On our latest podcasts (issue #51) we gave our recommendations for the star-spangled sentinel of liberty: Captain America!

The good Captain has been around for close to a century (!!!!) now, so there are quite a lot of Captain America comic books! Wanna start reading some awesome Captain America comics but aren’t sure where to start? Here are our recommendations (and some honorable mentions) for some awesome Cap comics!

Captain America: The Captain (introducing John Walker: the new Captain America!?)
Captain America (vol 1) 110, 111, 113 (the Jim Steranko issues)
The Adventures of Captain America (4 issue prestige mini-series)
Captain America: White (Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale’s Marvel color series concludes)
Captain America: Man Out of Time (Mark Waid with a modern version of Cap’s reintroduction to society after being frozen)
Captain America: The Blood Stone Hunt (great Indiana Jones-like adventure with a race against Zemo and his men for the Blood Stones)
Captain America: Madbomb (Jack Kirby returns to Captain America after his DC work!)
Captain America Comics #1 (pictured above; see where it all began! Try not to get creeped out by Bucky’s face on the cover! Good luck!)
Nick Spencer’s “Secret Empire” run, featuring HydraCap, which can be found in (trade paperbacks):
Captain America: Sam Wilson: Not My Captain America
Captain America: Sam Wilson: Standoff
Captain America: Sam Wilson: Civil War II
Captain America: Sam Wilson: #TakeBackTheShield
Captain America: Sam Wilson: End of the Line
Captain America: Steve Rogers: Hail Hydra
Captain America: Steve Rogers: The Trial of Maria Hill
Captain America: Steve Rogers: Empire Building
Captain America: Secret Empire
Secret Empire

Then there’s probably the very best run in Captain America’s long, storied history, written by Ed Brubaker with some legendary artists featuring the death of the Red Skull, the introduction of the Winter Soldier, the death of Captain America, and the debut of an all-new Captain America: Bucky Barnes! The Brubaker stuff can be found in (trade paperbacks):
Captain America: Winter Soldier vol 1
Captain America: Winter Soldier vol 2
Captain America: Red Menace vol 1
Captain America: Red Menace vol 2
Civil War: Captain America
The Death of Captain America vol 1: The Death of the Dream
The Death of Captain America vol 2: The Burden of Dreams
The Death of Captain America vol 3: The Man Who Bought America
Captain America: The Man With No Face
Captain America: Road to Reborn
Captain America: Reborn
Captain America: Two Americas
Captain America: No Escape
Captain America: The Trial of Captain America
Captain America: Prisoner of War

Eriks’ Pick: Captain America: The New Deal (Captain America vol 4 #1-6, published 2002)
Written by: John Ney Rieber
Art by: John Cassaday

In Cap’s first post 9/11 series we see him joining the war on terror. Very powerful storytelling and incredible artwork by the amazing John Cassaday!

Chris’ Pick: Cap Lives (Captain America vol 4 #17-20, published 2003-4)
Written By: Dave Gibbons
Art By: Lee Weeks

See Cap battle a world turned on its head! The Red Skull rules America, but how? Can Cap fight back in a world without super heroes? The legendary Dave “I drew Watchmen” Gibbons writes and the criminally underrated Lee Weeks masterfully draws!