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 Variation A (Stephen Platt cover A (gun and shell casings on a book))

August, 1997
Cover Price: $2.50
1 copy available for $3.35 		Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
#1 Variation B (Ed McGuinness cover B (Fighting American with a shield and flag))

August, 1997
Cover Price: $2.50
5 copies available from $2.75 		Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
#1 Variation C (Comics Cavalcade exclusive Cover C by Rob Liefeld)

August, 1997
Cover Price: $2.50
1 copy available for $2.13 		Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
#1 Variation D (Comics Cavalcade exclusive Cover D by Rob Liefeld)

August, 1997
Cover Price: $15.95
2 copies available from $15.00 		Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
#1 Variation E (Ian Churchill cover E (Fighting American in mid-leap in front of missiles))

August, 1997
Cover Price: $2.50
4 copies available from $0.64 		Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
#1 Variation F (Rob Liefeld Cover F (Fighting American with drawn-back fist with brown stone background, white logo))

August, 1997
Cover Price: $2.50
1 copy available for $2.50 		Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
#1 Variation G (Comics Cavalcade Cover G shows Fighting American in mid-leap with yellow background and gold foil title)

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

October, 1997
Cover Price: $2.50
3 copies available from $2.50 		Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
#2 Variation A (Cover A shows kneeling Fighting American background skull-headed figure)

January, 1998
Cover Price: $2.50
2 copies available from $1.95 		Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
#2 Variation B (Cover B shows female character)

January, 1998
Cover Price: $0.00
1 copy available for $94.98 		Jeph Loeb, Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld, Stephen Platt
#3 (Cover shows three figures in front of gun barrels)

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

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