J. Michael Straczynski, known for celebrated runs on Amazing Spider-Man and Thor, returns to Marvel Comics and will be taking the reins of one of its greatest icons in a new run of Captain America. Joined by artist Jesús Saiz and colorist Matt Hollingsworth, Straczynski has bold plans for Captain America with a saga that takes root in Steve Rogers’ earliest days but threatens to throw his future into chaos.
Even before he became Marvel’s star-spangled hero, Steve Rogers was a fighter. Embark on a fascinating journey to never-before-seen days of Steve’s youth where a powerful evil seeks to end Cap’s legacy before it begins. And back in the present, Captain America is giving back to the community in ways only he can by tackling crime on the local level. All that changes when this existential threat from the past begins making moves towards Steve in the here and now, starting with recruiting some of his deadliest former foes. In addition to deepening of the Captain America’s comic book mythos, Straczynski and Saiz will also delve into a largely unexplored chapter of Steve’s life in the late 1930s, as the fascism swallowing Europe threatened to take root in New York City.
Get your first look at this profound new series in a trailer first shown this past weekend at the Marvel: Heroes, Hulks and Super-Soldiers panel at San Diego Comic-Con. The new trailer features never-before-seen artwork including an epic motorcycle battle, team-ups with the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man, and a heartfelt memory of Steve with his mother.
Speaking with io9, Straczynski says, “Overall, the goal is to do some really challenging stories, some really fun stories, and get inside Steve’s head to see who he really is in ways that may not have been fully explored before. If folks like what I did with Peter in Amazing Spider-Man, and Thor in, well… Thor, then they should give this a shot, because I’m really swinging for the bleachers in this one!”
For more information, visit Marvel.com. Check out the variant covers following the jump!
CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 — Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI; Art and Cover by JESÚS SAIZ; Colors by MATT HOLLINGSWORTH
Variant Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
Variant Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
Foil Variant Cover by KAARE ANDREWS
Variant Cover by GARY FRANK
Variant Cover by FRANK MILLER
Variant Cover by GEORGE PÉREZ
Variant Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
Avengers 60th Anniversary Variant Cover by MICHAEL CHO
On Sale 9/20
[Based on a press release.]
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Just how strong is Captain America supposed to be? Because that Gary Frank variant cover strains my willing suspension of disbelief.
I know the Super-Soldier serum made Steve Rogers a lot stronger than a normal person. But eleven sacks of cement, at ninety-four pounds per bag, is 1,034 pounds, over half a friggin’ ton. On one shoulder. (Ow, my back.)
(And how did he get that tall stack of cement bags up on his shoulder without spilling them multiple times? Was Hulk or Thing standing somewhere off the border of the cover, helping Cap load up?)
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Cap’s usual power level is “at the peak potential for a trained normal human” — along several axes: he’s as strong as a weightlifter and as agile as a gymnast. There have been occasional periods where his strength has been superhuman, but they are relatively rare. I agree that Gary Frank image doesn’t work. Oh, well.
(It’s a little more plausible than this one by Michael Allred….)
No he wasn’t. If I remember the Simon-Kirby canon correctly, he was a mild-mannered school teacher.