Captain America #100
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeCaptain America #100 marks a genuine turning point in Marvel publishing history: it is the first issue of Captain America's own self-titled Silver Age series, born when the long-running split anthology Tales of Suspense was renamed and retooled to give the Star-Spangled Avenger solo billing at last. Rather than launch with a fresh #1, Marvel carried the Tales of Suspense numbering forward, a deliberate editorial choice that honored the character's unbroken continuity while signaling his new headliner status. The issue also serves as an early landmark for Black Panther, whose given name T'Challa is revealed to readers here for the first time, and whose Avengers candidacy Cap floats at the story's close — a narrative thread that would shape both characters for years. Simultaneously, Iron Man was spun off into his own title, meaning this single publishing moment split one shared anthology into two distinct ongoing franchises.
In "This Monster Unmasked!", Captain America faces a chilling moral test when Baron Zemo commands Agent 13 to eliminate him—her loyalty now a weapon turned inward. Written by Stan Lee and brought to life with dynamic energy by Jack Kirby’s pencils and Syd Shores’ embellishments, this 1968 issue delivers a tense, character-driven showdown where trust is the real battlefield. The cover, a striking collaboration by Kirby and Shores, captures the moment’s intensity with precision.
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The book emerged from Stan Lee's editorial strategy of phasing out Marvel's old genre-anthology titles in favor of character-driven solo books, a shift driven by the surging popularity of superhero comics throughout the 1960s. Jack Kirby, who had co-created Captain America with Joe Simon for Timely Comics in 1940, returned to pencil the character's solo debut, with Syd Shores providing inks and Artie Simek lettering; the cover was inked by both Shores and Joe Sinnott, and production notes reveal that Cap's face on the cover appears to be a photostat pulled from earlier Kirby/Sinnott artwork. An original version of the cover — featuring a large shadow of Baron Zemo — was rejected before publication, and that unaltered version later surfaced in the Essential Captain America reprint series.
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- First issue of Captain America's Silver Age solo series; the title was renamed directly from Tales of Suspense, retaining its numbering and launching with #100 (cover-dated April 1968).
- Written by Stan Lee, penciled by Jack Kirby, inked by Syd Shores (story) and Syd Shores with Joe Sinnott (cover), lettered by Artie Simek — the creative team that had defined the character's Tales of Suspense run.
- The story concludes a four-part arc begun in Tales of Suspense #97–99, opening with a recap of Captain America's Silver Age revival as first depicted in Avengers #4, before continuing directly from the previous issue's cliffhanger.
- Baron Zemo orders Agent 13 — undercover as spy Irma Kruhl — to execute Captain America and Black Panther; the 'Zemo' who appears in the story is ultimately revealed to be an imposter: the villain's former pilot, who is killed by his own men when unmasked.
- T'Challa (Black Panther) is referred to by his given name for the first time in this issue; at the story's end Captain America proposes that Black Panther take his place in the Avengers.
- The issue debuts a new letters page titled 'Let's Yap With Cap,' and the original submitted cover — which included a prominent Baron Zemo shadow — was altered before publication, with the shadow removed.
- The cover was selected by the U.S. Postal Service for its Marvel Comics commemorative stamp set issued in 2007.
- The story has been reprinted multiple times, including in Marvel Super Action #1 (May 1977), Captain America #400 (May 1992), Essential Captain America Vol. 1, Marvel Masterworks: Captain America Vol. 2, the Captain America Omnibus (multiple editions), and the Captain America Epic Collection Vol. 2.
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Reprinted in Capitán América #15 (1970), Marvel Comic Annual #1971 (1971), The Mighty World of Marvel #48 (1973), The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (1975), Eclipso #57 (1976), Captain America #3 (1976), Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner #1 (1976), Marvel Super Action #1 (1977), Marvel Super Action #1 (1977), Captain America #1 (1978), キャプテン・アメリカ [Captain America] #1 (1978), The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #12 (1986), Captain America #400 (1992), Essential Captain America #1 (2000), Marvel Masterworks: Captain America #2 (2005), USPS Marvel Comics Limited Edition Comic Book and Stamps Set #[nn] (2007), Marvel Zombies / Army of Darkness #[nn] (2009), Captain America Omnibus #1 (2011), Captain America Omnibus #1 (2011), Marvel Gold. Capitán América #1 (2011), Marvel Masterworks: Captain America #2 (2012), Marvel Masterworks: Captain America #2 (46) (2012), Captain America: The 75th Anniversary Vibranium Collection #[nn] (2016), Captain America Epic Collection #2 (2016) + 8 more
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