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Captain America (1996) #1-12
Heroes Reborn: Captain America
On the Earth of Heroes Reborn, Steve Rogers seems to have found the life of his dreams, but it's up to Nick Fury and the Falcon to awaken him to his role of Captain America! It's new origins for old enemies when Cap faces even darker versions of the Red Skull and the Sons of the Serpent! Also starring Rikki "Bucky" Barnes, later seen in Thunderbolts! Collects Captain America (Vol. 2) #1-12
336 pages, Paperback
First published November 22, 2006
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Rob Liefeld
818 books81 followersRob Liefeld is an American comic book writer, illustrator, and publisher. A prominent artist in the 1990s, he has since become a controversial figure in the medium.
In the early 1990s, self-taught artist Liefeld became prominent due to his work on Marvel Comics' The New Mutants and later X-Force. In 1992, he and several other popular Marvel illustrators left the company to found Image Comics, which rode the wave of comic books owned by their creators rather than by publishers. The first book published by Image Comics was Rob Liefeld's Youngblood #1.
He is married to actress Joy Creel.
In the early 1990s, self-taught artist Liefeld became prominent due to his work on Marvel Comics' The New Mutants and later X-Force. In 1992, he and several other popular Marvel illustrators left the company to found Image Comics, which rode the wave of comic books owned by their creators rather than by publishers. The first book published by Image Comics was Rob Liefeld's Youngblood #1.
He is married to actress Joy Creel.
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May 25, 2017
What. The actual. Fuck. Whoever did this needs to have their pencils and paper taken away forever. Not only was I subjected to the OTT hilarity that is Rob Liefeld's artistic vision for half the series, but I was subjected to one of the worst story lines I have ever read in comic books. How...why...WHAT EVEN HAPPENED HERE. I think the best part of this book was when the President told Nick Fury that he heard Steve Rogers gave birth to a son before he disappeared. Yes, the President of the United States said had an mpreg headcanon about Captain America. Go read it if you don't believe me.
Speaking of Nick Fury, what the fuck EVEN, bro. Seriously? That character arc was laaaaaaaaaame. That had to be a last minute bid by the writers to save their jobs or something because I've never seen someone more out of character get that kind of random last minute save in my life. Shame on you all. This is a dark corner of Steve Rogers story that I will be more than happy to forget ever happened.
Speaking of Nick Fury, what the fuck EVEN, bro. Seriously? That character arc was laaaaaaaaaame. That had to be a last minute bid by the writers to save their jobs or something because I've never seen someone more out of character get that kind of random last minute save in my life. Shame on you all. This is a dark corner of Steve Rogers story that I will be more than happy to forget ever happened.
February 15, 2017
Wow. So terrible. Why they chose to include issue 12 in this collection, I'll never know. Issue 12 of all the Heroes Reborn was a tie in story that made little sense and was written with terrible dialogue. But that seems standard for every issue of Heroes Reborn.
What is with Rikki Barnes? Did they give more of her story in the Avengers? She goes from ballet dancer to crime fighter without any real training or motivation. She's a character with potential that is wasted here. Especially with her highly sexualized later appearance. She's too pin-happy in the final issue. It just feels wrong.
Why is Cap's blood green? Why? So awful. Hell, even Sam and Cap saying God Bless America while punching the Red Skull fell flat. I didn't even really giggle at it. Just sad.
What is with Rikki Barnes? Did they give more of her story in the Avengers? She goes from ballet dancer to crime fighter without any real training or motivation. She's a character with potential that is wasted here. Especially with her highly sexualized later appearance. She's too pin-happy in the final issue. It just feels wrong.
Why is Cap's blood green? Why? So awful. Hell, even Sam and Cap saying God Bless America while punching the Red Skull fell flat. I didn't even really giggle at it. Just sad.
April 3, 2010
Granted, I’m perhaps not the best person to review this. I knew when I checked this out from the library that I’d probably think it was cheesy and I was right.
It’s full of platitudes. The dialog is like a really bad B-movie. In one scene, Captain American tortures a terrorist to get him to talk. Now this was written in 1997, long before we embarrassed ourselves with the whole torturing prisoners thing, but it kind of gave me a sick feeling seeing a superhero even more goody-goody than Superman shove someone into a tar pit until he agreed to spill the beans.
Except for all that, it was fun to read, I guess. Classic comic book fare.
It’s full of platitudes. The dialog is like a really bad B-movie. In one scene, Captain American tortures a terrorist to get him to talk. Now this was written in 1997, long before we embarrassed ourselves with the whole torturing prisoners thing, but it kind of gave me a sick feeling seeing a superhero even more goody-goody than Superman shove someone into a tar pit until he agreed to spill the beans.
Except for all that, it was fun to read, I guess. Classic comic book fare.
November 15, 2019
Reprints Heroes Reborn #1/2 and Heroes Reborn: Captain America #1-12 (November 1996-October 1997). Steve Rogers thought he had a normal life with a family and job. When he learns he is a sleeper agent and actually the war hero Captain America, Steve Rogers must take up the shield to help protect America from danger. Teaming with a young girl calling herself Bucky and a man named Falcon, Captain America faces danger to protect not only the United States but the world!
Written by Rob Liefeld, Chuck Dixon, James Robinson, and Jeph Loeb, Heroes Reborn: Captain America is a Marvel Comics event series that followed the Onslaught storyline. The collection features art by Rob Liefeld, Joe Phillips, Joe Bennett, and Al Rio. The issues in this volume were also included in Heroes Reborn Omnibus, Marvel Universe by Rob Liefeld Omnibus, and Captain America: Evolutions of a Living Legend. Not included in the collection is Heroes Reborn: Captain America #13 which was part of an Image Comics crossover.
I read the Onslaught storyline and was interested what Marvel going to do when they “killed” all the heroes at the end of it. Marvel took a page from Image and brought popular artists to present their most popular characters. Heroes Reborn: Captain America was the weakest of the lot.
The series doesn’t flow as well as a few of the other Heroes Reborn titles. The collection includes battles with the Sons of the Serpent, Red Skull, and Galactus. The Heroes Reborn series also featured the reforming of the Avengers and includes a few clunky crossover issues. The Cable appearance is a fun issue since it provided “evidence” for the Earth-616 that the heroes were still alive.
What this volume is primarily known for is the Rob Liefeld art in the first issues few issues. I never was that big of a Liefeld fan since all his characters were over-inked, always yelling, and suffering from the classic “Rob Liefeld can’t draw feet problems”. In addition to this Liefeld just has some weird body distortion with characters being too tall and weird, unnatural body angles…it takes you out of the already rocky story.
Heroes Reborn was the relaunch of the series and it was meant to make a new Marvel Universe. If the series had been a smashing success, I wonder what Marvel would have done and if they would have kept the experiment going longer. Captain America was the worst of these relaunches…and thankfully Heroes Reborn: The Return fixed this blip in Marvel history.
Written by Rob Liefeld, Chuck Dixon, James Robinson, and Jeph Loeb, Heroes Reborn: Captain America is a Marvel Comics event series that followed the Onslaught storyline. The collection features art by Rob Liefeld, Joe Phillips, Joe Bennett, and Al Rio. The issues in this volume were also included in Heroes Reborn Omnibus, Marvel Universe by Rob Liefeld Omnibus, and Captain America: Evolutions of a Living Legend. Not included in the collection is Heroes Reborn: Captain America #13 which was part of an Image Comics crossover.
I read the Onslaught storyline and was interested what Marvel going to do when they “killed” all the heroes at the end of it. Marvel took a page from Image and brought popular artists to present their most popular characters. Heroes Reborn: Captain America was the weakest of the lot.
The series doesn’t flow as well as a few of the other Heroes Reborn titles. The collection includes battles with the Sons of the Serpent, Red Skull, and Galactus. The Heroes Reborn series also featured the reforming of the Avengers and includes a few clunky crossover issues. The Cable appearance is a fun issue since it provided “evidence” for the Earth-616 that the heroes were still alive.
What this volume is primarily known for is the Rob Liefeld art in the first issues few issues. I never was that big of a Liefeld fan since all his characters were over-inked, always yelling, and suffering from the classic “Rob Liefeld can’t draw feet problems”. In addition to this Liefeld just has some weird body distortion with characters being too tall and weird, unnatural body angles…it takes you out of the already rocky story.
Heroes Reborn was the relaunch of the series and it was meant to make a new Marvel Universe. If the series had been a smashing success, I wonder what Marvel would have done and if they would have kept the experiment going longer. Captain America was the worst of these relaunches…and thankfully Heroes Reborn: The Return fixed this blip in Marvel history.
September 22, 2025
1.5 stars. I'm a Cap fan, so I was due to read this at some point, to find out if this Rob Liefeld comic really is as bad as everyone says. Amazingly, I found that Liefeld is not the worst aspect of this collection. That honour belongs to the four-part crossover story at the end, between the Heroes Reborn titles, which reimagines the Galactus story of Stan and Jack's FF #48-50. It is abysmal, and is a candidate for the worst comic story I've ever read. Imagine the arrogance in thinking you could redo classic Jack and Stan, and you come to understand some of the worst aspects of the overheated comic market in the 90s.
Aside from the really bad end story, there are two other distinct parts to this collection. The first is the reimagining of Cap by Jeph Loeb and Rob Liefeld, and Liefeld's art is not the best. I will say this though: Liefeld's storytelling, ie. his transition between panels - how it reads - , is reasonable, and, with Jeph Loeb's writing, I found reading this section to be a breezy and quick affair. This is a blessing, because, despite Loeb's being a reasonable writer, it is as if he is making up the story issue by issue, with no overarching plan. And the result is not consistent; so we have this reimagining on the fly, and that's a shame. The work would have benefited greatly by its heading somewhere, and instead it just reimagines the Red Skull, Master Man and Crossbones as villians Cap confronts. Still, Cap is fighting fascism in America, which resonates particularly in today's 2025! So, there's some good, some bad here.
Because of Liefeld's unpopular art at the time, there's a course correct mid-story, and editorial brings on hot writer James Robinson (Starman) and artist Joe Bennett. This second part, for me, is not as good. Gone is the breezy storytelling, and we're now bogged down in lots of caption boxes, which takes ages to read. And while Robinson is more consistent and implements a plan, the villians are now the Serpent Society. Why did they bother to reboot if we're just getting a Mark Gruenwald rehash?
So, surprisingly and paradoxically to how this series was so poorly received, I actually think the storytelling of Loeb and Liefeld is the best aspect to this collection. That's honestly not saying much though, as it is all a mess, and parts are God-awful. This book is pretty bad, overall..
Aside from the really bad end story, there are two other distinct parts to this collection. The first is the reimagining of Cap by Jeph Loeb and Rob Liefeld, and Liefeld's art is not the best. I will say this though: Liefeld's storytelling, ie. his transition between panels - how it reads - , is reasonable, and, with Jeph Loeb's writing, I found reading this section to be a breezy and quick affair. This is a blessing, because, despite Loeb's being a reasonable writer, it is as if he is making up the story issue by issue, with no overarching plan. And the result is not consistent; so we have this reimagining on the fly, and that's a shame. The work would have benefited greatly by its heading somewhere, and instead it just reimagines the Red Skull, Master Man and Crossbones as villians Cap confronts. Still, Cap is fighting fascism in America, which resonates particularly in today's 2025! So, there's some good, some bad here.
Because of Liefeld's unpopular art at the time, there's a course correct mid-story, and editorial brings on hot writer James Robinson (Starman) and artist Joe Bennett. This second part, for me, is not as good. Gone is the breezy storytelling, and we're now bogged down in lots of caption boxes, which takes ages to read. And while Robinson is more consistent and implements a plan, the villians are now the Serpent Society. Why did they bother to reboot if we're just getting a Mark Gruenwald rehash?
So, surprisingly and paradoxically to how this series was so poorly received, I actually think the storytelling of Loeb and Liefeld is the best aspect to this collection. That's honestly not saying much though, as it is all a mess, and parts are God-awful. This book is pretty bad, overall..
December 22, 2024
So I know Liefeld's art gets a lot of criticism, and it's well deserved, but really, this is some of his best artwork. It's not at all realistic, but not all art is supposed to be. He's very stylistic, and if you can accept it as cartoonish, over the top comic book art, then it's not so bad.
That being said, this still was not good. The series did at least try to be different than the others in the Heroes Reborn series, as this presented a new take on Captain America while the other books seemed to just reboot the origin stories. However, about halfway through, the creative team changed, and we get a story that's only loosely connected (at best) to the Heroes Reborn stories, or even to the story in the first few issues. It's pretty disheartening that even 12 issues were too many for a consistent creative team from the Image founders.
Overall, Heroes Reborn was okay, but very overhyped.
That being said, this still was not good. The series did at least try to be different than the others in the Heroes Reborn series, as this presented a new take on Captain America while the other books seemed to just reboot the origin stories. However, about halfway through, the creative team changed, and we get a story that's only loosely connected (at best) to the Heroes Reborn stories, or even to the story in the first few issues. It's pretty disheartening that even 12 issues were too many for a consistent creative team from the Image founders.
Overall, Heroes Reborn was okay, but very overhyped.
May 28, 2019
The Heroes Reborn series reprints a good attempt one-year effort to re-imagine essential characters in the Marvel Comics universe. This represents the first time Marvel attempted to restart and modernize storylines launched by Stan Lee in the '60s. The storyline weaves through three other Heroes Reborn titles (Iron Man, Captain America, and The Avengers), so readers must have access to all four to keep pace with and appreciate the scope of these titles. Demands to introduce more and more characters rushes the action at times, but readers familiar these longtime fan favorites will enjoy the experience. This particular title touches upon racial issues and cultural strife that still makes headlines 20 years later.
October 16, 2025
Para subirle la nota, lo inflo a 5. Porque es un peliculón palomitero fiel reflejo de los 90 desde la primera a la última página! Si bien el dibujo tan personal de Liefeld, (aunque todos los personajes tengan la misma cara, pero es muy trepidante e ideal para acción) sólo es hasta mediados de tomo, la acción no pierde ritmo, y el final es inspirador y blockbuster a más no poder, una gozada que te lees en una tarde.
February 23, 2018
Lets be clear....none of the Heroes Reborn books are good, but this is by far the worst. The first half of these issues, when Rob Liefeld was drawing and plotting, are ugly and disjointed. Once he leaves the book doesn't get much better, with James Robinson doing substandard work, perhaps because he knew he was just marking time until the book could be relaunched.
January 29, 2024
Crazy story. Fun read and kinda liked to story. Even though it’s 30 years old it really seems to mirror the world today. Really easy to see when the writing team changed. I’ve read the last issue was garbage and after reading it really did kinda suck. I still love Cap and this was a cool take on his story.
September 6, 2021
Yo quiero de lo que tomó Liefeld para hacer este cómic, normal que Marvel lo echara a mitad de la serie.
El argumento no está mal de todo, pero tiene ese tono de los cómics bajo el Comics Code.
El típico tomo que tienes que tener leer si eres un frikazo de manual
El argumento no está mal de todo, pero tiene ese tono de los cómics bajo el Comics Code.
El típico tomo que tienes que tener leer si eres un frikazo de manual
April 26, 2022
Should be one star, but it is kinda enjoyable in just how bad it is. Looking at a Liefeld layout is like a choose-your-own-malady of artistry. It is splendidly terrible. You are almost sad to see him go and the book to become mediocre/bad rather than hilariously awful.
December 18, 2022
5 hour read.
Story line seemed quite a bit repetitious. Same story, just slightly different artwork, same basic outcome.
Story line seemed quite a bit repetitious. Same story, just slightly different artwork, same basic outcome.
September 2, 2025
read captain america issues #1 - #11.
well, it was a comic! and it had art! i guess…
well, it was a comic! and it had art! i guess…
June 6, 2015
Read all 4 Heroes Reborn graphic novels at the same time, in continuity order.
Captain America's Heroes Reborn was just ok in my opinion. The "truth, justice and the American Way" routine has always felt so overdone with Cap that I have never been a huge fan of him. The art was fantastic though and it was nice to read some more "origin-like" tales.
Recommend, to keep the story intact.
Captain America's Heroes Reborn was just ok in my opinion. The "truth, justice and the American Way" routine has always felt so overdone with Cap that I have never been a huge fan of him. The art was fantastic though and it was nice to read some more "origin-like" tales.
Recommend, to keep the story intact.
March 19, 2016
Diálogos casposos, giros de guión absurdos, clichés en cada página, situaciones ridículas y dibujos desproporcinadas. Y con todo, la primera mitad de Liefeld me resulta la más disfrutable ya que es es todo tan exagerado que es como una peli de serie B cutre, que al no poder tomártela en serio desde el principio pasas un rato entretenido.
January 29, 2016
I was not impressed with Marvel's attempt at a relaunch of many of it's main titles. The art was Ok and the stories were not horrible but I just couldn't seem to get into the flow of the new series. I will give it a Recommended as it's a good read just not to my taste.
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