Saturday 19 November 2022

Marvel 1975.09 - Captain America #189


Captain America and the Falcon #189

Title: Arena for a Fallen Hero!

Writer: Tony Isabella
Artist: Frank Robbins

Villain: Deadly Nightshade

Guests: Val de Fontaine


Yet another writer? Tony Isabella is the second new writer in three issues. The series is taking a while to settle after Steve Englehart's sudden departure. Or maybe the series is being allowed to simmer because a big new writer is planned to arrive in Captin America and the Falcon #192. I shan't give it away yet.

Captain America arrives in the SHIELD base where the Falcon is being held. Jeff Cochren, the acting director of SHIELD in Nick Fury's absence, tells him that there's only one way to find out what the Falcon's true nature is: Captain America has to fight him to the death.

At first Cap refuses. Then he sees the Red Skull standing before him. He hits the Red Skull, and the Falcon falls to the ground.


One by one, Captain America sees his greatest enemies attacking him. Whenever he hits one of them, the Falcon falls over. He suspects that're visions created by Dr. Faustus, but he also feels real laser blasts, so he can't afford to stop fighting. Val de Fontaine and Eric Koenig realise that something's wrong, so they knock Jeff Cochren out.

The Falcon snaps out of his coma, but he only remembers his life before the Red Skull changed him. Captain America hits him again, thinking he's Baron Zemo. After a short fight, the Falcon realises what's happening. He says he can only vaguely remember what he's been doing for the last six years, as if it's a dream.

Before the Falcon awoke, the Enchantress was kissing Captin America. He thinks she might have been real, so he looks around for her. She wasn't real. He was kissing Nightshade, last seen as a queen of werewolves in Captain America and the Falcon #164. She now calls herself Deadly Nightshade. Tony Isabella has a lot of explaining to do next issue.


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