Captain America #7 [Newsstand]

(May 1997)

Crossroads (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain America / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

James Robinson (credited)

Pencils

Joe Phillips (credited); Tom Raney; Travis Charest; Jim Lee; Joe Bennett; Mat Broome; Homage Studios (credited)

Inks

Homage Studios (credited)

Colors

Wildstorm FX (credited)

Letters

Richard Starkings (credited); Comicraft (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

So in light of what is about to happen...

Genre

superhero

Characters

S.H.I.E.L.D.: Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine; Nick Fury
Baron Zemo [Heinrich Zemo] (cameo flashback); Cable [Nathan Summers] (mainstream) (cameo flashback); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (mainstream) (also origin in flashback); Bill Clinton; Iron Man [Tony Stark] (mainstream) (cameo flashback); M.O.D.O.K. [George Tarleton] (cameo flashback); Red Skull [Johann Shmidt] (cameo flashback); Thor [Thor Odinson] (cameo flashback); Colonel Von Wagner (cameo flashback); Iron Valkyrie (cameo flashback)

Universe

Marvel : Counter-Earth (Heroes Reborn)

Synopsis

Nick and Val tell the president the true origin of Captain America. Captain America breaks away from SHIELD with the president's blessing and symbolically takes the wing emblem off of his forehead to signify the change.

Reprints

• in Fantastic Four (Panini France, 1998 series) #7 (septembre 1998)
• in Heroes Reborn: Captain America (Marvel, 2006 series) (2006)
• in Heroes Reborn Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) ([August] 2019)

Indexer Notes

Story has splash and double splash pages drawn by different artists from Homage Studios.