Serpents & Eagles Part 2 of 4. "Horror for Hollywood" Script by James Robinson. Pencils by Joe Bennett. Inks by Sandra Hope and Homage Studios. Cover by Tom Raney.
After defeating the Sons of the Serpent in Texas, Steve Rogers rides his motorcycle to Southern California in search of more serpents! And upon conferring with local authorities, he finds another serpent base! And then Cap discovers the Sons of the Serpent's next big target! The famous Hollywood sign in the Santa Monica Mountains! Can the Living Legend prevent the hate group from blowing up the iconic sign? Watch out for the snakes in the grass! Cameo appearance by the Serpent King.
40 pages. Cover price $1.95.
"Crossroads" Script by James Robinson. Pencils by Joe Phillips. Inks by Homage Studios. Cover by Jim Lee and Richard Bennett.
President Clinton calls a meeting at the White House with Nick Fury and Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine. The chief executive wants to know the full story behind Captain America's return to the present day. But Nick Fury is reluctant to divulge any details! However the president insists! And near the end of the meeting, Cap walks into the Oval Office... and symbolically removes the SHIELD emblem from his uniform! The star-spangled avenger is a free man! (Notes: These are the Heroes Reborn versions of President Clinton, Nick Fury, and the Contessa. The Homage Studios artists are Joe Bennett, Mat Broome, Travis Charest (pencils for WWII panel), Jim Lee, and Tom Raney.)
32 pages. Cover price $1.95.
Industrial Revolution epilogue. "Soldiers" Guest-starring Cable. Plot by Rob Liefeld. Script by Jeph Loeb. Pencils by Rob Liefeld (pp. 1-21) and Ian Churchill (pp 22-23). Inks by Jonathan Sibal and Lary Stucker. Cover by Rob Liefeld and Jonathan Sibal.
The action is fast and furious onboard the SHIELD Helicarrier! As Captain America, Bucky, and Cable battle Modok, Baron Zemo, and the hordes of A.I.M.! Hold on, where did Cable come from? This is the Heroes Reborn Universe! Cable doesn't know how he got here either, but during the fight he realizes the man fighting alongside him is the Earth-616 Living Legend! However Cable time shifts away before he can explore the situation further! And after the battle, Cap meets with the director of SHIELD to discuss the future of the Avengers! Cameo appearances by Iron Man and the Heroes Reborn versions of Thor, Dum Dum Dugan, and Nick Fury. (Note: This story completes Rob Liefeld's stint on the second volume of Captain America.)
40 pages. Cover price $1.95.
Green background cover - "Victory" Part 3 of 3. Plot by Rob Liefeld. Script by Jeph Loeb. Pencils by Rob Liefeld. Inks by Jonathan Sibal and Lary Stucker. Cover by Rob Liefeld and Jonathan Sibal.
In the City of Brotherly Love, the situation has come down to this: the World Party is poised to launch nuclear missiles across the United States unless someone can stop them! And the one person who can is Captain America! But before the shield-slinger can halt the missiles; he has to slip past the Red Skull, defeat Master Man in combat, save the Falcon (via blood transfusion), and untie Rikki from one of the warheads! Oh my, is there anything else? It's all in a day's work for the star-spangled avenger! Cameo appearances by the Heroes Reborn versions of Sharon Carter and Nick Fury.
40 pages. Cover price $1.95.
White background cover. Cover pencils by Rob Liefeld, inks by Jon Sibal. Victory, script by Rob Liefeld (plot) and Jeph Loeb (writer), pencils by Rob Liefeld, inks by Jon Sibal and Lary Stucker
Cap and his allies manage to stop the Red Skull's World Party from launching their nuclear missiles; Also, to save his life, Cap give Sam Wilson a taste of his Super Soldier Serum-enhanced (green!) blood.
44 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.
"Fire" Part 2 of 3. Plot by Rob Liefeld. Script by Jeph Loeb. Pencils by Rob Liefeld. Inks by Jonathan Sibal and Lary Stucker. Cover by Rob Liefeld and Jonathan Sibal.
At the World Party's headquarters in Philadelphia, Captain America and Sam Wilson are prisoners of the Red Skull and Master Man! However when the skull taunts Cap about joining the World Party, the Living Legend breaks free of his chains! And his rematch vs. Crossbones begins! Meanwhile, Rikki Barnes is snooping around the World Party's cathedral looking for her brother! And luckily, she finds him! But unluckily, she finds the Red Skull next!
40 pages. Cover price $1.95.
"Patriotism" Part 1 of 3. Plot by Rob Liefeld. Script by Jeph Loeb. Pencils by Rob Liefeld. Inks by Jonathan Sibal and Lary Stucker. Cover by Rob Liefeld and Jonathan Sibal.
Nick Fury takes Steve Rogers onboard the SHIELD Helicarrier, so the Living Legend can pick up his familiar red, white, and blue uniform and meet his new co-workers! Several days later, Cap travels to Arlington National Cemetery to visit Abe Wilson's grave and talk to Abe's son, Sam Wilson. But the star-spangled avenger's visit is violently interrupted by Crossbones! And suddenly the reborn Cap's first big test is here! Cameo appearances by Master Man and the Heroes Reborn versions of Dum Dum Dugan, Sharon Carter, and the Red Skull.
40 pages. Cover price $1.95.
"Secrets" Plot by Rob Liefeld. Script by Jeph Loeb. Pencils by Rob Liefeld. Inks by Jonathan Sibal. Cover by Rob Liefeld and Jonathan Sibal.
Steve Rogers is Captain America again! And when he rushes home to tell his wife and son, he finds Nick Fury in his house instead! And the director of SHIELD has startling news for Cap... to say the least! Meanwhile, a young Navy lieutenant named Sam Wilson receives distressing news from SHIELD about his father. Cameo appearances by Rikki Barnes, Master Man, and the Red Skull (Heroes Reborn version). (Notes: The Falcon previously appeared in Onslaught Marvel Universe (1996) #1. The Captain America 2nd series (except issue #13) was reprinted in 2006 in the trade paperback: Heroes Reborn Captain America.
40 pages. Cover price $1.95.
White background cover Rob Liefeld variant - "Courage!" Story by Jeff Loeb, Chuck Dixon and Rob Liefeld. Art by Rob Liefeld and Jon Sibal.
At night, Steve Rogers dreams of another life, the life of the legendary hero Captain America. But in the waking world, Rogers is just an ordinary man, or so he thought. In the aftermath of their battle with Onslaught, the world's greatest heroes awaken in a brand new world with no memory of their past lives. Welcome to Heroes Reborn!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
Variant Liefeld cover with gray flag background - "Courage" Double-Sized issue. Story by Rob Liefeld, Jeph Loeb (writer), and Chuck Dixon (plot assist). Pencils by Rob Liefeld. Inks by Jonathan Sibal. Cover by Rob Liefeld and Jonathan Sibal. Following the events of Onslaught Marvel Universe (1996) #1, Captain America is alive! However he's not quite the same... and also not in the same universe!
A new creative team reimagines the Sentinel of Liberty for his second volume! In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Steve Rogers lives an idyllic life with his wife, his son, and his job at the factory! But lately he's been having strange dreams! Dreams that he might be a superhero! And when Steve meets an old man on the street his dream begins coming to life! The old man, Abe Wilson, has a gift for him: Captain America's shield! Wow, is the star-spangled avenger back in business? Meanwhile, a new political group called the World Party is holding a rally in the city! And its leader, Master Man, uses a lot of language and imagery from the Third Reich! First appearance of Rikki Barnes. Cameo appearances by the Heroes Reborn versions of Nick Fury, Dum Dum Dugan, and Sharon Carter. (Notes: Captain America's chronology continues from Captain America (1st series) 454.
The Heroes Reborn Universe is also known as Franklin Richards' pocket universe. Steve Rogers eventually returns to the normal Marvel Universe and continuity in the Heroes Reborn: The Return limited series in December 1997; and the Captain America 3rd series in January 1998.)
56 pages. Cover price $2.95.
"Pain Threshold" Part 2 of 2. Final issue of the series.
Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Andrew Wildman. Inks by Rey Garcia. Cover by Andrew Wildman and Rey Garcia.
The sun is setting on Force Works, but not before one final donnybrook to save the world! Kang's time-gate is running amok and threatening to devour all reality! Wanda tries to enlist the aid of the future versions of Cybermancer, Ultron, and Wonder Man; however the trio disintegrates when their future timeline implodes! So it's last call for Force Works! Close the gate and go out a winner...or leave it open and lose everything! Force Works Lineup: Scarlet Witch, Spider-Woman, Century, and the U.S. Agent. (Notes: Following the disbanding of Force Works, the Scarlet Witch returns to the Avengers. Spider-Woman appears next (in the backup story) of the Sensational Spider-Man Annual 1996. The U.S. Agent returns in the first issue of the third Avengers series (1997). Century's whereabouts remain unknown.)
32 pages. Cover price $1.50.
"Afterimage" Part 1 of 2. Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Yancey Labat and Andrew Wildman. Inks by Rey Garcia, Sandu Florea, and Sergio Cariello. Cover by Yancey Labat.
The Crossing is over, but Force Works has suffered irreparable damage. The team's founder is dead and FW's headquarters lies in near ruins. Wanda, Julia, Century, and the agent try to pick up the pieces and move forward. And the first order of business is figuring out what to do with Cybermancer! She's actually Suzy Endo from 15 years in the future! And the second item on the agenda is deactivating Kang's leftover time-gate! But what if a couple of Cybermancer's colleagues (from the future) attempted to rescue her through the time-gate? And what if they looked a lot like Ultron and Wonder Man? Uh-oh! In the blink of an eye, the adamantium robot and Simon Williams appear from the future and attack! Will Force Works end up in ruins...just like their building?
32 pages. Cover price $1.50.
"Siege Perilous" Guest-starring War Machine. Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Hector Oliveira. Inks by Rey Garcia and Deodato Studios. Cover by Hector Oliveira and Rene Micheletti.
After their Southeast Asia excursion, Force Works returns to their badly damaged headquarters! However Cybermancer and Virgil (a Tony Stark hologram) block their entrance to protect a secret weapon hidden in the sub-basement! But at this point in The Crossing, FW is fed up with anything to do with Tony! So Wanda, Spider-Woman, War Machine, Fisher, Rachel, and the agent storm the works! Can Force Works battle past Virgil's internal defenses and reach the doomsday weapon? Unfortunately to save their headquarters, FW may have to destroy it! And then what? Story continues in War Machine 23.
32 pages. Cover price $1.50.
"Welcome to Nowhere!" Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Yancey Labat. Inks by Rey Garcia. Cover by Yancey Labat and Rey Garcia.
After receiving a chaos alert at the end of last issue, Force Works zooms to Southeast Asia to investigate! Apparently the entire country of Vietnam has vanished! And nobody except Spider-Woman's daughter remembers it ever existing! Once Moonraker, Spider-Woman, Fisher, and the Scarlet Witch arrive at Agaphaur (the former temple of the Priests of Pama); Apocryphus and his allies attack! Wasn't Apocryphus one of the Anachronauts from Avengers Annual 21? That may explain who the mastermind behind the mayhem is! In the meantime though, Force Works must fight to stay alive...in the land that time forgot!
32 pages. Cover price $1.50.
"Cybermancy!" Guest-starring Hawkeye. Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Jim Cheung. Inks by Rey Garcia. Cover by Jim Cheung and Rey Garcia.
Force Works is coming apart at the seams! And in large part due to the erratic behavior of the team's founder: Iron Man! Against the wishes of the Scarlet Witch, Shell-head appoints a new member to the team! Cybermancer! And then the golden avenger accuses Hawkeye (in absentia) of murdering both Marilla and Rita DeMara during the Avengers' reunion in Manhattan several days ago! What?! That can't be right! Nevertheless Force Works sends Cybermancer and the U.S. Agent to round up the ace archer! But Iron Man interferes in that operation too! Is it time to give Shell-head the boot? Story continues in War Machine 20 and Iron Man 322. Second appearance of Cybermancer (aka Suzy Endo).
32 pages. Cover price $1.50.
"Traitor's Gate" Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Jim Cheung. Inks by Rey Garcia. Cover by Jim Cheung and Rey Garcia. The Scarlet Witch and U.S. Agent return to FW's headquarters after attending the reunion at Avengers Mansion. They had fun reminiscing with old friends, but now it's time to focus on their present team! With Century's departure, the Force Works' roster is down to five: Wanda, Spider-Woman, Shell-head, the agent, and Moonraker. Hold on, who is Moonraker? Where did he come from and why is he so affectionate towards Julia? The Scarlet Witch and the agent act like they've known him for a long time, but surprisingly Spider-Woman's daughter has never seen him! Is something rotten in the state of Force Works? First appearance of Moonraker.
This issue includes a glossy (3-D) pull out poster of "Spider-Man's secret villains" sponsored by Fruit Roll-Ups.
The issue may or may not contain the poster now.)
32 pages. Cover price $1.50.
"Lost & Found" Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Jim Cheung. Inks by Rey Garcia. Cover by Jim Cheung and Rey Garcia.
Can a man outrun his past? What about an alien? Force Works' resident alien, Century, is about to find out! When the U.S. Agent arrives at FW's California headquarters and notices all the computer systems shut down, he grows concerned that something terrible has happened! And sure enough one of Century's old space-faring adversaries (the Broker) has come to Earth looking for the man who wields Parallax! When the agent discovers that his friends have already been captured by the Broker's minions, the headstrong hero tackles the Broker and his henchmen all by himself…until Century teleports into the atrium to help! Can Century and the U.S. Agent cut a winning deal with the Broker?
32 pages. Cover price $1.50.
"The Fires of Sunrise" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring the Avengers. Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Dave Ross. Inks by Mark McKenna. Cover by Dave Ross and Mark McKenna.
Force Works and the Avengers open up two fronts to battle the evil menace of the Kree Starstealth! Shell-head, Crystal, Pietro, Hercules, and the agent attack the heavily armed Kree prisoners in a nearby rail yard! While Century, Goliath, Spider-Woman, and both team leaders teleport to the Skrull Tribunal Ship orbiting high overhead! The fight on the railhead is going great (for the heroes) until the surviving Kree renegades are suddenly transported to the tribunal ship with their weapons! How did that happen?! Mysteriously the devious Recorder has taken over the spaceship! And now the Starstealth prepare to execute the Skrulls, Avengers, and Force Works! What a turn of events! However the awesome power of the Scarlet Witch is still in play! Can Wanda save her new team…and her old one? A terrific two-part story!
32 pages. Cover price $1.50.
"War Crimes" Part 1 of 2. Guest-starring the Avengers. Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Dave Ross. Inks by Rey Garcia. Cover by Dave Ross and Mark McKenna.
Finally, the team-up the fans have been waiting for! Force Works and the Avengers! Have the former friends and teammates settled their differences from the breakup of the West Coast Avengers several months ago? It's time to let bygones be bygones once a riot breaks out in the extra terrestrial wing of the Vault! The killers of Wonder Man, the Kree Starstealth, are armed and dangers and on the loose! But FW and Earth's Mightiest Heroes aren't the only people looking for the renegade Kree! The Skrulls' war crimes tribunal is too! It's an action-packed intergalactic adventure in the Rocky Mountains!
"Red Heat" Part 1 of 2. Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Jim Calafiore. Inks by Rey Garcia. Cover by Jim Calafiore.
Force Works returns to the scene of the crime! The embattled nation of Slorenia in Eastern Europe! When FW previously visited (in issues 4 & 5), the team stormed into the country; but this time they're going in undercover! After receiving a tip from War Machine about the possibility of government-sanctioned genocide; Wanda and the agent hide out with the Dudak ethnic minority, while Tony and Julia infiltrate the Slorene parliament building. With Century and the Recorder circling high overhead in the hex-ship, FW seems to have all the bases covered! However after Spider-Woman makes a ghastly discovery in the catacombs of the government building, Force Works' covert plan blows up! And suddenly the heroes are under attack from all sides as Black Brigade, Volkhvy, and the Targoths move in for the kill! FW's mission of mercy is over; it's now a mission for survival!
32 pages. Cover price $1.50.
"Red Heat" Part 1 of 2. Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Jim Calafiore. Inks by Rey Garcia. Cover by Jim Calafiore.
Force Works returns to the scene of the crime! The embattled nation of Slorenia in Eastern Europe! When FW previously visited (in issues 4 & 5), the team stormed into the country; but this time they're going in undercover! After receiving a tip from War Machine about the possibility of government-sanctioned genocide; Wanda and the agent hide out with the Dudak ethnic minority, while Tony and Julia infiltrate the Slorene parliament building. With Century and the Recorder circling high overhead in the hex-ship, FW seems to have all the bases covered! However after Spider-Woman makes a ghastly discovery in the catacombs of the government building, Force Works' covert plan blows up! And suddenly the heroes are under attack from all sides as Black Brigade, Volkhvy, and the Targoths move in for the kill! FW's mission of mercy is over; it's now a mission for survival!
32 pages. Cover price $1.50.
"Orphan" Part 2 of 2. Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Jim Calafiore. Inks by Rey Garcia. Cover by Jim Calafiore and Rey Garcia.
Deep in the Australian Outback, Force Works chases a dream! But this dream is actually an alien nightmare (aka Orphan) that turns sweet dreams into scary realities! As Dreamguard leads FW closer to the alien, the heroes drift off into dreamland! Will Force Works wake up in time? Second story: "Sense of Loss" Part 2 of 2. Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Jim Calafiore. Inks by Rey Garcia. Force Works and Earth's Mightiest Heroes gather to commemorate the life and times of the man of wonder, Simon Williams.
32 pages. Cover price $1.50.
"Dreamtime" Part 1 of 2. Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Jim Calafiore. Inks by Rey Garcia. Cover by Jim Calafiore and Rey Garcia.
Force Works is on the move to the land down under! The chaos computer reports a problem developing in Queensland, Australia! And sure enough strange and grotesque creatures are rampaging through a local town! When FW descends into the city, they discover that the monsters are actually psychic manifestations…from somebody's dream! Truly bizarre! However, a new Aussie superhero called Dreamguard says the answer to the dream-driven mystery lies in the outback! And that's where Shell-head, Spider-Woman, Century, Wanda, and the agent are going next! First appearance of Dreamguard. Cameo appearance by Orphan. Second story: "Memorial" Part 1 of 2. Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Jim Calafiore. Inks by Rey Garcia. Spider-Woman and the Scarlet Witch prepare to attend the memorial service for Wonder Man (aka Simon Williams).
32 pages. Cover price $1.50.
"Tidings of Comfort and Joy" Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Stu Johnson. Inks by Don Hudson. Cover by Dave Taylor and Rey Garcia.
The ordeal with the Mandarin is over. And now it's time to celebrate Force Works-style! Tony Stark throws a party at the team's Ventura headquarters and invites many former friends and colleagues to attend! The purpose of the party is two-fold. First, to recognize Force Works' recent accomplishments; and second, to give Tony a chance to apologize to his friends for his deceptive behavior in the past several months. But one of the guests is not receptive to Iron Man's apology! The Avengers' former ace archer…Hawkeye! Clint is still bitter over the break-up of the west coast team; and some wounds take a long time to heal. Someday reconciliation may be possible, but not today!
32 pages. Cover price $1.50.
