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Captain America by Mark Gruenwald Omnibus
Captain America By Mark Gruenwald Omnibus Vol. 2 Ron Lim Anniversary Cover
Mark Gruenwald’s epic decade-long CAPTAIN AMERICA run continues!
With his familiar shield in hand, Steve battles alongside Nick Fury and takes on the Supreme Soviets! But his return to the mantle of Captain America may come to a swift end as he struggles to survive Mother Night's camp of hate — while transformed into a scrawny teenager! And the erstwhile Cap, John Walker, makes his return as the take-no-prisoners U.S.Agent! Then, a classic caper begins as Baron Zemo targets the powerful Bloodstone — and Cap joins the hunt along with Diamondback! She's a foe turned friend, but could she be more? Plus: Steve joins the war on drugs! But when he targets the gang that's selling the new designer narcotic Ice, he receives an accidental overdose that combines with the Super-Soldier Serum in his blood — with deadly consequences!
COLLECTING: Captain America (1968) 351-386, Captain America Annual (1971) 9-10, Adventures of Captain America (1991) 1-4, material from Daredevil Annual (1967) 7, Punisher Annual (1988) 4
With his familiar shield in hand, Steve battles alongside Nick Fury and takes on the Supreme Soviets! But his return to the mantle of Captain America may come to a swift end as he struggles to survive Mother Night's camp of hate — while transformed into a scrawny teenager! And the erstwhile Cap, John Walker, makes his return as the take-no-prisoners U.S.Agent! Then, a classic caper begins as Baron Zemo targets the powerful Bloodstone — and Cap joins the hunt along with Diamondback! She's a foe turned friend, but could she be more? Plus: Steve joins the war on drugs! But when he targets the gang that's selling the new designer narcotic Ice, he receives an accidental overdose that combines with the Super-Soldier Serum in his blood — with deadly consequences!
COLLECTING: Captain America (1968) 351-386, Captain America Annual (1971) 9-10, Adventures of Captain America (1991) 1-4, material from Daredevil Annual (1967) 7, Punisher Annual (1988) 4
- GenresAdventure
1288 pages, Hardcover
First published July 1, 2025
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About the author
Mark Gruenwald
920 books44 followersGruenwald got his start in comics fandom, publishing his own fanzine, Omniverse, which explored the concept of continuity. Before being hired by Marvel, he wrote text articles for DC Comics official fanzine, The Amazing World of DC Comics. Articles by Gruenwald include "The Martian Chronicles" (a history of the Martian Manhunter) in issue #13 and several articles on the history of the Justice League in issue #14.
In 1978 he was hired by Marvel Comics, where he remained for the rest of his career. Hired initially as an assistant editor in January 1978, Gruenwald was promoted to full editorship by Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter in 1982, putting Gruenwald in charge of The Avengers, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Spider Woman, and What If. During this period, he shared an office with writer/editor Denny O'Neil, whom Gruenwald considered a mentor.
In 1982, Gruenwald, Steven Grant, and Bill Mantlo co-wrote Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions, the first limited seriespublished by Marvel Comics. As a writer, Gruenwald is best known for creating the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe and his ten-year stint as the writer of Captain America during which he contributed several notable characters such as Crossbones, Diamondback and U.S. Agent. He made a deliberate effort to create villains who would be specific to Captain America, as opposed to generic foes who could as easily have been introduced in another comic.
His 60-issue run on Quasar realized Gruenwald's ambition to write his own kind of superhero. However, he considered his magnum opus to be the mid-1980s 12-issue miniseries Squadron Supreme, which told the story of an alternate universe where a group of well-intended superheroes decide that they would be best suited to run the planet
In 1978 he was hired by Marvel Comics, where he remained for the rest of his career. Hired initially as an assistant editor in January 1978, Gruenwald was promoted to full editorship by Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter in 1982, putting Gruenwald in charge of The Avengers, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Spider Woman, and What If. During this period, he shared an office with writer/editor Denny O'Neil, whom Gruenwald considered a mentor.
In 1982, Gruenwald, Steven Grant, and Bill Mantlo co-wrote Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions, the first limited seriespublished by Marvel Comics. As a writer, Gruenwald is best known for creating the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe and his ten-year stint as the writer of Captain America during which he contributed several notable characters such as Crossbones, Diamondback and U.S. Agent. He made a deliberate effort to create villains who would be specific to Captain America, as opposed to generic foes who could as easily have been introduced in another comic.
His 60-issue run on Quasar realized Gruenwald's ambition to write his own kind of superhero. However, he considered his magnum opus to be the mid-1980s 12-issue miniseries Squadron Supreme, which told the story of an alternate universe where a group of well-intended superheroes decide that they would be best suited to run the planet
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November 14, 2025
Gruenwald loses some momentum in this volume. While his first omnibus was largely a single storyline, this one meanders a little more, and has to deal with more crossover intrusions. There are still some high points - the Streets of Poison arc, in which Cap is caught in the middle of a gang war between the Kingpin and the Red Skull for control on Manhattan's illegal drug trade, is excellent. And the Magneto vs the Red Skull story is probably the best Magneto story to appear in a comic with no X in its title. But then there's the laughably bad Superia Strategem arc, and a bunch of stories in which the title largely just treads water. The volume concludes with a retelling of Cap's origin from The Adventures of Captain America, a four issue series by Nicieza and Maguire which is pulpy fun.
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