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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Fighting American (Awesome) #1 Variation A

August, 1997
Cover Price: $2.50
1 copy available for $3.35 		Stephen Platt cover A (gun and shell casings on a book); 1st appearance of Fighting American III; 1st appearance of Fighting American (Awesome); 1st appearance of John Flagg; 1st appearance of S.P.I.C.E. (Super Prototype Intelligent Cyborg Entity); 1st appearance of Iron Cross Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
Fighting American (Awesome) #1 Variation B

August, 1997
Cover Price: $2.50
5 copies available from $2.75 		Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
Fighting American (Awesome) #1 Variation C

August, 1997
Cover Price: $2.50
1 copy available for $2.13 		Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
Fighting American (Awesome) #1 Variation D

August, 1997
Cover Price: $15.95
2 copies available from $15.00 		Comics Cavalcade exclusive Cover D by Rob Liefeld; Same as #1/C without background Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
Fighting American (Awesome) #1 Variation E

August, 1997
Cover Price: $2.50
4 copies available from $1.25 		Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
Fighting American (Awesome) #1 Variation F

August, 1997
Cover Price: $2.50
1 copy available for $2.50 		Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
Fighting American (Awesome) #1 Variation G

August, 1997
Cover Price: $2.50
1 copy available for $5.50 		Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
Fighting American (Awesome) #2

October, 1997
Cover Price: $2.50
3 copies available from $2.50 		Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
Fighting American (Awesome) #2 Variation A

January, 1998
Cover Price: $2.50
2 copies available from $1.93 		Cover A shows kneeling Fighting American background skull-headed figure; Fighting American overshadowed by skull Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
Fighting American (Awesome) #2 Variation B

January, 1998
Cover Price: $0.00
1 copy available for $94.98 		Cover B shows female character; Limited to 2500 copies Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
Fighting American (Awesome) #3

December, 1997
Cover Price: $2.50
3 copies available from $1.00 		Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld
Fighting American (Awesome) Ashcan #1

January, 1997
Cover Price: $1.00
1 copy available for $39.98 		Rob Liefeld, Jeph LoebRob Liefeld, Stephen Platt, Jon Sibal, Don Skinner, Andy Troy