Cover date: February 1972Writer: Gary Friedrich
Artist: Sal Buscema
Inker: John Verpoorten
Cap and his >ahem< Femme Force break up a Hydra hijacking of a Shield airliner, while Sharon Carter lies mortally wounded; later, Hydra kidnap Sharon from the hospital she was taken in a bid to lure Cap into another trap.
I like Captain America. Honestly, I do. The Star-spangled Avenger from another era, slightly out of date with modern times and grappling with an America gone sour – but this isn’t that Cap just yet. This one just fights Hydra agents endlessly with late 60’s super-spy elements tacked on. I can’t even say Femme Force without imagining a feminine hygiene product....as one of the gals says “KEEP ‘EM UP! Just because we’re female doesn’t mean we won’t shoot!”
