All-New Captain America #1

History

The transition grew directly out of Rick Remender's preceding Captain America run (vol. 7, 2012–2014), in which Steve Rogers was de-aged and then de-powered by the loss of the Super-Soldier Serum, setting the stage for a handoff. Marvel announced on July 16, 2014 — with the news delivered on The Colbert Report — that Sam Wilson would become the new Captain America, with Remender and artist Stuart Immonen attached as the creative team. The book launched November 12, 2014 (cover-dated January 2015) as part of the Avengers NOW! initiative, a company-wide relaunch that also included a female Thor debuting the same week, and it was edited by Tom Brevoort under editor-in-chief Axel Alonso. The series ran for six issues before being succeeded by a Secret Wars tie-in (Hail Hydra) and then the separate Nick Spencer / Daniel Acuña ongoing Captain America: Sam Wilson, which launched in October 2015.

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• First issue to star Sam Wilson — formerly the Falcon — as Captain America in his own self-titled solo series; released November 12, 2014 with a January 2015 cover date.
• Written by Rick Remender with interior art and cover by Stuart Immonen (inks by Wade Von Grawbadger, colors by Marte Gracia); edited by Tom Brevoort under editor-in-chief Axel Alonso.
• Sam Wilson retains his Falcon wings and his bird-empathy link with Redwing rather than relying on Steve Rogers's Super-Soldier physiology, making him a mechanically and thematically distinct Captain America.
• First full issue featuring Ian Rogers (Steve's adopted son from Dimension Z) in the Nomad role as Sam's partner — a codename with a long history in Captain America lore dating back to Steve Rogers's own Nomad persona in 1974.
• Announced publicly on July 16, 2014 on The Colbert Report as part of a wave of Marvel diversity initiatives that same week also included the debut of a female Thor.
• Part of the Avengers NOW! company-wide relaunch; the series is a six-issue limited run set directly after the events of Remender's Captain America vol. 7 and concludes before Secret Wars reshapes the Marvel line.
• The overarching plot involves Hydra's 'High Sect' — a coalition of Steve Rogers's classic rogues (Baron Zemo, Sin, Crossbones, Taskmaster, Baron Blood, Batroc, Viper) — uniting to target the untested new Captain America.
• Collected in Captain America: Sam Wilson — The Complete Collection Vol. 1 (TPB, 2020), which also gathers the Fear Him digital series, Amazing Spider-Man Special, Inhuman Special, and the first arc of Captain America: Sam Wilson (2015).

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