Captain America – Definitive Collecting Guide & Reading Order

The definitive, chronological, and up-to-date guide on collecting Captain America comic books via omnibuses and trade paperback graphic novels. A part of Crushing Krisis’s Collecting Avengers Graphic Novels: A Definitive Guide. Last updated November 2019 with titles scheduled for release through May 2020.

Collecting Captain America

Captain America was not Marvel’s first hero, but he’s proven to be their most-enduring.

Steve Rogers debuted in the pages of his own self-titled comic in March 1941, famously punching out Hitler on the cover even though the United States would not officially join World War II until December of that year. In the context of his Golden Age comics, he was an American Super-Soldier, leading troops abroad against Axis powers.

Though Captain America comics continued after the war with a dwindling audience, Marvel’s writers decided that the fateful day that left Steve Rogers frozen in ice and Bucky Barnes presumed dead could be inserted after his issue #48 in 1945, with well-meaning imposters posing as Cap and Bucky appearing afterwards.

Captain America would remain on ice until the legendary Avengers #4, released two years into the throes of Marvel’s early-60s superhero resurgence. The rest, as they say, is history – someone wearing the mantle of Captain America has appeared in an ongoing title from that point until the present day.

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There are hundreds of different collections of Captain America, especially his original run from 1959 to 1996. However, there are a few specific formats of books that cover large portions of this title, and I’ll cover those first – Essentials, Epics, Masterworks, and Omnibuses.

• Essentials: Affordable black & white sequential collections
• Marvel Masterworks: Premium-format color sequential collections
• Epic Collections: Trade paperback gapless collections released in random order
• Omnibus Editions: Massive, collector-edition tomes with oversize pages

Then, move on to learning how to collect Captain America across several volumes of his title.

• Golden Age: Captain America Comics (1941 – 1950)
• Captain America in Tales of Suspense (1964 – 1968) 
• Captain America, Vol. 1 (1968 – 1996)
• Captain America, Vol. 2 – Reborn (1996)
• Captain America, Vol. 3 – The Return by Mark Waid & Dan Jurgens (1998)
• Captain America, Vol. 4 – Marvel Knights (2002)
• Captain America & The Falcon (2004)
• Captain America, Vol. 5 & The New Avengers (2005 – 2010)
• Captain America, Vol. 1 (again) – The Heroic Age (2010 – 2011)
• Captain America, Vol. 6 & The Winter Soldier (2011 – 2012)
• Captain America and… (2011 – 2012)
• Captain America, Vol. 7 in Marvel Now! (2012 – 2014)
• All-New Captain America, Mighty Avengers, & Winter Soldier (2014 – 2015)
• Captain America(s) in All-New, All-Different Marvel & Marvel Legacy (2015 – present)

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Essential Captain America

Marvel’s Essentials line packs tons of comics into each black and white, phone-book-sized edition with newsprint paper. If you don’t care about color and glossy paper, this is the best way to acquire your favorite classic stories quickly.

Essential Editions are not repeated below in their chronological placement, since B&W is not the original format of this series.

Tales of Suspense (1959) #59-99 & Captain America (1968) #100-102: Essential Captain America, Vol. 1
Also collects Captain America #100-102

#103-126: Essential Captain America, Vol. 2

#127-156: Essential Captain America, Vol. 3

#157-186: Essential Captain America, Vol. 4

#187-205: Essential Captain America, Vol. 5
Also includes Captain America Annual 3 and Marvel Treasury Special Featuring Captain America’s Bicentennial Battles (1976) #1

#206-230: Essential Captain America, Vol. 6
Also includes Captain America Annual 4 and The Incredible Hulk #232

#231-257: Essential Captain America, Vol. 7

The Essentials line has been discontinued and will not extend past #257. Jump to that spot in the chronology.

Marvel Masterworks

Masterworks are not listed below in their chronological placement, but they are referenced if they are the only means of obtaining an issue.

Marvel Masterworks editions are high quality, full color reproductions of original issues. The volumes were originally released as hardcovers, with many now out of print. Some of the earlier editions were also released in paperback. If you decide to buy hardcovers, the newest editions are from 2003 and, with silver dustjackets.

Captain America’s Golden Age Masterworks are listed in that section by release chronology, as they are generally the only collections of his Golden Age material. This list is of Silver Age masterworks beginning in 1964.

Vol. 1 – Hardcover / Paperback / 2015 Hardcover
Collects Tales of Suspense (1959) #59-81

Vol. 2 – Hardcover / Paperback
Collects Tales of Suspense (1959) #82-99 & Captain America (1968) #100

Vol. 3 – Hardcover / Paperback
Collects Captain America (1968) #101-113 

Vol. 4 – Hardcover / Paperback TBA
Collects Captain America (1968) #114-124

Vol. 5 – Hardcover
Collects Captain America (1968) #125-136

Vol. 6 – Hardcover
Collects Captain America (1968) #137-148

Vol. 7 – Hardcover
Collects Captain America (1968) #149-159

Vol. 8 – Hardcover
Collects Captain America (1968) #160-175

Vol. 9 – Hardcover (ISBN 978-1-302-90345-9)
Collects Captain America (1968) #176-192 and material from Foom (1973) #8.

Vol. 10 – Hardcover (ISBN 978-1302909567)
Collects Captain America (1968) #193-200 & Annual 3 and Marvel Treasury Special: Captain America’s Bicentennial Battles

Vol. 11 – Hardcover (ISBN 978-1302917029)
Collects Captain America (1968) #201-214 & Annual 4

Jump to this spot in the chronology.

#193-246: Not collected in this format

Epic Collections

Marvel’s Epic Collections represent a consistent, affordable, full-color bookshelf format of issues in perfect continuity order without a single gap. The catch? Marvel is releasing them in a random order to focus on the biggest gaps first – since early issues are already well-covered by both Essentials and Masterworks.

Epic editions are also listed below in their chronological placement, as they are frequently the only coverage of a specific run.

Vol. 1: Captain America Lives Again – Collects Tales of Suspense (1959) #58-96, Avengers (1963) #4, Strange Tales (1951) #114

Vol. 2: The Coming of… The Falcon – Collects Tales of Suspense (1959) #97-99 & Captain America #100-119

Vol. 3: Bucky Reborn – Collects #120-138

Vol. 4: Hero Or Hoax? – Collects #139-159

Vol. 5-8: Not yet announced. Will include #159-246

Vol. 9: Dawn’s Early Light – Collects #247-266 & Annual 5

Vol. 10-11: Not yet announced. Will include #267-301

Vol. 12: Society of Serpents – Collects #302-317 & Marvel Fanfare #18

Vol. 13: Justice Is Served – Collects #318-332 & Annual 8, plus Amazing Spider-man (1963) #278 and material from Marvel Fanfare (1982) #29 & 31-32 and various excerpts connected to the Scourge storyline.

Vol. 14: Not yet announced. Will include #333-350

Vol 15: The Bloodstone Hunt – Collects #351-371

Vol. 16: Streets of Poison – Collects #372-386 & Annual 9-10

Vol. 17: The Superia Stratagem – Collects #387-397 and Adventures of Captain America #1-4

Vol. 18: Blood and Glory – Collects #398-410 and Punisher/Captain America: Blood and Glory (1992) #1-3

Vol. 19-21: Not yet announced. Will include #410-443

Vol. 22: Man Without a Country – Collects #444-454, Thor #496, Iron Man #326, Avengers #396, Captain America Ashcan Edition, Captain America: The Legend, and material from Captain America Collectors’ Preview

It remains to be seen if Epic Collections will extend to subsequent volumes, such as Captain America’s 1996 relaunch.

Captain America Omnibuses

These massive tomes have larger pages and collect huge swaths of comics – between 25 and 50 issues a book. They look beautiful on a book-shelf!

Omnibus editions are also listed below in their chronological placement, as they are frequently the only coverage of a specific run. Other omnibuses not primarily centered on this material are also listed in this guide chronologically.

Captain America Comics #1-12: Golden Age Captain America Omnibus, Vol. 1 (ISBN 0785168079)

Tales of Suspense #59-99 and Captain America #100-113: Captain America Omnibus, Vol. 1
Reprinted in 2016.

Vol. 1 (1968) #114-148: Captain America Omnibus, Vol. 2

Vol. 1 (1968) #193-214: Captain America by Jack Kirby, Vol. 1
Annual #3-4, Marvel Treasury Special Featuring Captain America’s Bicentennial Battles (1976) #1

Vol. 1 (1968) #444-454: Captain America By Mark Waid, Ron Garney & Andy Kubert Omnibus
Collects Captain America (1968) #444-454; Captain America (1998) #1-23; Iron Man/Captain America Annual ’98; Captain America: Sentinel Of Liberty #1-12, Rough Cut; material from Captain America: The Legend; Captain America: Red, White & Blue

Vol. 2 #1-13: Not collected in this format

Vol. 3 #1-23: Captain America By Mark Waid, Ron Garney & Andy Kubert Omnibus

Vol. 5 (2005) #1-25: Captain America Omnibus, Vol. 1 
Also collects two one-shots and two magazines: Captain America 65th Anniversary Special (2006), Winter Soldier: Winter Kills (2007), Marvel Spotlight: Ed Brubaker/Billy Tan (2006), and Marvel Spotlight: Captain America Remembered (2007). Note that the Direct Market variant cover of this edition is only available with a glued binding.

Vol. 5 (2005) #25-42: Captain America Omnibus, Vol. 2: The Death of Captain America

Vol. 5, (2005) #43-50 and Vol. 1 #600-601: Captain America Omnibus, Vol. 3: Captain America Lives
Also collects Captain America Reborn #1-5 and Captain America #600-601.

Vol. 1, #602-619 & 615.1 and Vol. 6, #1-10: Captain America Omnibus, Vol. 4: The Trial of Captain America
Also collects Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier #1-4 & Captain America (2010) #1-10

Vol. 6, #11-19 & Winter Soldier #1-14: Captain America Omnibus, Vol 5: Return of the Winter Soldier
Collects the remainder of Brubuker’s runs – Captain America and Bucky #620-628, Fear Itself #7.1: Captain America, Winter Soldier #1-5, Captain America (2011) #11-19, Winter Soldier #6-14

 

Golden Age: Captain America Comics (1941 – 1950)

#1-12: Golden Age Captain America Omnibus, Vol. 1 oversized hardcover (ISBN 0785168079)

#1-4: Golden Age Captain America Masterworks, Vol. 1
Hardcover / Paperback (ISBN 078515793X)

#5-8: Golden Age Captain America Masterworks, Vol. 2
Hardcover (ISBN 0785122281) / Paperback (TBA)

#9-12: Golden Age Captain America Masterworks, Vol. 3
Hardcover (ISBN 0785128786) / Paperback (TBA)

#13-16: Golden Age Captain America Masterworks, Vol. 4
Hardcover (ISBN 0785133615) / Paperback (TBA)

#17-20: Golden Age Captain America Masterworks, Vol. 5
Hardcover (ISBN 0785142029) / Paperback (TBA)

#21-24: Golden Age Captain America Masterworks, Vol. 6
Hardcover (ISBN 0785150242) / Paperback (TBA)

#25-48: Not collected

Starting with issue #49, the Cap appearing in Captain America Comics was not Steve Rogers – or, at least, that’s what Marvel’s writers decided after the fact. From after #48 through Avengers #4, Steve Rogers is on ice off the coast of Newfoundland while he is being impersonated by William Nasland.

#49-78: Not collected. Issue #75 doesn’t include Cap

In this time period Capt also appears in All-Winners Comics and Young Allies Comics. Some future series have also inserted Golden Age stories:

Adventures Of Captain America (1991) #1-4: Captain America: The Adventures Of Captain America
Also collects Captain America: The 1940s Newspaper Strip

Captain America: Patriot (2010)
This mini-series may fit into the period where Steve Rogers was on ice.

Captain America: White #0-5
A long-awaited World War II story from Jeph Loeb and Time Sale. Available in hardcover. Recollected in MARVEL KNIGHTS: Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale: Yellow, Blue, Gray & White Omnibus (2018 oversize hardcover)

Captain America in Tales of Suspense (1964 – 1968)

With the return of superheroes to America’s newsstands, Marvel was in the midst of a renaissance while DC revived older characters like Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. However, Marvel did have one key character on ice they could revive – quite literally, as it turned out!

First, Captain America appeared in the following six issues, which are not generally collected with Captain America issues, except for in his Epic Collections.

Avengers #4-8: See Avengers #1-104. Issue #4 is included in Captain America Epic Collection Vol. 1

Tales of Suspense #58: Stars Captain America, but is primarily an Iron Man story. See Iron Man. It is included in Captain America Epic Collection Vol. 1

From here, Captain America continues to appear regularly in Avengers #9-38 & #42-47 during his Tales of Suspense era, and semi-regularly during the Silver Age era of Captain America, Vol. 1 in Avengers #51-52, 56, King-Sized #2, 58, 60, 69-73, 75-76, 78-82, 85, 88, 93-108, 110-119, 121, 125-126, Giant-Size #1, 131, 137, 141-190 (behind-the-scenes in 163 & 180).

#58-96: Epic Collection: Captain America Lives Again (Epic Vol. 1)
Collects Tales of Suspense (1959) #58-96, Avengers (1963) #4, Strange Tales (1951) #114

#59-99: Captain America Omnibus, Vol. 1 Oversize Hardcover
Also collects Captain America (1968) #100-113. Reprinted in 2016.

#97-99: Epic Collection: The Coming of… The Falcon (Epic Vol. 2)
Also collects Captain America (1968) #100-119

Captain America, Vol. 1 (1968 – 1996)

#100-113: Captain America Omnibus, Vol. 1 Oversize Hardcover
Also collects Captain America (1968) #100-113. Reprinted in 2016.

#100-119: Epic Collection: The Coming of… The Falcon (Epic Vol. 2)
Also collects Tales of Suspense #97-99

#114-148: Captain America Omnibus, Vol. 2 Oversize Hardcover

#120-138: Epic Collection: Bucky Reborn (Epic Vol. 3)

#139-159: Epic Collection: Hero Or Hoax? (Epic Vol. 4) (ISBN 9781302910037)

#160-168: Not collected (except Masterworks, Epics, & Essentials, above).

#169-176: Captain America & The Falcon: Secret Empire (2017 printing) (ISBN 978-1-302-90422-7)

#177-179: Not collected (except Masterworks, Epics, & Essentials, above).

#180: Captain America: Evolutions Of A Living Legend
Collects Captain America (1968) #180, 337, 438, & 451; Captain America (1996) #3; Secret Avengers (2010) #1; Captain America (2012) #1; Captain America: Steve Rogers #1; Captain America (2017) #695; and material from Captain America Comics #1-2

#181-192: Not collected (except Masterworks, Epics, & Essentials, above).

#193-214: Captain America by Jack Kirby, Vol. 1
Annual #3-4, Marvel Treasury Special Featuring Captain America’s Bicentennial Battles (1976) #1

Masterworks editions currently end with #214

#214-246: Not collected (except Masterworks, Epics, & Essentials, above).

#247-266: Dawn’s Early Light (Epic Vol. 9)
Also includes Annual 5

#247-255: Captain America: War and Remembrance
Also available in HC. Previously reprinted in a 1990 TPB

Essentials collections end with #257

#261-263: Captain America vs. The Red Skull
Captain America (1968) Annual 13 & #143, 226-227, 261-263 & #370, Captain America Comics (1941) #1, Captain America: Red, White & Blue (2002) OGN HC, Tales of Suspense (1959) #79-81

#264-267: Not collected

#268 in Essential Defenders, Vol. 5

#269-285: Not collected

#286-288: Marvel Masterworks, Deathlok, Vol. 1

#289: Not collected

#290-301: Captain America: Death of the Red Skull

#302-317: Epic Collection: Society of Serpents (Epic Vol. 12)
Also includes the Cap story from Marvel Fanfare #18

#305-306: Captain Britain Omnibus (Alan Moore / Alan Davis) Hardcover (out of print) (ISBN 0785137602)
A comprehensive tale of 80s adventures by the British captain! Collects Marvel Super-Heroes (UK 1979; issues from 1981-82) #377-388, The Daredevils (UK 1983) #1-11, Mighty World of Marvel (UK 1983-1984) #7-16, Captain Britain (UK 1985) #1-14, Captain America #305-306, New Mutants Annual #2, Uncanny X-Men Annual #11

#308: Secret Wars II Omnibus Oversized Hardcover (ISBN 0785131116)
Collected alongside the Secret Wars II nine-issue limited series, Avengers #265-266, and a slew of connected stories from across the Marvel Universe

#311: See Scourge of the Underworld, below

#314: Squadron Supreme
This appears alongside collections of the entire Squadron Supreme maxi-series both in Omnibus, Classic Omnibus, and paperback.

#318-320: Captain America: Scourge of the Underworld
I am unclear on what is collected in full and what is merely excerpted. To the best I can tell, it collects Captain America issues #318-320, Amazing Spider-Man #287, Marvel Fanfare #29, and US Agent #1-4. Excerpts come from Iron Man #194, Thing #24 & 33, Secret Wars II #3, Thor #358, West Coast Avengers (1985) #3, Avengers #263, Fantastic Four #289, Amazing Spider-Man #276, Marvel Age Annual #1, and Captain America #321, 347 & 350-351, 358-362, & 394.

#318-332: Epic Collection: Justice Is Served (Epic Vol. 13)
Collects Captain America (1968) #318-332 & Annual 8, plus Amazing Spider-man (1963) #278 and material from Marvel Fanfare (1982) #29 and 31-32 – plus, various excerpts connected to the Scourge storyline.

Annual 8: Wolverine vs. The Marvel Universe
Annual 8 fits between #320-321. Collects Captain America Annual 8, Daredevil (1964) #249, Spider-man vs. Wolverine, Incredible Hulk (1968) #340, Wolverine (1988) #134, Wolverine vs. Thor #1-3, Marvel Universe vs. Wolverine #1-4, and material from Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #117-122.

#326: Marvel Ghost Stories
Collects supernatural tales from Captain America (1968) #326, Ghost Rider (1973) #12, Hellstorm: Prince of Lies (1993), #6 Silver Surfer (1968) #8-9, Tomb of Dracula (1972) #23, War Is Hell (1973) #9, West Coast Avengers (1985) #41

#328: Reprinted in Captain America by Ed Brubaker, Vol. 3, listed below.

#332-350: Captain America: The Captain
Also collects Iron Man #228

#333: The Legacy of Captain America
Also collects Captain America (1968) #155, and Captain America (2005) #34, and What If? (1977) #4 Contains only excerpts of #178-182  “Case No. 1: Meet Captain America” from Captain America Comics (1941).

#337: Captain America: Evolutions Of A Living Legend
Collects Captain America (1968) #180, 337, 438, & 451; Captain America (1996) #3; Secret Avengers (2010) #1; Captain America (2012) #1; Captain America: Steve Rogers #1; Captain America (2017) #695; and material from Captain America Comics #1-2

#350: Grandson of Origins of Marvel Comics

#351-371: Epic Collection The Bloodstone Hunt (Epic Vol. 15)

#357-364: Captain America: The Bloodstone Hunt

#365-367: Acts of Vengeance Omnibus Oversized Hardcover (ISBN 0785144641)
Collects issues from around the Marvel Universe that participated in the villain-centric Acts of Vengeance theme. From the Avengers Universe that included Avengers #311-313 and Annual 19, Avengers Spotlight (1989) #26-29, Avengers West Coast (1989) #53-55,  Captain America (1968) #365-367, Iron Man (1968) #251-252, and Thor (1966) #411-413

#370: Collected in Captain America vs. The Red Skull, above.

#372-386 & Annual 9-10: Epic Collection: Streets of Poison (Epic Vol. 16)

#372-378: Captain America: Streets of Poison

#387-397: Epic Collection: The Superia Strategem (Epic Vol. 17)
Collects #387-397 and Adventures of Captain America #1-4

Captain America: The Adventures Of Captain America
Collects Adventures of Captain America (1991) #1-4, set in the Atlas Era. Also collects Captain America: The 1940s Newspaper Strip

#398-410: Epic Collection: Blood and Glory (Epic Vol. 18)
Collects #398-410 and Punisher/Captain America: Blood and Glory (1992) #1-3

issues #398-401 have also been collected variously with Galactic Storm…

#398-400: Avengers Epic Collection: Operation Galactic Storm
Collects the entire space crossover epic from Avengers (1963) #345-347, Avengers West Coast #80-82, Quasar #32-36, Wonder Man (1991) #7-9, Iron Man (1968) #278-279, Thor (1966) #445-446, and material from Captain America (1968) #398-400. Material from #399 also in Captain Marvel: Starforce

#398-399: Avengers: Galactic Storm, Vol. 1 (ISBN 0785120440)
Collects the first half of the crossover from Avengers #345-346, Avengers West Coast (1989) #80-81, Captain America (1968) #398-399, Iron Man (1968) #278, Quasar (1989) #32-33, Thor (1966) #445, and Wonder Man (1991) #7-8.

#400-401: Avengers: Galactic Storm, Vol. 2 (ISBN 0785120459)
Collects the second half of the crossover from Avengers #347, Avengers West Coast (1989) #82, Captain America (1968) #400-401, Iron Man (1968) #279, Quasar (1989) #34-36, Thor (1966) #446, Wonder Man (1991) #9, and What If…? (1989) #55-56.

#402-408: Captain America: Man & Wolf
Collects only the A-stories from these issues. Issue #408 briefly ties to Infinity War – see Marvel Comics Presents

#409-424: Not collected. #420 continues to Nomad #18

#425-430: Fighting Chance, Vol. 1 – Denial

#431-437: Fighting Chance, Vol. 2 – Acceptance

#438: Captain America: Evolutions Of A Living Legend
Collects Captain America (1968) #180, 337, 438, & 451; Captain America (1996) #3; Secret Avengers (2010) #1; Captain America (2012) #1; Captain America: Steve Rogers #1; Captain America (2017) #695; and material from Captain America Comics #1-2

#439: Not collected

#440-441: Not collected. Taking A.I.M. crossover with Avengers #386-387

#442-443: This marks the end of Mark Gruenwald’s run on the title.

#444-454: Epic Collection: Man Without a Country (Epic Vol. 22)
Collects Captain America #444-454, Thor #496, Iron Man #326, Avengers #396, Captain America Ashcan Edition, Captain America: The Legend, and material from Captain America Collectors’ Preview

#444-454: Captain America By Mark Waid, Ron Garney & Andy Kubert Omnibus
Collects Captain America (1968) #444-454; Captain America (1998) #1-23; Iron Man/Captain America Annual ’98; Captain America: Sentinel Of Liberty #1-12, Rough Cut; material from Captain America: The Legend; Captain America: Red, White & Blue

#444-448 & 450-454: Captain America: Operation Rebirth
Also available in hardcover.

#449: Avengers/Iron Man: First Sign
Captain America (1968) 449, Thor (1966) 496, Iron Man (1968) 326-331, Avengers (1963) 396-400

#450-453: Captain America: Man Without a Country

#451: Captain America: Evolutions Of A Living Legend
Collects Captain America (1968) #180, 337, 438, & 451; Captain America (1996) #3; Secret Avengers (2010) #1; Captain America (2012) #1; Captain America: Steve Rogers #1; Captain America (2017) #695; and material from Captain America Comics #1-2

Onslaught: Cap plays a key role in the climax of this story, which leads into his next series. See Marvel Universe Events: Onslaught

Captain America, Vol. 2 – Reborn (1996)

#1-12: Heroes Reborn Omnibus (2019 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302918040)
Collects Heroes Reborn #1/2, Captain America (1996) #1-12, Avengers (1996) #1-12, Fantastic Four (1996) #1-12, Iron Man (1996) #1-12, and material from Incredible Hulk (1968) #450

#1-12: Heroes Reborn: Captain America (ISBN 0-7851-2339-3)
Issue #3 collected in Captain America: Evolutions Of A Living Legend. Reprinted in 2020.

#13: Not collected due to the inclusion of Wildstorm characters.

Heroes Reborn: The Return (ISBN 0785137483)
Collects Heroes Reborn: the Return #1-4; Heroes Reborn: Doomsday, Ashema, Masters of Evil, Rebel, Remnants, Young Allies, and Doom

Captain America, Vol. 3 – The Return by Mark Waid & Dan Jurgens (1998)

In this period, Cap also appears regularly in Avengers, Vol. 3.

#1-23: Captain America By Mark Waid, Ron Garney & Andy Kubert Omnibus
Collects Captain America (1968) #444-454; Captain America (1998) #1-23; Iron Man/Captain America Annual ’98; Captain America: Sentinel Of Liberty #1-12, Rough Cut; material from Captain America: The Legend; Captain America: Red, White & Blue

#1-7: Captain America: To Serve and Protect
Also available as a Marvel Premier Classic hardcover

#8-13: Captain America: American Nightmare hardcover
A Marvel Premiere Classic. Also collects Captain America/Citizen V ’98 (1998), which falls after #12.

#8: Captain Marvel: Starforce
Collecting: Fantastic Four (1961) #65, Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) 12, Ms. Marvel (1977) #1, Captain Marvel (1968) #52, Quasar #9, Avengers (1963) #346, Captain America (1998) #8, and material from Captain America (1968) #399

Iron Man / Captain America Annual ’98: Iron Man: Revenge of the Mandarin
Also collects Iron Man #8-14 and Fantastic Four #16.

Captain America / Citizen V Annual ’98: See American Nightmare, above

#14-19: Captain America: Red Glare hardcover

Contest of Champions II #1, 4-5: Contest of Champions II

#20-24 & Annual ’99: Captain America: Land of the Free
Also includes material from Captain America: The Legend

The following mini-series appearances occur between #22-23

Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #1-12: Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty

Galactus The Devourer #1-6: Not collected.

Domination Factor: Avengers #1-4: Not collected. Pairs with a series of the same name for Fantastic Four.

#25-34: by Dan Jurgens, Vol. 1

Wolverine/Iron Fist #2-4: Not collected. Cap appears here after #32.

#35-44: by Dan Jurgens, Vol. 2
Also collects Annual 2000, which comes after #35.

Maximum Security: Issue #36 is a part of this line-wide event. See Marvel Universe Events: Maximum Security.

Sentry/various: Sentry
Cap appears in these one-shots after #36.

U.S. Agent #1-3: Not collected. Cap appears here after #39.

Infinite Abyss: Appears here after #44. See Marvel Universe Events: Infinity Abyss

#45-50: by Dan Jurgens, Vol. 3
Also collects Annual 2001 after #48.

Captain America: Dead Men Running  (2002) #1-3: Not collected. Appears here after #50

Captain America: What Price Glory (2003) #1-4: Not collected.

Captain America/Nick Fury: The Otherworld War OGN SC
Despite releasing in 2001, this original graphic novel may be told entirely in flashback to the WWII setting.

Captain America, Vol. 4 – Marvel Knights (2002)

Captain America’s ongoing is relaunched as a Marvel Knights series, a less super-heroic take on the character that included more mature themes in the wake of 9/11.

as recollected in two volumes…

#1-16: Marvel Knights Vol. 1

#17-32: Marvel Knights Vol. 2
Also includes Captain America: Red, White and Blue

as originally released…

#1-6: Vol. 1: The New Deal
Also available in hardcover. Recollected in 2018 as Marvel Knights Captain America By Rieber & Cassaday: The New Deal.

#7-10: Vol. 2: The Extremists

#12-16: Vol. 3: Ice

#17-20: Vol. 4: Captain America Lives Again
This is an alternate-universe story. Also collects Tales of Suspense #66.

#21-28: Vol 5: Homeland

After a sprint with few stops, at #25 Cap finally takes a break for appearances in other titles, including Avengers #63-76, Wolverine/Captain America #1-4, Secret War, Avengers/Thunderbolts #1-6, X-Statix #21-26, Avengers #77-84, and Captain America & The Falcon #1-8.

Wolverine/Captain America #1-4: Wolverine / Captain America
Also collects Wolverine #124.

Secret War: Cap is a key player in this series. See Marvel Universe Events: Secret War

Avengers Disassembled: Cap appears here after #29, below. See Marvel Universe Events: Avengers Disassembled.

#29-32: Captain America Disassembled
Also collects the Captain America & The Falcon #5-7. For a hardcover version, see Avengers Disassembled: Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America.

From here, Cap next appears in Captain America & The Falcon #9-14 and Spectacular Spider-Man #15-20, among other appearances.

The follow limited releases were released in this period:

Captain America: Red, White, and Blue OGN
An anthology of Cap stories by over 50 creators. Later reprinted in TPB.

Truth: Red, White, and Black #1-7: Truth: Red, White, and Black
A retcon story that examines the origin of the Super Soldier serum as it related to the Tuskegee Airmen. Also available in hardcover.

X-23: Target X #1-5
Cap plays a central role in this mini-series, though it is not significant to his story. This was releasd in 2007, but it proceeds directly from X-23’s escape from the facility where she spent her childhood, so chronologically the story occurs sometime prior to 2004 (since she joined the X-Men in that year).

Captain America & The Falcon (2004)

#1-14: Captain America & The Falcon by Christopher Priest: The Complete Collection

#1-4: Captain America & The Falcon: Two Americas

#5-7: Captain America Disassembled
Also collects the Captain America (2002) issues #29-32. For a hardcover version, see Avengers Disassembled: Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America.

#8-14: Captain America & The Falcon: Brothers and Keepers

Captain America, Vol. 5 & The New Avengers (2005 – 2010)

Captain America also stars in New Avengers throughout this period.

As oversized hardcovers…

#1-9 & 11-14: Captain America: Winter Soldier
Printed in 2014 to support the second Captain America movie.

#1-25: Captain America Omnibus, Vol. 1
Also collects two one-shots and two magazines: Captain America 65th Anniversary Special (2006), Winter Soldier: Winter Kills (2007), Marvel Spotlight: Ed Brubaker/Billy Tan (2006), and Marvel Spotlight: Captain America Remembered (2007). Note that the Direct Market variant cover of this edition is only available with a glued binding.

Civil War also ends here.

#25-42: Omnibus, Vol. 2: The Death of Captain America

#43-50: Omnibus, Vol. 3: Captain America Lives
Also collects Captain America Reborn #1-5 and Captain America #600-601.

As extra-length paperback Ultimate Collections…

#1-14: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1

#15-21: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 2
Also collects Captain America 65th Anniversary Special (2006)

Civil War occurs here.

#22-42: Death of Captain America: The Complete Collection
Also collects Winter Solider: Winter Kills

As initially released…

#1-7: Captain America: Winter Soldier, Vol. 1
Also available in hardcover. Also collected in a 2020 Marvel Select Edition hardcover.

#8-15: Captain America: Winter Soldier, Vol. 2
Also available in hardcover. Also collected in a 2020 Marvel Select Edition hardcover (without issue #10).

After #14, Cap breaks for his appearances in Young Avengers #1-6 and New Avengers through House of M and NA #15.

#15-17: Red Menace, Vol. 1
Also collects Captain America 65th Anniversary Special (2006)

#18-21: Red Menace, Vol. 2

After #21, Cap appears in New Avengers #17-22 and the beginnings of Civil War.

#22-24: Captain America: Civil War
Also collects Winder Solider: Winter Kills. These issues are also collected in the Civil War: Avengers OHC – see below.

Civil War: Captain America is a key part of Civil War, and appears throughout the main Civil War series and many of its tie-ins. See Marvel Universe Events: Civil War for more information.

#22-24: Civil War: Captain America/Iron Man
A 2016 re-release pairing the Civil War issues from these two heroes – Captain America #22-24, Winter Soldier: Winter Kills, Iron Man #13-14, Iron Man/captain America: Casualties Of War, Civil War: The Confession

Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America
This series of one shots occurs after #25. Reprinted in 2016.

At this time, Steve Rogers is not regularly appearing in the series, which is headlined by a team-up of James “Bucky” Barnes as Winter Soldier, Agent 13 – Sharon Carter, The Falcon, and Black Widow.

#25-30: The Death of Captain America, Vol. 1: The Death of the Dream
Available in hardcover.

#31-36: The Death of Captain America, Vol. 2: The Burden of Dreams
Available in hardcover

#37-42: The Death of Captain America, Vol. 3: The Man Who Bought America
Available in hardcover

Avengers/Invaders #1-12: Avengers / Invaders
Also available in oversized hardcover

Secret Invasion: See Marvel Universe Events: Secret Invasion

#43-48: Captain America: The Man With No Face
Available in hardcover.

#49-50: Captain America: Road to Reborn
Also collects #600-601 and an origin from the 2002 Red, White, and Blue graphic novel. Available in hardcover.

Mini-series that occur during this era:

Captain America: The Chosen #1-6
Does not actually star Captain America. An alternate-future tale. Available in hardcover.

Captain America: Theatre of War – America First
A series of one-shots collecting stories of Captain America from different armed conflicts. Collects three one-shots – Operation Zero-Point, America First!, and Prisoners Of Duty. Available in hardcover.

Captain America Theater Of War
A series of one-shots collecting stories of Captain America from different armed conflicts. Collects America the Beautiful, Brother in Arms, To Soldier On, and Ghosts of My Country. Available in hardcover.

Captain America: Theatre of War – The Complete Collection
Combines both of the collections above – Captain America Theater Of War: America The Beautiful, A Brother In Arms, To Soldier On, Ghosts Of My Country, America First!, Operation Zero Point, Prisoners Of Duty

Captain America: Forever Allies #1-4
A Bucky-Cap story. Also includes Young Allies 70th Anniversary Special and the original Young Allies #1 from 1941.

Black Panther / Captain America: Flags of Our Fathers #1-4
This is a World War II story. Reprinted in 2018 with the addition of Rise of the Black Panther (2018) #1.

Captain America, Vol. 1 (again) – The Heroic Age (2010 – 2011)

This title continues the numbering from the original 1968 Cap series that concluded in 1996, adding all of the intervening issues to reach the #600 starting point in August 2009. Though it debuted prior to Siege’s completion, it is still effectively part of Marvel’s series of Heroic Age relaunches in 2010 due to its theme of returning an original hero to  more traditional role in his own heroic adventures. Steve Rogers also appears in Avengers and Secret Avengers during this time – but, not as Cap.

As oversized hardcovers…

#600-601: Captain America Omnibus, Vol. 3: Captain America Lives Oversized Hardcover
Also collects Captain America #43-50 and Captain America Reborn #1-6

#602-619 & 615.1: Captain America Omnibus, Vol. 4: The Trial of Captain America Oversized Hardcover
Also collects Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier #1-4 & Captain America (2010) #1-10

As initially released…

#600-601: Captain America: Road to Reborn
Also collects #49-50 of the prior series and an origin from the 2002 Red, White, and Blue graphic novel. Available in hardcover.

Captain America: Reborn #1-6: Captain America: Reborn
Also available in hardcover

#602-605: Captain America: Two Americas
Also collects Who Will Wield the Shield one-shot. Also available in hardcover.

World War Hulks: See Marvel Universe Events: World War Hulk

Siege: Captain America #1: Siege: Battlefield
Also available in hardcover

Siege: Cap plays a key role in this event. See Marvel Universe Events: Siege

Avengers Prime #1-5
A mini-series continuing directly from the end of Siege starring Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, and Thor. See Avengers & New Avengers

#606-610: Captain America: No Escape (ISBN 0785145133)
Available in hardcover.

Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier #1-4 (ISBN 0785148795)
Available in hardcover and in a Complete Collection that also includes the “Escape from the Negative Zone” crossover, directly below.

X-Men / Steve Rogers: Escape from the Negative Zone Oversized Hardcover ISBN (0785155619)
Includes 2011 annuals from Uncanny X-Men, Generation Hope, and Steve Rogers. Available in oversized hardcover.

#611-615 & 615.1: Captain America: The Trial of Captain America (ISBN 0785151206)
Available in hardcover.

Onslaught Unleashed #1-4 Oversized Hardcover
Stars Steve Rogers and the Secret Avengers

Invaders Now! #1-5: Invaders Now!
A present-day Invaders story. Also available as an oversized hardcover.

#616-619: Captain America: Prisoner of War (ISBN 0785151222)
Available in hardcover.

Fear Itself: Captain America plays a key role in this series. See Marvel Universe Events: Fear Itself

This title continues to not one, but three additional series – Captain America (2011), Winter Soldier (2011), and Captain America and… (2011) – all listed below.

Limited releases that occur in this era:

Captain America: Hail Hydra #1-5: Captain America: Hail Hydra
Occurs across five different time periods.

Captain America: Man out of Time #1-5
This may fall at the point cap became unfrozen. Available in hardcover.

Captain America: Fighting Avenger One-Shot
Not collected

Captain America Corps
A time-travel mini-series that takes place after Steve Rogers returns. Not strictly in continuity.

Captain America, Vol. 6 & The Winter Soldier (2011 – 2012)

This run marks the end of Ed Brubaker’s award-winning run and the return of Steve Rogers to the stars and stripes uniform in September 2011. In this period Cap also appears regularly in The Avengers, Secret Avengers, and Avengers Assemble. He returns to wearing the mantle midway through Fear Itself in each title.

As oversized hardcovers…

#1-10: Omnibus, Vol. 4: The Trial of Captain America Oversized Hardcover
Also collects Captain America #602-619 & 615.1 and Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier #1-4

#11-19: Omnibus, Vol 5: Return of the Winter Soldier Oversized Hardcover
Collects the remainder of Brubaker’s runs – Captain America and Bucky #620-628, Fear Itself #7.1: Captain America, Winter Soldier #1-5, Captain America (2011) #11-19, Winter Soldier #6-14

As originally released…

#1-5: By Ed Brubaker, Vol. 1
Available in hardcover, and in Omnibus, above.

#6-10: By Ed Brubaker, Vol. 2
Available in hardcover, and in Omnibus, above.

#11-14: By Ed Brubaker, Vol. 3
Also collects Captain America (1968) #328. Available in hardcover.

#15-19: By Ed Brubaker, Vol. 4
Available in hardcover.

Meanwhile, after the events of Fear Itself, James “Bucky” Barnes continues to his own title launched in April 2012, Winter Soldier

#1-14: Winter Soldier by Ed Brubaker, The Complete Collection
Also includes Fear Itself #7.1: Captain America

#1-5: Vol. 1: The Longest Winter
Also collected in Omnibus, above.

#6-9: Vol. 2: Broken Arrow
Also collected in Omnibus, above.

#10-14: Vol. 3: Black Widow Hunt
Also collected in Omnibus, above.

#15-19: Vol. 4: The Electric Ghost

Captain America and… (2011 – 2012) 

This team-up title continues from the prior Cap ongoing in September 2011.

As oversized hardcovers…

#620-628: Captain America Omnibus, Vol 5: Return of the Winter Soldier Oversized Hardcover
Collects the remainder of Brubaker’s runs – Captain America and Bucky #620-628, Fear Itself #7.1: Captain America, Winter Soldier #1-5, Captain America (2011) #11-19, Winter Soldier #6-14

As originally released…

#620-624: …and Bucky: The Life Story of Bucky Barnes
Mostly a flashback. Available in hardcover and in Omnibus, above.

#625-628: …and Bucky: Old Wounds
Also collects What If? #4. Available in hardcover and in Omnibus, above.

Brubaker’s run ends here. Further issues are penned by Cullen Bunn, all of which are collected in Captain America and the Avengers: The Complete Collection. As originally collected…

#629-632: …and Hawkeye

#633-635: …and Iron Man
Also includes #635.1, Captain America and Namor

#636-640: …and Black Widow

Captain America: Allies & Enemies
Collects a number of similar guest-starring one-shots.

Captain America, Vol. 7 in Marvel Now! (2012 – 2014)

Headlined by the unlikely creative team of Rick Remender and John Romita, Jr., Cap also stars in Avengers and Uncanny Avengers in this time period.

#1-5 Vol. 1: Castaway in Dimension Z, Book 1
Available in hardcover. #1 is also collected in Captain America: Evolutions Of A Living Legend

#6-10: Vol. 2: Castaway in Dimension Z, Book 2
Available in hardcover.

Infinity: Cap is one of the major stars of this event. See Marvel Universe Events: Infinity

#11-15: Vol. 3: Loose Nuke
Available in hardcover.

Winter Soldier: Bitter March
This Remender-penned series occurs almost entirely in the 1960s, but has an impact on his modern Cap story. Should be read prior to Iron Nail.

#16-21: Vol. 4: The Iron Nail
Available in hardcover.

At this time, Cap also begins to appear in All-New Invaders and Avengers World.

#22-25: Vol. 5: The Tomorrow Soldier
Available in hardcover. Also, #25 collected with Captain America: Sam Wilson – The Complete Collection, Vol. 1

All-New Captain America, Mighty Avengers, & Winter Soldier (2014 – 2015)

The mantle is taken on by another familiar face – Sam Wilson! See Guide to Falcon for more-detailed information. Plus, Winter Soldier gets his own space-centric ongoing.

Sam Wilson’s time as Cap as collected in 2020 line of Complete Collections…

Captain America: Sam Wilson – The Complete Collection Vol. 1
This volume collects all of Sam Wilson as Cap prior to Secret Wars with the exception of his appearances in Mighty Avengers. Collecting Captain America (2012) #25, All-New Captain America: Fear Him #1-4, All-New Captain America #1-6, Inhuman Error (from Amazing Spider-Man Special #1, Inhuman Special #1, and All-New Captain America Special #1) and Captain America: Sam Wilson #1-6.

As originally collected…

Axis: See Marvel Universe Events: Axis. Runs concurrent to the start of this new series.

All-New Captain America: Fear Him #1-4
Part of Axis. Also collects Captain America (1968) #280 and Avengers (1998) #64

All-New Captain America #1-6: Vol. 1: Hydra Ascendant
Also available in hardcover

Captain America & The Mighty Avengers #1-7: Vol. 1: Open for Business

Bucky Barnes: Winter Soldier #1-5: Vol. 1: The Man on the Wall

Bucky Barnes: Winter Soldier #6-11: Vol. 2

Amazing Spider-Man/Inhuman/All-New Captain America: Inhuman Error
Collects Specials from all three of the title characters.

Captain America & The Mighty Avengers #8-9: Vol. 2
Also includes the Secret Wars material Captain Britain & The Mighty Defenders #1-2 and the Age of Ultron tie-in Avengers Assemble 15AU. #8-9 also appear in Secret Wars: Last Days of the Marvel Universe oversize hardcover.

Captain America(s) in All-New, All-Different Marvel & Marvel Legacy (2015 – present)

The All-New, All-Different era launches with former Falcon Sam Wilson carrying the shield, but after the Standoff mini-event Steve Rogers also re-adopts his mantle – leaving us with two different Captains working at cross-purposes to one another.

Sam Wilson #1-6: Vol. 1 (ISBN 978-0-7851-9640-2)

Sam Wilson #7-8: Avengers: Standoff
Collects Welcome To Pleasant Hill Prologue #1, Assault On Pleasant Hill Alpha #1, Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. #3-4, Uncanny Avengers #7, All-New, All-Different Avengers #7-8, New Avengers #8-10, Captain America: Sam Wilson #7-8, Uncanny Avengers #8, Illuminati #6, Howling Commandos #6, Assault On Pleasant Hill Omega #1. Available in hardcover.

Sam Wilson #7-8: Vol. 2: Standoff
This slim volume also collects Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha & Assault on Pleasant Hill Omega

Steve Rogers #1-6: Vol. 1
This puts Steve Rogers back in the stars and stripes! Also collects Free Comic Book Day 2016 (Captain America) #1. Issue #4 begins to intersect Civil War and show the after-effects of Standoff. Issue #1 is also collected in Captain America: Evolutions Of A Living Legend

Sam Wilson #9-13: Vol. 3: Civil War (ISBN 978-1-302-90319-0)

Steve Rogers #7-11: Vol. 2: The Trial of Maria Hill (ISBN 978-1-302-90113-4)
Also collects Civil War II: The Oath

Sam Wilson #14-18: Vol. 4: #TakeBackTheShield (ISBN 978-1-302-90329-9)

Steve Rogers #12-15: Vol. 3: Empire Building
Also collects Civil War: The Oath #1

Sam Wilson #19-22 & TBA: Vol. 5

Captain America: Secret Empire
Collects Captain America: Steve Rogers #17-19 and Captain America: Sam Wilson #22-24

Secret Empire: See Marvel Universe Events

#695-700: By Waid & Samnee: Home of the Brave

#701-704: By Waid: Promised Land

Marvel Fresh Start (2018 – present)

Launched by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Leinil Yu, this run picks up Cap from his road trip of penitence in Captain America (2017) #704.

in oversize hardcover…

#1-12: by Ta-Nehisi Coates Vol. 1(2020 hardcover)

by story or single issue…

#1-6: by Ta-Nehisi Coates Vol. 1: Winter in America
Also collects the 2018 FCBD story

Annual 1: Marvel Universe: Time and Again
A powerful WWII one-shot story by Tini Howard. This collection includes all of the 2018 flashback annual stories from Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1, Captain America Annual 1, Daredevil Annual 1, Silver Surfer Annual 1, Spider-Man Annual 1, X-Men Gold Annual 2, and Journey Into Mystery: The Birth Of Krakoa #1

#7-12: by Ta-Nehisi Coates Vol. 2: Captain of Nothing

#13-18: by Ta-Nehisi Coates Vol. 3: The Legend of Steve

#19-?: by Ta-Nehisi Coates Vol. 4

Captain America: Marvels Snapshots (2020) #1: Marvels Snapshots (2021 hardcover, 978-1302924966)
A series of flashback one-shots inspired by the classic Marvels mini-series. Collects Sub-Mariner: Marvels Snapshots (2020) #1, Fantastic Four: Marvels Snapshots (2020) #1, Captain America: Marvels Snapshots (2020) #1, X-Men: Marvels Snapshots (2020) #1, Avengers: Marvels Snapshots (2020) #1, Spider-Man: Marvels Snapshots (2020) #1, Civil War: Marvels Snapshots (2020) #1, Captain Marvel: Marvels Snapshots (2020) #1

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