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Explore the adventures of Captain America comic books both past and present with Rick Verbanas (former comic shop owner) and Robert Lucius (former Marine)! Reviews, guest interviews and plenty of fun focused on the Star Spangled Avenger... Captain America! Are you enjoying this podcast series? Please help by donating at: https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfans
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Chris Giarrusso, creator of Mini Marvels and G-Man (and our new logo), discusses how he broke into comics with his Mini Marvels strip in the late 90s, his oddest commission request, favorite Cap covers he's like to give the Mini Marvel treatment to and answers your questions! Plus... Rick keeps his thoughts to himself at the gym!Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DP-QG7Wnmq0Visit https://ChrisGiarrusso.com for free web comics, original art and comic collections for sale, cool character bios and much more!Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansHere are FREE and FAST ways you can support the show: https://tinyurl.com/y6kyu9nhConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Please subscribe, rate and review! Email questions to CapComicFans@gmail.comOur home page is https://captainamericacomicbookfans.com
NOTE: 8 minutes of the missing pitch by James added back in! Go to 1:29:40 to listen! Rick & Bob are joined by Jason Olsen & James Foley for the fifth Cap Fan-tasy Draft! All "teams" start with Steve Rogers, then each picks a character for 8 rounds to form their story... BUT there is a catch... Each team must pick at least one villain, one lover, one former foe turned ally and one civilian... all while representing at least 5 different decades! Draft starts around 20:50. Want to skip the suspense, laughs, drama and controversy? Go to 1:15:00 for results of the draft and to hear each team's story pitch. VOTE for your favorite team/story starting THIS SUNDAY 9/28/25 12pm ET at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans, which will close Tuesday 9/30/25 at 7pm ET.You can watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/13QtP2BxJ-cLove the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Please subscribe, rate and review!Email questions to CapComicFans@gmail.comOur home page is https://captainamericacomicbookfans.com
Rick & Bob are joined by Jason Olsen & James Foley for the fifth Cap Fan-tasy Draft! All "teams" start with Steve Rogers, then each picks a character for 8 rounds to form their story... BUT there is a catch... Each team must pick at least one villain, one lover, one former foe turned ally and one civilian... all while representing at least 5 different decades! Draft starts around 20:50. Want to skip the suspense, laughs, drama and controversy? Go to 1:15:00 for results of the draft and to hear each team's story pitch. VOTE for your favorite team/story starting THIS SUNDAY 9/28/25 12pm ET at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans, which will close Tuesday 9/30/25 at 7pm ET.You can watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_7K823Hd6MQLove the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Please subscribe, rate and review!Email questions to CapComicFans@gmail.comOur home page is https://captainamericacomicbookfans.com
Cap is Dead and Nomad No More! We cover Cap #183 panel by panel as Steve wrestles with the shock of Cap dead and makes his decision! Plus... Rick & Bob tangent on favorite seasons, having extra wide feet, cock fighting, the racism of the 1970s and how to reach and commission artists!Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hBJnOUS8Il0Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Please subscribe, rate and review! Email questions to CapComicFans@gmail.comOur home page is https://captainamericacomicbookfans.com
Robert G. Weiner, Editor of Captain America and the Struggle of the Superhero discusses his thoughts on Cap vs Superman, how Cap's death was a cheap shot, why he loathes Nick Spencer & much more! Plus... Steve Rogers joins the show to discuss what its like being a Cap fan with the same name!Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LT564Iu07twLove the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansHere are FREE and FAST ways you can support the show: https://tinyurl.com/y6kyu9nhConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Please subscribe, rate and review! Email questions to CapComicFans@gmail.comOur home page is https://captainamericacomicbookfans.com
Bob tricks Rick into another WW2 story, with a flashback after meeting landlord Anna Kapplebaum! And... Steve reacts to the death of Sharon Carter! Plus... Rick & Bob discuss TV shows Hogan's Heroes and Friends, and their favorite TV dinners... Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vVFCPk11MLMLove the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Please subscribe, rate and review! Email questions to CapComicFans@gmail.comOur home page is https://captainamericacomicbookfans.com
Winner of Captain America Fantasy Draft #3 (Episode #206), Tom Boyd, joins the show to discuss how he turned his draft pitch into an actual full-sized comic! We review this story set just after Captain America #424 (1994) panel by panel with Tom lending his voice! You can read Tom's comic online at https://imgur.com/a/captain-america-shadows-over-albion-1-with-ads-YihWSnWWatch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PoJ4TxGDAG0Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansHere are FREE and FAST ways you can support the show: https://tinyurl.com/y6kyu9nhConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Please subscribe, rate and review! Email questions to CapComicFans@gmail.comOur home page is https://captainamericacomicbookfans.com
Nomad No More! We cover Cap #182 panel by panel - Nomad Part 7 - by Steve Englehart and Frank Robbins. The dismal fate of the new Cap, the final showdown with Viper and Cobra, and the turning point of Steve Rogers! Plus... Rick & Bob tangent on swear words, Bob's walking sticks, and answer a listener's question about the sliding time scale!Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nFspYyKAGg0Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Please subscribe, rate and review! Email questions to CapComicFans@gmail.comOur home page is https://captainamericacomicbookfans.com
Legendary artist Bart Sears joins the show to talk about his career since the 1980s, how he broke in, the advice he got from Joe Kubert he stills uses today, why he was told his Penthouse Comix was "over the top," ...and much more!Connect with our guests at: https://www.bartsearsart.comWatch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fnLHhkmeC0ULove the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansHere are FREE and FAST ways you can support the show: https://tinyurl.com/y6kyu9nhConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Please subscribe, rate and review! Email questions to CapComicFans@gmail.comOur home page is https://captainamericacomicbookfans.com
Cap meets the Fantastic Four as they battle Namor, Krang and the Atlantean Army and... Giganto! Plus... Rick & Bob talk about the Chip Zdarsky interview going viral and Rick's appearance on NPR's Throughline podcast. Bonus: Stick around for a Blooper! Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-yO3Ii-D6jUCheck out NPR's Throughline Captain America episode at https://www.npr.org/2025/07/03/1255164467/does-america-need-a-hero?Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansHere are FREE and FAST ways you can support the show: https://tinyurl.com/y6kyu9nhConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Please subscribe, rate and review! Email questions to CapComicFans@gmail.comOur home page is https://captainamericacomicbookfans.com
Its the launch of our brand new logo by Harvey award-nominated artist and writer Chris Giarrusso (G-Man, Mini-Marvels)! Who did Chris capture better... Rick or Bob? Share your comments!
In a story with so many characters, we needed help! Its our second Cap Community Theater... with 12 actors voicing 47 different characters! A shocking tale from 1986... where Cap is hunting down the murderous vigilante known only as The Scourge... Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansHere are FREE and FAST ways you can support the show: https://tinyurl.com/y6kyu9nhConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Please subscribe, rate and review! Email questions to CapComicFans@gmail.comOur home page is https://captainamericacomicbookfans.com
Because readers demanded it in 1966... the first meeting between Nick Fury, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Cap after his return from suspended animation! Pure Lee & Kirby gold from Tales of Suspense #78! Plus... Rick & Bob discuss the Superman and Fantastic Four movies, and Rick loses a fight with liquid nitrogen! Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/r0qKA5FGxHwLove the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansHere are FREE and FAST ways you can support the show: https://tinyurl.com/y6kyu9nhConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Please subscribe, rate and review! Email questions to CapComicFans@gmail.comOur home page is https://captainamericacomicbookfans.com
We cover Cap #181 panel by panel - Nomad Part 6 - by Steve Englehart and Sal Buscema! There is a NEW Cap in town and the Falcon isn't happy! Plus, Nomad vs Namor, Krang, Viper, The Eel, Cobra and Princess Python!Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/CZHgOFrTXSYLove the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Please subscribe, rate and review! Email questions to CapComicFans@gmail.comOur home page is https://captainamericacomicbookfans.com
New Captain America series writer Chip Zdarksy returns to rap Cap! What is the new sliding timeline and are there retcons in this series? Why does Steve want to rejoin the Army - and is he actually the rank of Captain? Plus, one listener wants to know... Does Steve cry during sex? (IYKYK)...and much more!Connect with our guests at: https://www.zdars.coWatch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hJzwAb6cBz8Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Please subscribe, rate and review! Our home page is https://captainamericacomicbookfans.com
In this episode of Night Cap, Super Soldier Patron Mark Domeier joins the show and presents his Most Important Cap Story for Each Decade! Of course Rick and Bob share their own ideas (and there may be some disagreement over the 1990s)...Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Eu0UwwV6qXALove the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Please subscribe, rate and review! Email questions to CapComicFans@gmail.comOur home page is https://captainamericacomicbookfans.com
It is Mark Gruenwald's FIRST Cap story - introducing the maniacal menace of MADCAP! And BOB DOES VOICES!!! Plus... Rick & Bob talk about Happy Days, descrambling cable boxes, Slacks vs Trousers and Uptown vs Downtown!Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/l9wTX89lSQwLove the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Please subscribe, rate and review! Email questions to CapComicFans@gmail.comOur home page is https://captainamericacomicbookfans.com
We cover Cap #180 panel by panel - Nomad Part 5 - by Steve Englehart and Sal Buscema! FINALLY... Steve makes a decision to continue to fight crime... as Nomad! Plus... Rick & Bob talk about Father's Day, long distance bills and the 1980s vs the 1950s!Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DAenjW5dhnILove the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Please subscribe, rate and review! Email questions to CapComicFans@gmail.comOur home page is https://captainamericacomicbookfans.com
Jackson & Collin come back for their 4th conversation, discussing the end to their time on Thunderbolts, diving deep into their three year run with Bucky Barnes and Sharon Carter. Plus, finally after 4 appearances, Rick is brave enough to ask Jackson his Wil Wheaton question... and you'll never guess his answer!Connect with our guests at:https://www.instagram.com/hivemindactualhttps://x.com/HiveMindActualhttps://bsky.app/profile/hivemindactual.bsky.socialLove the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Please subscribe, rate and review! Our home page is https://captainamericacomicbookfans.com
Covering Thunderbolts: Doomstrike #1 panel by panel! Doom took over the world. And Bucky Barnes helped him do it. To atone for his unwitting role in Doom’s triumph, Bucky assembles a team with one goal: burn it all down! Plus... Rick & Bob discuss favorite James Bond actors, Star Trek 4 and Birdman!Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/o1Ibzfp3CjULove the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Please subscribe, rate and review! Our home page is https://captainamericacomicbookfans.com
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