The Wellington Comic Lover's Guide to... Captain America

The star-spangled man with a plan to help you read his adventures! I could do this all day, it’s the Wellington Comic Lover’s Guide to Captain America!

Who is Captain America?

As America entered the Second World War, scrawny but patriotic Steve Rogers is selected for a top-secret experiment and transformed into the perfect super-soldier. Rogers fought valiantly for the Allies until plunging into the Arctic Ocean on a mission, never to be seen again. Frozen in hibernation until the modern day, Rogers returned to don his red-white-and-blue costume and mighty shield to defend the United States and the world as Captain America.

Recently, Cap’s ally Sam Wilson, the high-flying hero the Falcon, took over for Steve as Captain America, and now the two share the role.

Updated February 16, 2025
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The Avengers. The Kang dynasty
Busiek, Kurt
Paper Book
The time-traveling warlord called Kang the Conqueror returns - and only the Avengers can stand against him! Time and time again, Kang has been a thorn in the Avengers' side. But now, witness the Conqueror's ultimate triumph, as he gathers all his vast legions from multiple eras to conquer the...
Red Menace
Brubaker, Ed
Paper Book
It was Wizard's book of the year for 2005; now, fan-favorite artist Steve Epting rejoins Top Ten writer Ed Brubaker for an action-packed thriller in London, as Captain America travels across the Atlantic in search of his old partner - a story that will see him fighting side-by-side with some very...
Civil war : a Marvel Comics event
Millar, Mark.
Paper Book
Collects Civil War (2006) #1-7. Whose side are you on? A conflict is brewing that threatens to pit friend against friend, brother against brother and all it will take is a single misstep to cost thousands their lives and ignite the fuse! As the war claims its first victims, no one is safe as teams,...
Fallen son : the death of Captain America
Loeb, Jeph
Paper Book
Fallen Son follows the reaction of Captain America's best friends and closest comrades as they struggle to work through the stages of grief stirred by the loss of their ally. Wolverine. The Avengers. Hawkeye. Spider-Man. Iron Man. All have their own sense of loss, their own levels of grieving....
The death of Captain America
Brubaker, Ed.
Paper Book
The death of Captain America! Leaping from the final pages of Civil War, this is the biggest Cap story that Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting have yet to tell - guaranteed to stun readers and send shockwaves through the entire Marvel Universe for the next year! As repercussions ripple outward, the Winter...
Captain America : no escape
Brubaker, Ed.
Paper Book
Zemo and Bucky - two characters linked through history whether they like it or not. And now Zemo has set his sights on Bucky and plans to destroy our new Captain American one step at a time. It's the hardest hitting Captain America story ever by the awesom team of Ed Brubaker and Butch Guice.
Captain America. Prisoner of war
Brubaker, Ed
Paper Book
Steve Rogers races against time to uncover the international conspiracy that trapped his ex-partner in a web of intrigue and lies. Meanwhile, Bucky Barnes fights for his life in a Russian Gulag. With everybody gunning for Bucky and Steve fighting the clock, is there any hope for either of these...
Captain America & Bucky. The life story of Bucky Barnes
Brubaker, Ed.
Paper Book
Think you know the story of Cap and Bucky's origins? Well, think again. The secret story of the early days of Captain America is revealed here, told from Bucky Barnes' point of view. What was Cap and Bucky's first mission together? What was the tragedy that happened on it that changed everything...
Captain America. Man out of time
Waid, Mark
Paper Book
When the Avengers pull a mysterious, tattered soldier from the sea, they unwittingly bring back to life the Living Legend of World War Two--a man whose memories of a life sixty years ago are as fresh as yesterday! How will Steve Rogers, frozen in suspended animation for half a century, adapt to the...
Captain America. [Volume 2]
Brubaker, Ed.
Paper Book
The Serpent Society has come in to possession of one of the most vicious weapons on Earth: a device that causes instant madness. The result? Hundreds - potentially thousands - of otherwise normal citizens scratching, clawing, fighting and dying in a melee of epic proportions. It's the kind of threat...
Captain America. Vol. 3
Brubaker, Ed
Paper Book
Superstar penciler Patrick Zircher joins award-winning writer Ed Brubaker for 'System Failure!' Ex-super villains in Witness Protection are being murdered. Does this have anything to do with the return of an old villain and an old lover into Captain America's life? Cap must unravel the clues and...
Captain America. Book 1Castaway in Dimension Z
Remender, Rick
Paper Book
Captain America is thrust into a bizarre, inhospitable world far from home. Arnim Zola's ambitions leave Captain America stranded in the territory known as Dimension Z. With no country and no allies, what's left to protect? The one thing that his foe values most: Zola's son! Steve has saved the boy...
Captain America. Book 2Castaway in Dimension Z
Remender, Rick
Paper Book
The odd saga of Dimension Z continues, with the shocking fate of Captain America revealed: Steve Rogers is dead...long live Captain Zola. But even as Arnim Zola gets everything he wants, a traitor strikes. Ian's fate is decided as Zola's master plan is revealed...but how does it all fit with Captain...
Captain America. Vol. 3, Loose nuke
Remender, Rick
Paper Book
Ever since his rebirth in the present day, Captain America has been a man out of time. But now he finds himself even further out of synch with the world he knows, as he returns home to deal with the repercussions of his years in Dimension Z! And as always, Cap rarely gets a chance to reflect and...
Captain America. [Vol. 4], The Iron Nail
Remender, Rick
Paper Book
The Weapon Minus program reopened! Now that it is, can Captain America put Dr. Mindbubble back inside? Plus, the mysterious Iron Nail begins assassinating the heads of the five largest corporations. With Captain America unhinged, Falcon and Jet Black are forced to make a terrible choice! Collecting...
Captain America. 5, The tomorrow soldier
Remender, Rick
Paper Book
This is it! The final chapter of the story that began in Dimension Z! After Cap's earth-shaking battle against the Iron Nail, Steve Rogers is Captain America no more! But can he survive his new situation as a face from the past hunts him? Meanwhile, two of Cap's oldest foes continue their plan:...
Avengers Standoff. Assault on Pleasant Hill
Spencer, Nick
Paper Book
On his 75th anniversary, Captain America is about to face a challenge unlike any other. Three shield-wielders past and present - Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson - find themselves in a standoff, with high stakes. It all begins in the idyllic community of Pleasant Hill. COLLECTING WELCOME TO...
Captain America : Vol. 5, Sam Wilson. End of the line
Spencer, Nick
Paper Book
When Steve Rogers could no longer wield the shield, Sam Wilson stepped up as an all-new, all-different and very much all-his-own Captain America. The public was divided. And when a reinvigorated Steve returned to share the mantle, the protests grew louder. Sam just kept fighting on, the only way he...
Captain America : Steve Rogers. Vol. 1, Hail Hydra
Spencer, Nick
Paper Book
He's back! The original Sentinel of Liberty returns, with a new shield, a new team, and a new mission! And he's not the only one who's back! Like the saying goes - cut off one head, two more will take its place! Hail Hydra! COLLECTING: CAPTAIN AMERICA: STEVE ROGERS 1-5, FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2016...
Secret empire
Spencer, Nick
Paper Book
2017's most startling and unexpected comic-book event! Captain America, Sentinel of Liberty, is living a lie! The Cosmic Cube has remade the world's greatest hero into a secret true believer in the cause of Hydra, wholly dedicated to its mission of progress through authority and unity through...
Secret empire. Brave new world
Paper Book
The Marvel Universe is shaken by the discovery that the liberty's most dedicated defender, Steve Rogers, Captain America, is actually the leader of Hydra! As Steve seeks to bring peace to the planet - by any means necessary - the world's heroes are faced with two choices: stand and fight or fall in...
Captain America. Vol. 1, Winter in America
Coates, Ta-Nehisi
Paper Book
It's winter in America! For over 70 years, Captain America has stood in stalwart defence of our country and its people. But in the aftermath of Hydra's takeover of the nation, Cap is a figure of controversy, carrying a tarnished shield... and a new enemy is rising! Who are they? And how do they...
Captain America. Vol. 2, Captain of nothing
Coates, Ta-Nehisi
Paper Book
Superstar artist Adam Kubert joins Ta-Nehisi Coates for the next dramatic development in the life of Marvel's Super-Soldier! Captain America - wanted for murder! And the victim is a familiar face in the Marvel Universe! How? Why? You'll have to read to find out! Collecting: Captain America 7-12
Captain America. Vol. 3, The legend of Steve
Coates, Ta-Nehisi
Paper Book
On the run from the law and pursued by a dogged Nick Fury, Steve Rogers must find a way to prove his innocence. But how? By taking the fight back to the Power Elite and their insidious minions with a little help from the Daughters of Liberty! First up, it's a trip to the border with the White Tiger...
Captain America. Vol. 4, All die young
Coates, Ta-Nehisi
Paper Book
Ta-Nehisi Coates continues his blockbuster examination of the Living Legend with the ominous next chapter of Cap's modern masterpiece: 'All Die Young!' Steve Rogers has given up being Captain America. Framed, disgraced and hunted, he has been forced underground - but he's not down and out yet. If...
Captain America. Vol. 5, Part twoAll die young
Coates, Ta-Nehisi
Paper Book
How Cap got his mojo back! Featuring... the Red Hulk?! Captain America has been through a lot in the last few months, but there's another challenge just over the horizon! Acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates continues his extraordinary exploration of Steve Rogers - the man, the myth, the living legend...
Captain America, symbol of truth. Vol. 1, Homeland
Onyebuchi, Tochi
Paper Book
Captain America soars again in a new era for truth and liberty! Sam Wilson picks up the shield once more - and enters a world of trouble! Following a lead from Misty Knight, Sam intercepts a mysterious group hijacking what appears to be an empty train. But as Sam digs deeper, he discovers that this...
Captain America, symbol of truth. Vol. 2, Pax Mohannda
Onyebuchi, Tochi
Paper Book
Sam Wilson's return to wielding the shield continues! Still reeling from his conflict with Wakanda, Sam Wilson is called to the international stage once again to protect a visiting politician from the African nation of Mohannda. But the White Wolf has already put the second stage of his plan into...
Captain America : Cold war
Lanzing, Jackson
Paper Book
A Captain America crossover years in the making, with both Sam Wilson and Steve Rogers wearing the flag! Bucky Barnes, the newest player in a nefarious game that spans all of civilization, makes his most deadly move yet - teaming up with Sam Wilson's nemesis, Hunter, the White Wolf! When Steve...
Captain America: Cold War Aftermath
Onyebuchi, Tochi.
Paper Book
The Cold War is over, but the battles within have sent shockwaves throughout the world of the Sentinel of Liberty and the Symbol of Truth! With a new mission and renewed conviction, Sam Wilson sets out to right the world's wrongs his own way. Meanwhile, Steve Rogers mourns the wreckage of his oldest...
Captain America. Vol. 1, Stand
Straczynski, J. Michael
Paper Book
J. Michael Straczynski returns to Marvel to tackle an American icon! Decades ago, Captain America changed the world forever. Now, powerful and insidious forces are assembling to ensure he never does it again! Steve Rogers has been reconnecting with his roots, repairing the former tenement building...
Captain America. 2, Trying to come home
Straczynski, J. Michael
Paper Book
Visionary writer J. Michael Straczynski continues his blockbuster era of CAPTAIN AMERICA! New information about Captain America's recent attacker - a mysterious figure known only as the Emissary - has Steve Rogers, Misty Knight and Sharon Carter scrambling to protect a peace rally from being this...
Avengers prime
Bendis, Brian Michael.
Paper Book
They were friends, brothers and teammates through all of Marvel's greatest adventures, but recent events turned them into the bitterest of enemies. In the wake of the Siege of Asgard Thor, Iron Man and Steve Rogers are brought together on the same side once more, but these great heroes can't truly...
Mission to Mars
Brubaker, Ed.
Paper Book
Who are the Secret Avengers? Are they a covert team of heroes working the darkest corners of the globe to stop disaster? Are they part-spy, part-super hero? Or all they all of the above? A new era begins as Marvel's hottest team takes a 21st century twist!
Avengers vs X-Men
Aaron, Jason.
Paper Book
Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the Children of the Atom go to war in the ultimate super-hero showdown. The world destroying Phoenix Force is back - and while the Avengers are intent on stopping it, Cyclops and his X-Men have other ideas. To Captain America, the Phoenix threatens doom. To Cyclops, it...
Avengers. Avengers world
Hickman, Jonathan
Paper Book
The greatest heroes in comics together on one unbeatable team. The Avengers go large,' expanding their roster and their sphere of influence to a global and even interplanetary level. When Captain America puts out his call -who will answer? Big threats, big ideas, big idealism - these are the...
Uncanny Avengers. The red shadow
Remender, Rick.
Paper Book
The Marvel Universe's greatest era starts NOW! as the all-new, all-different Avengers assemble! Captain America creates a sanctioned Avengers unit comprised of Avengers and X-Men, humans and mutants working together. The Red Skull has returned - straight out of the 1940s and full of hatred - and his...
The uncanny Avengers : lost future
Duggan, Gerry
Paper Book
New team, same mission. Steve Rogers has formed a new Avengers unity squad compromised of humans, mutants and...Inhumans? The Uncanny Avengers fight a world gone mad.
Avengers by Jason Aaron. Vol. 1
Aaron, Jason
Paper Book
Jason Aaron, red-hot writer of THOR, takes over the Avengers - and assembles a power-packed lineup for the ages! The Avengers' 'Big Three' of Thor, Captain America and Iron Man are joined by Captain Marvel, Black Panther, the female Hulk and the newest Ghost Rider, Robbie Reyes! But even with Doctor...
Empyre. Captain America & the Avengers
Johnson, Phillip Kennedy
Paper Book
When the united Kree/Skrull army targets Earth, Captain America sends out a call for heroes to meet its global invasion! Which Avengers will assemble to fight a war on three fronts? In New York, a villain from the past is super-charged with alien energy! In Mexico, old hatreds turn allies into...
Uncanny Avengers : the resistance
Duggan, Gerry
Paper Book
The Avengers and the X-Men join forces to create a brand new team of heroes! The FALL OF X calls for the return of the Avengers' Unity Squad! Innocent people and world leaders are dead after simultaneous attacks on the U.S. and Krakoan governments, and that means one thing: It's time for a new squad...
Avengers. Twilight
Zdarsky, Chip
Paper Book
Acclaimed writer Chip Zdarsky presents a thrillingly dark new vision of the Avengers, set in the far-flung future! In a gleaming new world of prosperity, Captain America is no more. But Steve Rogers still exists, floating through an America where freedom is an illusion... where the Avengers are...
Captain America and the Mighty Avengers. Vol. 2, Last days
Ewing, Al
Paper Book
These are the stories of the end of the world and of the people who faced the end together. Some of them wore costumes and some of them didn't. Some had super-human powers and all some had were each other. They were the Mighty Avengers. And this is what they did on the last day. Plus: The Age of...
All-new, all-different Avengers. Vol. 1, The magnificent seven
Waid, Mark
Paper Book
The Avengers are dead - long live the Avengers! Earth's Mightiest Heroes - Captain America, Thor, Vision and Iron Man - are living separate lives, not tied to any team but when a threat from beyond the stars targets our world, fate draws them together once more, alongside Nova, Ms. Marvel and Miles...
The Avengers. Vol. 1, Kang war one
Waid, Mark
Paper Book
The time has come! Their ranks shattered by Civil War, their spirits weighted down by a toll both personal and spiritual, Earth's Mightiest Heroes must find the resolve to stand united one final time against their greatest foe! The Avengers will assemble once more: Captain America! Thor! The Vision!...
The Avengers. Vol. 1, The Impossible City
MacKay, Jed
Paper Book
A brand-new era for Earth's Mightiest Heroes begins here! Jed MacKay and Stormbreaker C.F. Villa take the reins of Earth's Mightiest Heroes! The Star. The Icon. The Witch. The Construct. The God. The Engineer. The King. The world is ever in peril, and a new team of Avengers mobilizes to meet any...
Invaders. Vol. 1, War ghosts
Zdarsky, Chip
Paper Book
The greatest generation of Marvel heroes is back - to stop one of their own! In commemoration of Marvel's 80th anniversary and springing from events in the pages of Avengers and Defenders: The Best Defense, the Marvel Universe's first super-team is back! Captain America. The Human Torch. The Winter...
Invaders. Vol. 2, Dead in the water
Zdarsky, Chip
Paper Book
The world is forever changed. The Invaders are shattered. And Namor is the world's greatest threat. Collecting: Invaders 7-12
Captain America, Allies & enemies
Williams, Rob.
Paper Book
Collects five action-packed tales featuring the Sentinel of Liberty's most famous friends and foes. In Crossbones, a virus is unleashed on an isolated island and the skull-faced psychopath is dispatched to rescue the one person who may hold the cure. Then watch as Sharon Carter and the Black Widow...
Planet hulk : Warzones
Humphries, Sam.
Paper Book
A forbidden zone of wild Hulks. A battle-worn gladiator named Steve Rogers. A journey that could break the spirit of a world's greatest freedom fighter. Gladiator Steve Rogers, his trusty steed Devil Dinosaur and the mysterious Doc Green go deeper into one of the most dangerous domains of...
Captain America/Black Panther. Flags of our fathers
Hudlin, Reginald
Paper Book
The finest heroes of a generation together on the front lines of WWII! For the first time ever, see the full story of the first meeting of Captain America and the Black Panther! It s a World War Two adventure featuring a young Steve Rogers, the Black Panther and Nick Fury and his Howling Commandos...
What if... Miles Morales
Ziglar, Cody
Paper Book
What if Miles Morales had never been bitten by a genetically enhanced spider? What if, instead, the U.S. government recruited, trained, and granted him incredible powers with the Super-Soldier Serum, making him a friendly neighbourhood Captain America? Or perhaps Miles was taken from everything he...
Winter Soldier : The Bitter March
Remender, Rick
Paper Book
1966: with Nick Fury missing and presumed dead, S.H.I.E.L.D. sends secret agent Ran Shen to collect two Nazi scientists with the key to winning the Cold War. But the Soviets want the scientists as well and have unleashed their most dangerous operative: the Winter Soldier! His mission: acquire the...
Tales of suspense : featuring Hawkeye and the Winter Soldier
Rosenberg, Matthew (Graphic novelist)
Paper Book
A glorious title from classic Marvel history returns, for a suitably suspenseful tale springing from the pages of Secret Empire! The Black Widow is dead...but someone out there is killing her old enemies one by one. With a broken heart and a bloody trail to follow, Clint Barton - the Avenger known...
Winter Soldier. Second chances
Higgins, Kyle
Paper Book
Bucky Barnes believes in second chances. Having survived death, manipulation, loss of identity and a lifetime of murder, the man known as the Winter Soldier has worked hard to atone for his many sins. But now... he's going to go one step further. What do you do after you've found redemption? You...
Falcon & Winter Soldier. Cut off one head
Landy, Derek
Paper Book
An office of dead government agents. A gifted new killer. Two ex-Captain Americas... When a dramatic attempt on the life of Bucky Barnes reunites him with Sam Wilson, the two old friends are plunged headlong into a race to uncover the new leader of Hydra before a mass casualty event announces the...
Thunderbolts worldstrike
Lanzing, Jackson
Paper Book
A strike force team led by the Winter Soldier that deliver justice like lightning, the Thunderbolts are ready for action! A revolution is coming! Bucky Barnes assembles a strike team to take on the world's most nefarious power players - the ones whom everyone believes to be untouchable. The...
Falcon. [1]. Take flight
Barnes, Rodney
Paper Book
Legacy! In the wake of Secret Empire, Sam Wilson has laid down the shield and taken to the sky once again! Reborn and recommitted, The Falcon takes flight on a personal mission to reconnect with the American people and train his new partner The Patriot. But when a gang war overtakes the streets of...
John Walker, U.S.Agent, American Zealot
Priest, Christopher J.
Paper Book
The super-soldier you love to hate! John Walker, the one-time Captain America and former U.S.Agent, has been stripped of his official status and is now operating as an independent government contractor protecting covert interests. Now, Walker's latest security detail draws him into a conflict...
Siege. Battlefield
Gillen, Kieron.
Paper Book
Young Avengers : the complete collection
Gillen, Kieron
Paper Book
The Young Avengers, once more with feels! And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Earth's mightiest teens found themselves united against a very uncommon threat. Hawkeye (not the Hawkguy) puts the super in hero. Marvel Boy will rock your world. Miss America will kick your a** to another...
Captain Britain. Betsy Braddock
Howard, Tini.
Paper Book
Betsy Braddock stars in her first-ever Captain Britain solo series! The Captain comes home! And she's got a whole new mission! With Otherworld settled, Braddock Manor restored and her brother Captain Avalon at her side, you'd think things look pretty good for Betsy Braddock. Only, it turns out, good...
The Avengers. Vol. 2, World tour
Aaron, Jason
Paper Book
If you thought you knew the beginnings of the Marvel Universe, you were wrong! Odin and his Prehistoric Avengers represent a period of history that's never been explored - until now! Witness the origin of the very first Ghost Rider, who rides a flaming woolly mammoth... and battles a savage and...

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