{"id":34368,"date":"2025-11-28T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T09:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=34368"},"modified":"2025-11-27T19:03:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T19:03:06","slug":"captain-america-marvel-masterworks-volume-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2025\/11\/28\/captain-america-marvel-masterworks-volume-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain America Marvel Masterworks volume 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Stan Lee<\/strong>, Jack Kirby<\/strong>, Jim Steranko<\/strong>, Syd Shores<\/strong>, Dan Adkins<\/strong>, Frank Giacoia<\/strong>, Joe Sinnott<\/strong>, George Tuska<\/strong>, Tom Palmer<\/strong> & various (MARVEL)
\nISBN: 978-0-7851-2063-6 (HB) 978-0-7851-8803-2 (TPB)<\/p>\n

This book includes Discriminatory Content<\/strong> produced in less enlightened times. <\/em><\/p>\n

Win\u2019s Christmas Gift Recommendation: Pure Superhero Swashbuckling… 10\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the Marvel Renaissance of the early 1960\u2019s Stan Lee & Jack Kirby imitated the tactic that had worked so tellingly for DC Comics, but with mixed results. Julie Schwartz had scored an incredible success with his revised versions of the company\u2019s Golden Age greats, so it seemed natural to try and revive the characters that had dominated Timely\/Atlas in those halcyon days.<\/p>\n

A new Human Torch <\/strong>premiered as part of the revolutionary Fantastic Four<\/strong>, and in the fourth issue of that title Sub-Mariner<\/strong> resurfaced after a 20-year amnesiac hiatus (everyone concerned had apparently forgotten the first abortive attempt to revive an \u201cAtlas\u201d superhero line in the mid-1950s). The Torch was promptly given his own solo feature in Strange Tales<\/strong> beginning in #101, and in #114 the flaming teen fought an acrobat pretending to be Captain America<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

With reader reaction strong, the \u201creal\u201d thing promptly resurfaced in Avengers<\/strong> #4 and, after a captivating, centre-stage hogging run in that title, the Sentinel of Opportunity was granted his own series as half of \u201csplit-book\u201d Tales of Suspense<\/strong> (from #59, cover-dated November 1964).<\/p>\n

However, Marvel\u2019s inexorable rise to dominance in the American comic book industry really took hold in 1968 when many of their characters finally got their own full length titles. Prior to that and due to a highly restrictive distribution deal, the company was tied to a limit of 16 publications per month. To circumvent this, Marvel developed those titles with two series per publication, such as Tales of Suspense<\/strong> where original star Iron Man<\/strong> shared honours with Cap. When the division came, Shellhead started afresh with a big deal First Issue, whilst Cap retained the numbering of the original title; thereby premiering with #100.<\/p>\n

This resoundingly resolute full-colour collection spanning May 1968 to May 1969 – and available in hardcover, trade paperback and digital editions – re-presents Captain America <\/strong>#101-113 and also includes a fervent Introductory reminiscence from arch-Kirby appreciator John Morrow, plus a fascinating Afterword<\/em> by industry legend Jim Steranko wherein he meticulously and methodically deconstructs the landmark epic that comprises the end of this titanic tome…<\/p>\n

Crafted by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby & legendary 1940s Cap illustrator Syd Shores, Captain America <\/strong>#101-102 recount the return of fascist revenant the<\/em> Red Skull<\/em> who here deploys yet another appalling Nazi revenge-weapon in \u2018When Wakes the Sleeper!\u2019<\/em> This results in boatloads of furious action and a classic clash of wills and ideologies in furious finale \u2018The Sleeper Strikes!\u2019<\/em> It all began as our hero and his trusty support crew Agent 13<\/em> & Nick Fury<\/strong> hunt a murderous mechanoid capable of ghosting through solid Earth and blowing up the planet…
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\nAlthough the immediate threat is quickly quashed, the instigator remains at large and #103 exposes \u2018The Weakest Link!\u2019<\/em> as the budding romance with S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 13 (finally revealed after two years as Sharon Carter<\/em>) is cruelly interrupted by the nefarious Nazi. The \u00fcber-fascist\u2019s latest scheme of nuclear blackmail also extends to a second issue, wherein his aging band of war-criminal assassins, The Exiles<\/em>, sequentially test Cap nigh to destruction on the hidden isle where our hero becomes the \u2018Slave of the Skull!\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

That issue and following super-villain team-up – wherein Living Laser<\/em> and The Swordsman<\/em> ally with another flamboyant Cap foe to battle \u2018In the Name of Batroc!\u2019<\/em> – feature the loose, flowing inking of Dan Adkins, before Frank Giacoia embellishes all-action, sinister spies-&-devious-doppelgangers romp \u2018Cap Goes Wild!\u2019 <\/em>in #106.<\/p>\n

Shores spectacularly returns in #107 embellishing sinister mystery \u2018If the Past Be Not Dead…\u2019<\/em>: a panic-paced-paced psycho-thriller introducing malevolent, mind-bending world-conquering psychiatrist Doctor Faustus\u00e2<\/em>\u2019…
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\nThe Star-Spangled Avenger is once again rescuing Agent 13 – or at least he thinks he is – in breakneck thriller \u2018The Snares of the Trapster!\u2019<\/em> before Captain America<\/strong> #109 redefines his origin for the Sixties generation with \u2018The Hero That Was!\u2019<\/em>: a blistering and bombastic wrap-up to Kirby\u2019s run on the Sentinel of Liberty… at least for the moment.<\/p>\n

Comics phenomenon and one-man sensation Jim Steranko then took over the art – and art direction – with #110 for a far-too-brief stint that was to become everybody\u2019s favourite Star Spangled epic for decades to come.
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\nAfter a swift and brutal skirmish with the Incredible Hulk<\/strong>, teen appendage Rick Jones<\/em> becomes the patriotic paladin\u2019s new sidekick in \u2018No Longer Alone!\u2019<\/em>, just in time for the pair to tackle the memorably lascivious, ferociously fetishistic Madame Hydra<\/em> – and her eerily obedient hordes – in #111\u2019s \u2018Tomorrow You Live, Tonight I Die!\u2019<\/em> Both are inked by Joe Sinnott in a landmark saga that inspired and galvanised a generation of would-be comics artists.<\/p>\n

With the Avenger seemingly killed at the issue\u2019s close, the next month saw a bombastic account of Captain America\u2019<\/strong>s serried career by fill-in superstars Kirby & George Tuska, before Lee, Steranko & Tom Palmer returned to conclude the Hydra affair with \u2018The Strange Death of Captain America\u2019<\/em> in #113.<\/p>\n

This yarn reset the veteran warrior\u2019s character and dictated his heroic trajectory; and led to a whole new career path…
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\nAlso on offer are a selection of Kirby\u2019s original art pages and covers, including rejected and unseen pencil versions prior to editing and the draconian interference of the Comics Code Authority…<\/p>\n

These are tales of dauntless courage and unmatchable adventure, fast-paced and superbly illustrated, which rightly returned Captain America to the heights that his Golden Age compatriots Human Torch and Sub-Mariner never regained. They are pure escapist magic: glorious treats for the eternally young at heart, and episodes of sheer visual dynamite that cannot be slighted and should not be missed.
\n\u00a9 1968, 1969, 2016 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

Today in 1914, Timely Marvel founding force Vince Fago<\/strong> was born, as was contemporary universe-builder Jerry Ordway<\/strong>. In 2012 utterly unique commix creator Spain Rodriguez<\/strong> died. He probably saw it coming… and you can learn all you should already know about him by viewing Spain: Rock, Roll, Rumbles, Rebels & Revolution<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Jim Steranko, Syd Shores, Dan Adkins, Frank Giacoia, Joe Sinnott, George Tuska, Tom Palmer & various (MARVEL) ISBN: 978-0-7851-2063-6 (HB) 978-0-7851-8803-2 (TPB) This book includes Discriminatory Content produced in less enlightened times. Win\u2019s Christmas Gift Recommendation: Pure Superhero Swashbuckling… 10\/10 During the Marvel Renaissance of the early 1960\u2019s Stan Lee … <\/p>\n

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