Captain America Modern Era Epic Collection #2

Dates

Cover date

2024

On sale

October 23, 2024

Pages

524

Editions and covers

• Original edition

  Barcode 978130295645554999

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Story arc: Civil War

This is part 23 of 23. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Civil War (2006) #1
2. She-Hulk (2005) #8
3. Wolverine (2003) #42
4. Civil War (2006) #2
5. Wolverine (2003) #43
6. Civil War (2006) #3
7. Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways (2006) #1
8. Wolverine (2003) #44
9. Heroes for Hire (2006) #1
10. Wolverine (2003) #45
11. Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways (2006) #2
12. Civil War (2006) #4
13. Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways (2006) #3
14. Heroes for Hire (2006) #2
15. Civil War (2006) #5
16. Heroes for Hire (2006) #3
17. Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways (2006) #4
18. Iron Man (2005) #13
19. Civil War (2006) #6
20. Moon Knight (2006) #7
21. Civil War (2006) #7
22. Punisher War Journal (2007) #1
23. Captain America Modern Era Epic Collection (2024) #2

Creators

Stories

• Twenty-First Century Blitz Part One · 22 pages
• Twenty-First Century Blitz Part Two of Four · 22 pages
• Twenty-First Century Blitz Part Three of Four · 22 pages
• Twenty-First Century Blitz: Conclusion · 22 pages
• The Drums of War · Sharon Carter; Captain America · 22 pages
• The Drums of War: Part Two of Three · 22 pages
• The Drums of War: Part Three of Three · 23 pages
• Winter Kills · 38 pages

  In the midst of the harsh division of the Civil War, James Buchanan Barnes, Captain America's one-time partner Bucky, faces his first Christmas of the 21st century. And faces the truth of the terrible things he was forced to do as the Winter Soldier.

• The Death of the Dream: Part One · 32 pages

  Captain America is taken into custody, having finally complied to the Superhuman Registration Act. While being transferred to the courthouse, he is gunned down on the courthouse steps and killed.

• Fallen Son The Death of Captain America Chapter 1 Denial · 22 pages

  Wolverine enlists the aid of Daredevil and Dr. Strange to prove to himself that Captain America is dead by entering the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier and interrogating Crossbones and viewing the body of Steve Rogers.

• The Death of Captain America, Chapter 2: Anger · 22 pages

  The New Avengers meet and play cards, but talk inevitably turns to the death of Captain America. The Mighty Avengers take their anger out on Tiger Shark when he uses the Horn of Gabriel to summon an army of sea monsters to attack the coast.

• The Death of Captain America, Chapter 3: Bargaining · 23 pages

  Iron Man tries to get Clint Barton to take on the role of Captain America in the wake of Steve Rogers' death.

• The Death of Captain America, Chapter 4: Depression · 22 pages

  Spider-Man deals with the emotions he feels after the death of Captain America, and Wolverine gives him some advice.

• The Death of Captain America, Chapter 5: Acceptance · 23 pages

  The funeral of Captain America.

• Sharon and the Contessa · 5 pages
• The Wake · 5 pages
• The Other Side · 3 pages
• The Secret Wake · 3 pages
• How It Begins · 6 pages
• The Death of the Dream Part Three: White Lies · 4 pages
• The Death of the Dream Part Three: Falling Off The Grid · 4 pages
• The Death of the Dream Part Three: Compromised Assets · 2 pages
• The Death of the Dream Part Three: Old Friends · 8 pages
• The Death of the Dream Part Three: Buried In The Past · 4 pages
• The Death of the Dream Part Four · 22 pages

  The new Serpent Squad attacks a S.H.I.E.L.D. outpost. Falcon and Sharon Carter begin to track down Red Skull. Unknown to them, Winter Soldier is on the same path, looking for first Red Skull and then Tony Stark to even the score for Captain America's death.

• The Death of the Dream Part Five · 22 pages

  Sin and her Serpent Squad have liberated Crossbones from a S.H.I.E.L.D. subcarrier and S.H.I.E.L.D.-director Tony Stark wants to know how this is possible. Meanwhile, Black Widow is looking for the Winter Soldier and Sharon Carter and the Falcon are looking for the Red Skull. In Aleksander Lukin's mind, he and Red Skull duke it out. And when Winter Soldier infiltrates Lukin's headquarters, he realizes that Lukin and Red Skull are closer than he could have ever imagined.

• The Death of the Dream Part Six · 22 pages

  Tony Stark is slowly piecing together the facts around Cap's murder. Sharon finds out she is pregnant. Winter Soldier is defeated by Red Skull/Lukin's henchmen. And Dr. Faustus is coercing Sharon Carter towards another assassination: of Falcon and Black Widow.

• Captain America #25 Script · 14 pages
• In the Trenches · 2 pages
• Death of a Dream · 7 pages

  Inteview with Jeph Loeb about the 5 one-shots reprinted in this volume.

Characters