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This from Captain America #335, when Walker--just sworn in as the new Cap--is tapped to infiltrate a watchdog group called...The Watchdogs. Extremist militia group claiming to be looking out for public decency and morality.
His partner, Lemar Hoskins, who was just as skilled--and taller--than Cap, got Bucky's hand-me-down costume. The work environment wasn't the greatest. (Mark Gruenwald was unaware that "Buck" was a racially-charged insult until Dwayne McDuffie brought it to his attention.)
John Walker's path to becoming Captain America, from Captain America #333, written by Mark Gruenwald and Tom Morgan. I think this was Gruenwald giving readers the "Captain America for the Reagan era" that they thought they wanted.
When April was first introduced in the strip, I rolled my eyes, wondered how Elly was even having a kid in her late thirties, and dismissed it as a stunt, but it added a fun element to the strip and shook things up. Who knew the strip would run almost another 20 years after that?
Almost 35 years ago, #johnwalker already knew he was destined to end up on a @disneyplus series.
Glad to see so many people having serious discussions about @WBLooneyTunes this week. If you really want to up your game, you'll hit up your local independent bookseller to make sure you've got these in your library. Woo-hoo!
@JoshCrewsReally Apart from mini-comics and some really small press anthologies, I had a short story in Spark Generators II which I co-edited for the @cartoonart Museum in 2003, and sisted @shaenongarrity on the @hotelfred & @AlGordon_albabe-drawn FF story for the 2005 Marvel Holiday Special.
These are the two worst eras for Captain America according to a comics fan site that ranks their enjoyment of Marvel's Epic Collection reprint line.
Sigh.
@Erinsifer I like this one, but admit I'm pretty biased.