night of Sin" Part 3 of 3. Story by Mark Gruenwald. Art by Al Milgrom. Cover by Kieron Dwyer.
Steve Rogers dramatically returns to his full size and strength just in time to stop the Sisters of Sin from executing him! Can Captain America now defeat all the bad guys and liberate the camp? Cameo appearance by Sersi. Back up story: "The Bloodstone Hunt" Part 1 of 6. Story by Mark Gruenwald. Art by Kieron Dwyer and Al Milgrom. Batroc, Machete, and Zaran break into the American Museum of Natural History in New York City to steal the skeleton of Ulysses Bloodstone. Why does Baron Zemo covet the skeleton? Diamondback is snooping around trying to find out. First $1.00 issue. (Note: The Captain America series goes bi-weekly for the next eight issues.)
32 pages Cover price $1.00.
"The Sins of the Fathers!" Script by Peter Gillis. Pencils by Jerry Bingham. Inks by Alan Gordon. Cover by George Pérez and Terry Austin.
Captain America responds to a disturbance at the Foley Square Federal Building! And inside the Social Security Office on the sixth floor, Cap finds a super-powered villain named Joe. It's the same Joe that Spider-Man fought way back in Amazing Spiderman (1st series) #38. What is fueling Joe's rage? And how can the Sentinel of Liberty stop it? Cameo appearances by Kris Keating and Joshua Cooper. (Notes: Joe Smith returns years later in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #28. The graffiti on the elevated train (by cover inker Terry Austin) bears the names of many writers and artists in the comics industry.)
32 pages. Cover price $0.40.
"The Calypso Connection!" Script by Roger McKenzie. Art by Carmine Infantino (breakdowns) and Joe Rubinstein (finishes). Cover by Frank Miller and Joe Rubinstein.
Steve Rogers' new neighbor, Anna Kapplebaum, is a Holocaust survivor. And one day while walking to the butcher shop, she bumps into a man she knew from the war -- a cruel man she would like to forget. One thing leads to another...and Captain America finds himself on the hunt for a nazi war criminal in Long Island! Can the Living Legend close a painful chapter in the life of his dear friend? Cameo appearance by Jake Lockley. (Notes: This issue completes Roger McKenzie's 2-year run as the writer of the Captain America series. He authored 15 stories during his stint.)
32 pages. Cover price $0.40.
"Gang War!" Plot by Paul Kupperberg. Script by Alan Kupperberg. Art by Alan Kupperberg (breakdowns) and Don Perlin (finishes). Cover by Bud Budiansky and Bob Wiacek.
In order to help an old man save his home, Captain America gets involved in a fight against a street gang. The criminal gang is trying to force the beleaguered senior citizen out of his residence, but Cap is not going to let the happen. The final showdown between the Sentinel of Liberty and the gang leader, Big Thunder, takes place at the Coney Island Amusement Park!
32 pages. Cover price $0.40.
"Mind-Stains on the Virgin Snow!" Part 2 of 2. Script by Peter Gillis. Pencils by Fred Kida. Inks by Don Perlin. Cover by John Byrne and Terry Austin.
Inside the Dovecote citadel, the Sentinel of Liberty fights through one illusion after another to reach the captive Snowfall. However before Cap can free her, he must deal with her captor: the Mind-Master! Will the shield-slinger defeat the Mind-Master...and discover the startling secret of Snowfall? Flashback cameo by the Sub-Mariner to recap his battle vs. the Mind-Master in Sub-Mariner (1st series) #43. (Note: The letters page includes a letter from comics writer Kurt Busiek.)
32 pages. Cover price $0.40.
Adam Warlock and Thanos guest star! When her crew is trapped in Gamble's dreamscape, Captain Cabre-Rios teams up with Warlock to dislodge the secrets sealed in the mind of a small boy. This issue also introduces a group called the Deck, who work for the mysterious Dreamscaper, Gamble.
Written by Gary Russell. Art by Steve Tappin and Michael Eve.
Cover price $1.75.
Introducing Gamble, a brand new villain in this issue. Captain Cabre-Rios gets a new body while the cyberspace team faces some psychotic bikers on a warworld. Adam Warlock makes an appearance as the Clan Cyorse reveal their beloved god! Thanos cameo.
Written by Gary Russell. Art by Steve Tappin and Michael Eve. Cover by Andrew Currie and Robin Riggs.
Cover price $1.75.
X-MEN: SECOND COMING PRELUDE! - 'HOME COMING': Part 3 - Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI. Art by GABRIEL GUZMAN. Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC.
The penultimate chapter in the X-Men saga that began with 'Messiah CompleX' continues here! As Cable and Hope fight their way back to the present, Bishop closes in on their trail, determined to stop them using the deadliest weapons at hand, be it a Prohibition-style tommy gun or heat-seeking brain needles of the near future. Meanwhile, a few decades from now, Cable and Hope meet an old ally who could either save them-or jeopardize everything. This is it...the penultimate issue of the time-hopping action thriller born in the pages of 'Messiah CompleX.'
32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.
X-MEN: SECOND COMING PRELUDE! - 'HOME COMING': Part 2 - Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI. Art by GABRIEL GUZMAN. Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC.
The penultimate chapter in the X-Men saga that began with 'Messiah CompleX' continues here! Now that Hope's told Cable that she's ready to join the X-Men in the present, Cable risks it all to repair his busted time machine. Finally, after years of being stuck in a one-way trip to oblivion, Cable and Hope leap into the past. But the Mutant Messiah and her surrogate father miss the mark by more than a few hundred years, finding themselves in a primitive Manhattan - and hunted by a mutant who just doesn't know the meaning of the word 'quit.'
32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.
X-MEN: SECOND COMING PRELUDE! - 'HOME COMING': Part 1 - Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI. Art by HUMBERTO RAMOS, LAN MEDINA and PAUL GULACY. Cover by MARKO DJURDEVIC.
From the moment Cable jumped into the time stream with the infant 'mutant messiah,' he's had only one goal: keep Hope alive until she can choose her own destiny. But now, stranded on a planet in its death throes, eating fried rat on a stick for the millionth time, Hope turns to Cable and tells him she's ready to go home. Thus begins 'Homecoming,' the penultimate chapter in the X-Men saga that began with 'Messiah CompleX.' It's not only zero hour for Cable and Hope, but also for the mutant hunting them, Lucas Bishop, who is rapidly running out of chances to save mutantkind and the world. Because if Hope does make it back to the present, everything changes for the X-Men.
40 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.
BROOD: Part 2 - Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI. Art by GABRIEL GUZMAN. Cover by DAVE WILKINS.
'QUEEN CAPTURES BISHOP'-As it turns out, space isn't the place for Cable and Hope. Against all odds, Bishop has found them again, and taken their spacecraft hostage. All Bishop needs is to see the girl. Once he has visual confirmation, it's simply a matter of triggering the nuclear bomb hidden in his arm, and his lifelong mission to save the X-Men (and Earth) is over. And there are only so many places to hide in a small transport vessel on the far reaches of our solar system. But there is someone else aboard the vessel, and she doesn't care about Cable or Bishop's war. She's been drawn to the life force of one of the vessel's inhabitant, and she and her army will stop at nothing until they have her...Enter: The Brood Queen!
32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.
BROOD: Part 1 - Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI. Art by GABRIEL GUZMAN. Cover by DAVE WILKINS.
Some call space the 'final frontier.' But for time-traveling mutant soldier Cable and Hope - the so-called 'mutant messiah' - space is their last and only chance at survival. The Earth is dead, thanks to their foe Bishop, and if Hope is going to make it to adulthood, she's going to have to do it in the cold, lonely vacuum of space, alone except for dark forces that know she's coming. Forces which are very, very hungry...
32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.
WanderLost: Part 1 - Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI. Art by PAUL GULACY. Cover by DAVE WILKINS.
We open literally one second after the shattering conclusion of 'Messiah War,' and Cable's mission to save mutantkind has never looked more bleak. In fact, you can't even call it a mission anymore... After all he's been through, after all he's survived...now all Cable can do now is pray-pray the heavily-armed killers roaming the deep future can't match his survival skills. And what is the fate of Hope-the so-called 'Mutant Messiah'?
32 Pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.
