Captain America (1968 series) #401

Review: Captain America wallows in self-pity so deeply that even the artist gets bored and starts popping in Easter eggs to keep us (and himself) entertained! Poor Cap! This issue tries to go in for deep emotions but ends up a talkfest. Mark Gruenwald showcases “Stuffy Cap” at his stuffiest. True, Steve and Tony patch things up and Steve learns to get by with a little help from his friends but the whole thing just rankles. Biggest problem: in civilian clothes, Steve Rogers and Clint Barton look exactly alike. Not that it’s hard to follow who is talking but…really.

Comments: “After the Storm” (Operation Galactic Storm, that is.). Continued from AVENGERS #347. Other Avengers seen in cameos are: Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau), Crystal, Gilgamesh, Hank Pym, Hercules, Living Lightning, Mockingbird, Sersi, She-Hulk, Spider-Woman (Julia Carpenter), Starfox, Vision, Wasp, Wonder Man. Bar patrons include Rod Serling, Betty and Veronica, Popeye, Steed and Mrs Peel, Humphrey Bogart, Groucho Marx, Gomez and Morticia Addams (with Lurch), Andy Capp, Dick Tracy, Reid Fleming (world’s toughest milkman), James Bond, the Yellow Kid, Elvis Presley, Jackie Gleason (as Minnesota Fats), Albert Einstein, and Alfred Hitchcock (thanks to Brain Cronin at Comic Book Resources and his readers for help with a couple of these—the art isn’t the best for this sort of thing).