Where to start - Captain America

[u17tw]

Just got into comics so my knowledge of the back stories is v. limited . Im interested in starting reading Captain America (everyone says CA#34 is great) so where do i start?

If i pick up the omnibus & the "Captain America: Death of Captain America" (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Captain-America-Death-Premiere-v/dp/0785128492/ref=pd_sbs_w_h_?ie=UTF8&qid=1202341088&sr=8-1) trade are they going to make any sense to me?

cheers

Tom

[esophagus]

Just got into comics so my knowledge of the back stories is v. limited . Im interested in starting reading Captain America (everyone says CA#34 is great) so where do i start?

If i pick up the omnibus & the "Captain America: Death of Captain America" (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Captain-America-Death-Premiere-v/dp/0785128492/ref=pd_sbs_w_h_?ie=UTF8&qid=1202341088&sr=8-1) trade are they going to make any sense to me?

cheers

TomSure will! That's the entire start of the Captain America series. I'd also recommend picking up the Civil War (http://www.amazon.com/Civil-Marvel-Comics-Mark-Millar/dp/078512179X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202341526&sr=8-1) trade. You may not understand the entire story, but it'll fill in some of the blanks of the Captain America Omnibus. It's not a necessity, you'll love it with or without the trade, but it might help.

[six-gun]

This is really the only Cap run that really matters IMO. there have been other good ones, but this is the pinnacle

[euchre0]

If you want to get on board with what's going on right now, absolutely you can start when Brubaker started. However, if you want anything earlier, I avidly endorse The Essential Captain America Vol.1. It's great and it is some of my favorite Stan Lee work ever. While I love the epic Brubaker is weaving, Essential Captain America Vol.1 IS Captain America to me.

Also, Mark Waid and Ron Garney had a run in the nineties, i think it was called Operation Rebirth or something like that. Also, in the late eighties, "Streets of Poison" was a good run. I don't know if either are collected in trades.

[jasontodd]

I recommend reading the whole Brubaker run, but you could pretty easily start reading with #34.

You may be a little bit confused with certain plot elements, but not enough to where you won't enjoy the story.

[jaflanagan]

I basically started with the Brubaker run, and I'm totally fine with that. I read Cap back in the early 90's for a while, but most of that stuff is negligible.

[k33k3r]

The Brubaker run is excellent. The omnibus would be my best recommendation as for where to start. This is my favorite current series and enjoy every issue.

[horatio616]

There's one essential run other than Brubaker's. It's Mark Waid and Ron Garney's run from the early-to-mid nineties. Steve and Sharon's relationship sparkles here and Cap's hatred for the skull is very palpable. It's at least as good as Brubaker's run on Cap. It's collected in "Operation: Rebirth" and "Man Without a Country." There's a third volume, which collects Waid/Garney's collaboration that continued after being interrupted by Liefeld's horrid Heroes' Reborn debacle, but it never recaptured the magic. You can skip that. The first two volumes, though, are essential for Cap fans.

http://www.amazon.com/Captain-America-Operation-Rebirth-TPB/dp/0785102191/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202409334&sr=1-1

[horatio616]

Also, if you want good Cap stories, read Ultimates volume 1 and 2, but, for the love of God, skip volume 3.

[cormano]

I've always heard Kirby's 70's Cap run was great. I don't know if it's collected and I've never looked, but I love his art from that time and hope to read it some day.