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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Civil war : a Marvel Comics event
Millar, Mark.
Paper Book
The Marvel Universe is changing. In the wake of a tragedy, Capitol Hill proposes the Super Hero Registration Act, requiring all costumed heroes to unmask themselves before the government. Divided, the nation's greatest champions must each decide how to react - a decision that will alter the course...
Captain America. Book 1Castaway in Dimension Z
Remender, Rick
Paper Book
Thrust into a bizarre, inhospitable world far from home, the all-new, high-adventure, mind-melting, tough-as-nails, sci-fi, pulp-fantasy era of Captain America starts NOW! Arnim Zola's ambitions leave Captain America stranded in the upside-down territory known as Dimension Z. With no country and no...
Captain America. Book 2Castaway in Dimension Z
Remender, Rick
Paper Book
Captain America has spent twelve years as a fugitive wandering Dimension Z, battling the Zola virus within him and travelling with a boy he has raised as his own. Now, the Sentinel of Liberty brings the fight back to Dimension Z's godlike oppressor Arnim Zola when Cap becomes the last remaining hope...
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 : Sam Wilson. Vol. 4, #takebacktheshield
Spencer, Nick
Paper Book
The world has received an ULTIMATUM: Peace in our time... or face the fury of The Flag-Smasher! Guest-starring Steve Rogers: Captain America! COLLECTING: CAPTAIN AMERICA: SAM WILSON 14-18
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...
Secret empire
Spencer, Nick
Paper Book
2017's most startling and unexpected comic book event! Captain America, Sentinel of Liberty, has been living a lie! The world's greatest hero is secretly a true believer in the cause of Hydra, brought up since childhood to pursue their mission of progress through authority and unity through...
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. 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, 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, Sentinel of liberty. Vol. 1, Revolution
Lanzing, Jackson
Paper Book
When Arnim Zola launches a catastrophic attack on New York City, he meets his match - in two Captain Americas! A brand new era of shield-slinging begins... but for the senior Cap, a shocking secret about his iconic weapon will change the way Steve Rogers views the 20th century he came from... and...
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...
Uncanny Avengers : the resistance
Duggan, Gerry
Paper Book
Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the Children of the Atom assemble again! Innocent people and world leaders are dead after simultaneous attacks on the U.S. and Krakoan governments. False-flag attacks meant to whip up anti-mutant hysteria are unfolding and, hey, some of Steve Rogers' best friends are...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Young Avengers : the complete collection
Gillen, Kieron
Paper Book
It's not important what our parents did. It matters what we do. Someone has to save the world. The critically acclaimed team of Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie reinvent the teen super-hero comic for the 21st century - uniting Wiccan, Hulkling and Kate Hawkeye' Bishop with Kid Loki, Marvel Boy and...
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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