Captain America (2nd Series)

    (Marvel, 1995-1997)
™ and ©1996 Marvel Characters, Inc.

Forget everything you know about Captain America.

In response to flagging sales, Marvel turned toward its own former artists, who had left to form Image Comics. The Image crew was given free rein to reinvent (and hopefully, reinvigorate) many of Marvel’s core characters including Captain America, The Fantastic Four, The Avengers, and Iron Man.

Rob Liefeld and Jeph Loeb spun a new origin story for Captain America. In this version, Cap had been a hero of World War II, but had dared to speak out against the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Fearing the influence such an outspoken icon would have, the president ordered a young Nick Fury to put Cap on ice, removing his memory using techniques discovered from the Nazis. Over the next few decades, Steve Rogers lived as an ordinary person until wartime comrades revealed his true legacy to him.
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Captain America (2nd Series) #1

November, 1996
Cover Price: $2.95
14 copies available from $3.00
Captain America jumping forward on cover by Rob Liefeld; Steve Rogers regains memories of WW II action Jeph Loeb, Rob Liefeld, Chuck DixonRob Liefeld
Captain America (2nd Series) #1 Variation A

November, 1996
Cover Price: $2.95
5 copies available from $2.50
Jeph Loeb, Rob Liefeld, Chuck DixonRob Liefeld
Captain America (2nd Series) #1 Variation B

November, 1996
Cover Price: $25.00
1 copy available for $38.00
Cover B by Rob Liefeld; Autographed by Rob Liefeld; Limited to 2,100 copies; 22 K Gold Stamped Signature with Marvel Comics Certificate of Authenticity attached. Jeph Loeb, Rob Liefeld, Chuck DixonRob Liefeld
Captain America (2nd Series) #1 Variation E


Cover Price: $0.00
3 copies available from $25.00
Rob Liefeld, Jeph Loeb, Chuck DixonRob Liefeld
Captain America (2nd Series) #2

December, 1996
Cover Price: $1.95
9 copies available from $1.75
Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld
Captain America (2nd Series) #3

January, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
14 copies available from $2.00
Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld
Captain America (2nd Series) #4

February, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
17 copies available from $1.75
Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Pop Mhan
Captain America (2nd Series) #5

March, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
7 copies available from $2.75
Green background on cover by Rob Liefeld; Four figures (Cap, Bucky, Nick Fury, one other) Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld
Captain America (2nd Series) #5 Variation A

March, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
2 copies available from $2.00
Cover A (White Background); Versus Red Skull; Versus Master Man Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld
Captain America (2nd Series) #5 Newsstand Edition

March, 1997
Cover Price: $1.99
1 copy available for $34.99
Newsstand Edition by Rob Liefeld; Four figures (Cap, Bucky, Nick Fury, one other) Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld
Captain America (2nd Series) #6

April, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
19 copies available from $2.00
Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Ian Churchill
Captain America (2nd Series) #6 Newsstand Edition

April, 1997
Cover Price: $1.99
1 copy available for $24.99
Newsstand Edition by Rob Liefeld; Versus Baron Zemo; Versus Modok Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Ian Churchill
Captain America (2nd Series) #7

May, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
12 copies available from $1.56
James RobinsonJoe Phillips
Captain America (2nd Series) #8

June, 1997
Cover Price: $1.95
13 copies available from $1.80
Jim Lee cover by Jim Lee; Versus Sons of the Serpent; Cap’s letter“A” returns to his costume James RobinsonJoe Bennett, Al Rio
Captain America (2nd Series) #9

July, 1997
Cover Price: $1.99
16 copies available from $1.80
James RobinsonJoe Bennett
Captain America (2nd Series) #10

August, 1997
Cover Price: $1.99
18 copies available from $1.45
James RobinsonJoe Bennett
Captain America (2nd Series) #11

September, 1997
Cover Price: $1.99
13 copies available from $1.80
James RobinsonJoe Bennett
Captain America (2nd Series) #11 Newsstand Edition

September, 1997
Cover Price: $1.99
1 copy available for $19.98
Newsstand Edition by Joe Bennett; Versus Nick Fury; Gatefold summary James RobinsonJoe Bennett
Captain America (2nd Series) #12

October, 1997
Cover Price: $2.99
6 copies available from $2.00
Heroes Reunited 4-ptych cover, 4/4; Versus Galactus; Iron Man #12; And Fantastic Four #12; Gatefold Summary Jeph LoebJoe Bennett, Ed Benés
Captain America (2nd Series) #13

November, 1997
Cover Price: $1.99
11 copies available from $2.25
World War 3 4-ptych cover, 4/4; Crossover with Wildstorm universe; Gatefold summary James RobinsonRon Lim
Captain America (2nd Series) Book #1


Cover Price: $29.99
2 copies available from $29.00
James Robinson, Jeph LoebRob Liefeld, Joe Phillips, Joe Bennett, Al Rio