El Capitán América, Captain America #2

In this pivotal 2009 issue of Captain America, written by Ed Brubaker and illustrated by Steve Epting—with inks by Mike Perkins, colors by Frank D'Armata, and letters by Joe Caramagna—Captain America's world fractures as Sin and his Serpiente Squadron free Crossbones from a S.H.I.E.L.D. sub-carrier, leaving Tony Stark desperate for answers. As Black Widow hunts the Winter Soldier, Sharon Carter and Falcon pursue the Red Skull, and deep in the mind of Aleksander Lukin, the lines between enemy and ally blur—especially when the Winter Soldier uncovers a connection between Lukin and the Red Skull that defies everything he thought he knew. The cover, a striking piece by Steve Epting, captures the tension of a fractured alliance.