Captain America And The Avengers

An engaging insider’s celebration of Captain America’s seminal comic book stories over the comic book’s 80 year run, including all things Cap: his character’s origin; various significant storylines over the decades; and his importance as a cultural icon in today’s wildly popular superhero climate. Captain America explores the phenomenon of one of Marvel Comics’s most popular superheroes with the 30 most significant and influential Captain America stories and includes relevant spinoffs and ancillary comic book events. Framed by longtime comic book industry insider Rich Johnson, the story is told using countless comic book images, film stills, and story-boards: how Steve Rogers origin story as Cap began as a WWII hero and where his story took him further into the twentieth century and beyond; costume and character story changes over the decades; the influence of Captain America on all other comic book characters since Cap’s inception; and how Captain America is even powerful and relevant in today’s comic book (and superhero film) culture. The book contains more than 200 Captain America illustrations, including covers, interior comic art, and sketch treat-ments, beginning with his inception in the early 1940s to present-day treatments of the character. Captain America will appeal to the fans looking for a great place to start learning about Cap, to megafans, and to Marvel collectors alike.

During the days of the Great War, Captain America proudly fought for his country, both at home and abroad. But when one especially dangerous mission went horribly wrong, Cap ended up frozen in ice in the great north. Now, almost seven decades later, Cap's perfectly preserved body is discovered by The Mighty Avengers, who immediately revive the fallen war hero. Now in a new era but with the same heartfelt determination to fight for liberty and justice, Captain America joins the Avengers to defend the planet from evil. And he is just in time....

When Earth is overwhelmed with Super-Villains, time traveling conquerors, alien invaders, mythical beasts and robots bent on the total destruction of humanity... the world calls upon its Mightiest Heroes: THE MIGHTY AVENGERS! Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Hulk, Ant Man, and the Wasp assemble into the ultimate force for good!

A ragtag Special Forces unit brings Captain America on his first mission during World War II! Their orders? Don't get him killed! But when the low-profile assignment draws the attention of Baron Strucker, the future Red Skull and half the Nazi army, it'll be a crash course in super heroics for Marvel's first Avenger! Plus: An evil from the Sentinel of Liberty's earliest days reemerges in the modern era to exact vengeance on Cap and the Avengers! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA: FIGHTING AVENGER #1, MARVEL ADVENTURES THE AVENGERS #3 and #37, and MARVEL ADVENTURES SUPER HEROES (2010) #5

Collects Captain America and hawkeye #629-632, Captain America and Iron Man #633-635, Captain America and Black Widow #636-640, Captain America and Namor #635.1. Captain America spends some one-on-one time with his Avengers buddies! Something is eating the locals in the San Andres Mountains - Cap and Hawkeye had better hope that arrows and a shield will be enough to defeat a hive of dino-monstrosities! Then, Cap and Iron Man head to Madripoor for a technology expo - but when Batroc's Brigade shows up, a nightmare is unleashed! Back in World War II, Invaders Cap and Namor face a huge problem when the Thule Society releases the Kraken! And Captain America and Black Widow are chased across countless worlds by Kashmir Vennema and her multiversal corporation! It's all leading to a huge confrontation involving Hawkeye, Iron Man and...Doctor Doom?

Steve Rogers was once just a scrawny kid. But after a top-secret government experiment, he became Captain America. Join the action when this Super Hero protects the free world against the Red Skull and Hydra in this complete origin story as told in Captain America: The First Avenger. Re-live all of The Avengers' individual stories before they reassemble in Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Look for all your favorite characters! Look and Find books feature 8 extra-busy scenes, and lists of more challenges at the end of each book. Perfect entertainment on car and plane rides. Fun for kids to share together.