Fighting American (Awesome)

    (Awesome, 1997)
™ and ©1997 Joe Simon and Jack Kirby

Fighting American was originally created in the 1950s by the team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby as a humorous send-up of their more famous star-spangled creation, Captain America. In the original series, John Flagg and his crew battled such Cold War baddies as “Hotsy Trotsky” and “Poison Ivan.”

In 1997, Fighting American fell into the hands of Rob Liefeld, who had departed early from his engagement as artist on Captain America (Vol. 2), and was left with a stack of unused pages depicting a shield-slinging do-gooder. When Marvel threatened legal action over Liefeld’s “creation” Agent America, he licensed Fighting American from Joe Simon and relaunched the forgotten title. Fans of Liefeld’s big artwork and unsubtle approach to storytelling (or anyone who was sorry to see him leave Captain America) will get what they came for.
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  • 1/B
    #1 Variation B
    Ed McGuinness cover B (Fighting American with a shield and flag)
    Aug 1997
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Jeph Loeb, Rob Liefeld  ·  A: Rob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
    5 copies from $2.75
  • 1/C
    #1 Variation C
    Comics Cavalcade exclusive Cover C by Rob Liefeld
    Aug 1997
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Jeph Loeb, Rob Liefeld  ·  A: Rob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
    1 copy for $2.12
  • 1/D
    #1 Variation D
    Comics Cavalcade exclusive Cover D by Rob Liefeld
    Aug 1997
    Cover: $15.95
    W: Jeph Loeb, Rob Liefeld  ·  A: Rob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
    Same as #1/C without background
    2 copies from $15.00
  • 1/E
    #1 Variation E
    Ian Churchill cover E (Fighting American in mid-leap in front of missiles)
    Aug 1997
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Jeph Loeb, Rob Liefeld  ·  A: Rob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
    3 copies from $4.50
  • 1/F
    #1 Variation F
    Rob Liefeld Cover F (Fighting American with drawn-back fist with brown stone background, white logo)
    Aug 1997
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Jeph Loeb, Rob Liefeld  ·  A: Rob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
    1 copy for $2.50
  • 1/G
    #1 Variation G
    Comics Cavalcade Cover G shows Fighting American in mid-leap with yellow background and gold foil title
    Aug 1997
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Jeph Loeb, Rob Liefeld  ·  A: Rob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
    1 copy for $5.50
  • 2
    #2
    Cover shows Fighting American with flag background
    Oct 1997
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Jeph Loeb, Rob Liefeld  ·  A: Rob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
    2 copies from $4.00
  • 2/B
    #2 Variation B
    Cover B shows female character
    Jan 1998
    W: Jeph Loeb, Rob Liefeld  ·  A: Rob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
    Limited to 2500 copies
    1 copy for $94.98
  • 3
    #3
    Cover shows three figures in front of gun barrels
    Dec 1997
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Jeph Loeb, Rob Liefeld  ·  A: Rob Liefeld
    2 copies from $4.00
  • Ash 1
    Ashcan #1
    American Entertainment Exclusive
    Jan 1997
    Cover: $1.00
    W: Rob Liefeld, Jeph Loeb  ·  A: Rob Liefeld, Stephen Platt, Jon Sibal, Don Skinner, Andy Troy
    1 copy for $86.98