Captain America (1968 1st Series) comic books 1996-1998

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Operation Rebirth: Part 3 of 4. "Triumph of the Will" Script by Mark Waid. Art by Ron Garney (breakdowns) and Mike Manley (finishes). Cover by Ron Garney. At an alternate energy research facility; the star-spangled avenger, the former SHIELD agent, and the Red Skull are closing in on the cosmic cube! As their frantic battle against the Kübekult reaches its apex, Sharon gets her hands on the cube! Great! Now someone has to quickly use the cube to override the Third Reich's influence on it! However the only way to do that is for cube holder to create their own preferred reality (based upon their morals and values)! Sharon is ready to implement her vision, but Cap tells her no! Then she hands the cube to Cap! But he's not sure it's right for him either! Is anyone else available? Oh, the Red Skull is standing by! And his sinister world vision is coming next! A terrific issue! (Notes: Pages 14 thru 19 are storytelling par excellence. The four-part Operation Rebirth was reprinted in 2011 in the hardcover: Captain America Operation Rebirth. The letters page includes a statement of ownership: average print run 135,845; average paid circulation 82,258.) 32 pages. Cover price $1.50.

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Operation Rebirth: Part 4 of 4. "American Dream" Double-Sized issue. Script by Mark Waid. Pencils by Ron Garney. Inks by Denis Rodier. Cover by Ron Garney. The Red Skull has trapped Captain America inside the cosmic cube! But before the skull can use the cube to change the world, he needs Steve Rogers to destroy the other person inside the cube: Adolf Hitler! The time and location within the cube is 1945 Berlin! And Cap, Bucky, Nick Fury, Dum Dum Dugan, Prince Namor, and the original Human Torch are rapidly approaching the Führer bunker! However before Cap enters the bunker, Bucky tells him that what he's experiencing is not real. It's a carefully crafted reality by his true enemy: the Red Skull! Can the star-spangled avenger see through the illusion and get back to Sharon Carter and the present day? Only the world depends on it! (Note: The Red Skull returns in the Captain America (1998) 3rd series.) 48 pages. Cover price $2.95.

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First Sign Part 1 of 4. "I'll Take Manhattan" Script by Mark Waid. Pencils by Ron Garney and Sandu Florea. Inks by Denis Rodier, Scott Koblish, and Sandu Florea. Cover by Carlos Pacheco and Scott Koblish. Steve Rogers and Sharon Carter storm the SHIELD Helicarrier to learn why they were intentionally kept apart for years! But to their dismay Nick Fury is dead; and Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine is in charge now! After a testy exchange with the Contessa, Cap and the former Agent 13 leave the Helicarrier and begin walking toward Brooklyn! However while they're strolling across the bridge, a powerful force field drops over the entire island of Manhattan! And suddenly separated from Sharon, Cap rushes back to Manhattan and tries to restore order! But the Sentinel of Liberty is ambushed by the Zodiac! The star-spangled avenger hasn't tangled with this astral group in a quite a while! And he needs to find allies! Is the god of thunder home tonight? Story continues in Thor 496. Cameo appearances by Jarvis, Thor, and the Enchantress. (Note: This story was reprinted in 2013 in the trade paperback: Avengers Iron Man First Sign.) 32 pages. Cover price $1.50.

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Man without a Country: Part 1 of 4 - "Executive Action!" Written by Mark Waid. Art by Ron Garney. Due to the events of Operation: Rebirth and his association with the Red Skull, Captain America has been charged with treason. Meanwhile, the devilish Machinesmith brings the country to the verge of war. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $1.50.

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Man Without A Country: Part 1 of 4. "Executive Action" Script by Mark Waid. Pencils by Ron Garney. Inks by Scott Koblish. Cover by Ron Garney. Federal agents bust into Steve Rogers' Brooklyn apartment and arrest the Living Legend for treason! Apparently Cap's brief alliance with the Red Skull did not go unnoticed by the government! And within a few hours, Cap finds himself in the White House standing before President Bill Clinton! But the star-spangled avenger is in hot water for more than just his caper with the skull! Evidently, top secret information about Project Argus has been leaked! And only Cap and the forty-second president had knowledge of the clandestine project! Faced with a very difficult decision, President Clinton decides it's best to send Captain America into exile across the pond! What is Cap going to do in London? Don't worry... Sharon Carter will keep him busy! (Note: The four-part Man Without a Country story was reprinted in 1998 in the trade paperback: Captain America Man Without a Country.) 32 pages. Cover price $1.50.

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Man Without A Country: Part 2 of 4. "Plan "A"..." Script by Mark Waid. Pencils by Ron Garney. Inks by Scott Koblish. Cover by Ron Garney. To clear Captain America's name, Sharon Carter and Steve Rogers hop onboard a train bound for Moldavia! They're traveling to the small country, because they think Machinesmith is hiding the powerful Argus cannon there! However along the way, four armored assailants attack! So Cap and Sharon jump off the train near a U.S. Air Force base! And then they steal an F-15 fighter jet! Wow, the star-spangled avenger and the former SHIELD agent are breaking all the rules! Plan "A" had better work! (Notes: This four-part story was reprinted in 2016 in the softcover: Captain America Man Without a Country Epic Collection. The softcover collects Captain America issues 444 thru 454.) 32 pages. Cover price $1.50.

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Man Without A Country: Part 3 of 4. "Plan "B"..." Script by Mark Waid. Pencils by Ron Garney. Inks by Scott Koblish. Cover by Ron Garney. At the end of last issue, the Argus cannon shot down Cap and Sharon's F-15 fighter! And as shown on the harrowing cover, Steve Rogers and Sharon Carter are now freefalling to the ground over Moldavia! Oh boy, was this part of Cap's plan A or plan B or neither? If the Living Legend can pull off a miracle and get Sharon and himself to the ground safely, they will battle the Moldavian army next! And then the diabolical Machinesmith! (Note: This four-part story was reprinted in 1998 in the trade paperback: Captain America Man Without a Country.) 32 pages. Cover price $1.50.

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Man Without A Country: Part 4 of 4. "Executive Action" Script by Mark Waid. Pencils by Pino Rinaldi (pp. 1-9) and Ron Garney (pp. 10-22). Inks by Scott Koblish. Cover by Ron Garney. Thanks to the information that Machinesmith stole from Steve Rogers' mind, Captain America and Sharon Carter face a deadly double crisis in Moldavia! The robot mastermind has seized control of the SHIELD Helicarrier and set it on a collision course with Mount Hood! Oh no! Can the former Agent 13 somehow regain control of the Helicarrier from half a world away? In the meantime the star-spangled avenger must get to Camp David in Maryland to prevent Machinesmith from harming President Clinton and seizing the nuclear football! Courageously, Cap hikes eastward into Latveria and asks Doctor Doom for transportation! And surprisingly, the benevolent dictator provides it! So the Sentinel of Liberty is on his way back to the U.S.A. to save his beloved country one more time! (Note: This four-part story was reprinted in 2016 in the softcover: Captain America Man Without a Country Epic Collection.) 32 pages. Cover price $1.50.

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Final issue of the series - "Sanctuary" Script by Mark Waid. Pencils by Ron Garney. Inks by Scott Koblish. Cover by Ron Garney. Captain America's first series is drawing to a close! However before it ends, the star-spangled avenger has a promise to keep to Sharon Carter! Cap treks to the Far East to find and rescue his former girlfriend! But during their adventure, Cap realizes that Sharon has become a very self-reliant woman! And she's not ready to go back to America or back to SHIELD or back to him. A poignant ending for all. (Notes: Captain America returns to Earth's Mightiest Heroes in Avengers 400. Along with his teammates, Cap makes the ultimate sacrifice in the one shot: Onslaught Marvel Universe (1996). The Captain America title (2nd series) is relaunched (with significant continuity changes) in the Heroes Reborn Universe (aka Franklin Richards' pocket universe) in November 1996. Cap returns to the Marvel Universe (aka Earth-616) in the Heroes Reborn: The Return limited series in December 1997. The Captain America 3rd series begins in January 1998 in which Steve Rogers and Sharon Carter pick up where they left off following the events of this issue. This story was reprinted in the 1996 in the trade paperback: Best of Marvel '96.) 32 pages. Cover price $1.50.