| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Ron Garney; inks: Bob Wiacek | Captain America [Steve Rogers] |
| 1 | Heroes Return | cover reprint (on interior page) | 2 | pencils: Ron Garney; inks: Bob Wiacek | Captain America [Steve Rogers] |
| 2 | The Return of Steve Rogers, Captain America | credits, title page | 1 | | |
| 3 | - | comic story | 34 | script: Mark Waid; pencils: Ron Garney; inks: Bob Wiacek; colors: Joe Rosas, Digital Chameleon; letters: John Costanza | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Strikeforce Ukiyoe (villain, introduction); Akutagawa (villain, introduction); Lady Deathstrike (villain); Kang (cameo); Sharon Carter (cameo); Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing] (cameos); Bucky Barnes (cameo flashba |
| 4 | No Way Out! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Ron Garney; inks: Bob Wiacek | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Lt. Commander Rebecca Houston |
| 5 | To Serve and Protect | comic story | 1 | | |
| 6 | - | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Waid; pencils: Ron Garney; inks: Bob Wiacek; colors: Joe Rosas; letters: John Costanza | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Lt. Commander Rebecca Houston; HYDRA (villain) |
| 7 | Out of Time! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Ron Garney; inks: Bob Wiacek | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Bucky Barnes; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Hydra |
| 8 | Museum Piece | credits, title page | 1 | | |
| 9 | - | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Waid; pencils: Ron Garney; inks: Bob Wiacek; colors: Joe Rosas, Digital Chameleon; letters: John Costanza | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nick Fury; Dum Dum Dugan; Gabriel Jones; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Machine Man; The Avengers [Tony Stark [Iron Man]; Thor; Tigra; Black Panther; Hawkeye; Hercules; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanov]; Wasp; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Q |
| 10 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Ron Garney; inks: Ron Garney; colors: Atomic Paintbrush | Captain America [Steve Rogers] |
| 11 | Capmania | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Waid; pencils: Ron Garney; inks: Bob Wiacek; colors: Joe Rosas, Digital Chameleon; letters: John Costanza | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Agent 13 [Sharon Carter]; Hydra (villain); Sensational Hydra (villain); Batroc the Leaper [Georges Batroc] (villain); Red Skull's ghost (villain) |
| 12 | The Living Legend Is Mad-- --And Hydra's Going to Pay the Price! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Ron Garney; inks: Ron Garney; letters: Todd Klein | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Thor |
| 13 | Power And Glory, Chapter One: Credibility Gap | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Waid; pencils: Ron Garney; inks: John Beatty, Andy Smith; colors: Joe Rosas; letters: John Costanza | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Thor; Dum Dum Dugan; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Sensational Hydra [a Skrull; also as Captain America] (villain); Hydra (villains); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo); Scarlet Witch (cameo); Gordon Winchester (cameo); Roger Ramo (cameo); Bob McKnight (cameo); Sue Harvey (cameo) |
| 14 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Ron Garney | Captain America (Skrull) |
| 15 | Power and Glory, Chapter Two: Expose | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Waid; pencils: Dale Eaglesham; inks: Scott Koblish; colors: Joe Rosas, Digital Chameleon; letters: John Costanza | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; The Avengers [Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor]; President Bill Clinton; Councilman Andrew Bolt; Skrulls (villains); Skrull leader [Sensational Hydra; also disguised as Captain America] (villain) |
| 16 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Jesse Delperdang | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; a Skrull |
| 17 | Power and Glory, Chapter Three: Hoaxed | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Waid; pencils: Dale Eaglesham, Andy Kubert; inks: Scott Koblish, Jesse Delperdang; colors: Joe Rosas, Jason Wright, Digital Chameleon; letters: John Costanza, Todd Klein | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; The Avengers [Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor]; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Skrull leader [Sensational Hydra; also disguised as Captain America] |
| 18 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 0.5 | pencils: Ron Garney; inks: Bob Wiacek | Captain America [Steve Rogers] |
| 19 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 0.25 | pencils: Ron Garney; inks: Bob Wiacek | Captain America [Steve Rogers] |
| 20 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 0.25 | pencils: Ron Garney; inks: Bob Wiacek | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Lt. Commander Rebecca Houston |
| 21 | Live Kree or Die! 2 of 4 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Jesse Delperdang | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Dylon-Cir |
| 22 | Live Kree or Die! Chapter Two: Stuck in the Middle | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Waid; pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Jesse Delperdang; colors: Jason Wright, Digital Chameleon; letters: Todd Klein | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Warbird [Carol Danvers]; Councilman Andrew Bolt; General Ulysses Chapman; Augie (introduction); Barry (a Larry King like talk show host); Lunatic Legion [Kona Lor; Bron Char; Dylon-Cir; Ciry (introduction)] (villains); Nightmare (villain; behind the scenes); Kree (vil |
| 23 | - | recap | 0.5 | letters: typeset | |
| 24 | Live Kree or Die! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 0.5 | | |
| 25 | Introducing.... Cap's New Shield! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Jesse Delperdang; letters: Todd Klein | Captain America [Steve Rogers] |
| 26 | American Nightmare, Chapter One: The Bite of Madness! | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Waid; pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Jesse Delperdang; colors: Chris Sotomayor; letters: Todd Klein | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Sharon Carter [Agent 13]; Jack Patterson; Mr. Genuardi; Luis Ramirez; Alma Ramirez; Javier Ramirez; Marta Ramirez; Mike Ranier; Rosa Ramirez; Rhino [Aleksei Sytsevich] (villain) |
| 27 | Buried Alive! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Jesse Delperdang | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Sharon Carter [Agent 13] |
| 28 | American Nightmare, Chapter Two: The Growing Darkness | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Waid; pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Jesse Delperdang; colors: Chris Sotomayor; letters: Todd Klein | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Sharon Carter [Agent 13]; U.S. Agent [John Walker]; Edwin Jarvis; Dum Dum Dugan; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Luis Ramirez; Alma Ramirez; Javier Ramirez; Marta Ramirez; Rosa Ramirez; Nightmare (villain); Rhino [Aleksei Sytsevich] (villain); Red Skull (villain; ghost); Kang the Conqu |
| 29 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 0.25 | pencils: Ron Garney; inks: Bob Wiacek | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Lt. Commander Rebecca Houston |
| 30 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 0.25 | pencils: Ron Garney; inks: Bob Wiacek | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Bucky Barnes; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Hydra |
| 31 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 0.25 | pencils: Ron Garney; inks: Ron Garney; colors: Atomic Paintbrush | Captain America [Steve Rogers] |
| 32 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 0.25 | pencils: Ron Garney; inks: Ron Garney | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Thor |
| 33 | In The Grip of Nightmare! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Jesse Delperdang; colors: ¡SOTO! | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Sharon Carter [Agent 13]; Nightmare |
| 34 | American Nightmare, Chapter Three: Finger on the Pulse | comic story | 22 | script: Mark Waid; pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Jesse Delperdang; colors: Chris Sotomayor; letters: Todd Klein | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Sharon Carter [Agent 13]; Councilman Andrew Bolt; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Luis Ramirez; Alma Ramirez; Javier Ramirez; Marta Ramirez; Rosa Ramirez; VILLAIN: Nightmare |
| 35 | Nuclear Nightmare! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 2 | pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Jesse Delperdang; colors: Chris Sotomayor; letters: Todd Klein | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nightmare |
| 36 | American Nightmare, Finale: Nuclear Dawn | comic story | 29 | script: Mark Waid; pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Jesse Delperdang; colors: Chris Sotomayor; letters: Todd Klein | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Sharon Carter [Agent 13]; Dum Dum Dugan; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Nightmare (villain) |
| 37 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 0.25 | pencils: Ron Garney | Captain America (Skrull) |
| 38 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 0.25 | pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Jesse Delperdang | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; a Skrull |
| 39 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 0.25 | pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Jesse Delperdang | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Dylon-Cir |
| 40 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 0.25 | pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Jesse Delperdang | Captain America [Steve Rogers] |
| 41 | Modok's Back! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 2 | pencils: Patrick Zircher; inks: Randy Emberlin | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Modok; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; A.I.M. |
| 42 | Life & Liberty | comic story | 40 | script: Kurt Busiek, Roger Stern, Mark Waid; pencils: Patrick Zircher; inks: Randy Emberlin; colors: Tom Smith; letters: Richard Starkings, Comicraft | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; A.I.M.; Mentallo; Spymaster (cameo); The Controller (cameo); Molecule Man (cameo); Machinesmith (cameo); Modok; Avengers [Thor; Wasp; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Scarlet Witch; Wonder Man; Vision]; S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent O'Grady; Jason of Zenith City; Dr. |
| 43 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 0.25 | pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Jesse Delperdang | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Sharon Carter [Agent 13] |
| 44 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 0.25 | pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Jesse Delperdang; colors: ¡SOTO! | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Sharon Carter [Agent 13]; Nightmare |
| 45 | Nuclear Nightmare! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 0.5 | pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Jesse Delperdang; colors: Chris Sotomayor; letters: Todd Klein | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nightmare |
| 46 | A Battle 55 Years in the Making -- Against the Power of Baron Zemo! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 2 | pencils: Mark Bagley; inks: Karl Kesel | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Citizen V; Baron Zemo [Helmut Zemo]; Baron Zemo [Heinrich Zemo]; Citizen V [John Watkins] |
| 47 | For Victory ...Again! | comic story | 39 | script: Kurt Busiek, Karl Kesel, Barbara Kesel; pencils: Mark Bagley; inks: Greg Adams, Scott Hanna; colors: Joe Rosas; letters: RS, Comicraft, Comicraft's Emerson Miranda | Baron Zemo [Helmut Zemo]; Thunderbolts (cameo); Techno; Citizen V; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky (World War II); Baron Zemo [Heinrich Zemo]; She-Wolf [Paulette Brazee]; Citizen V [John Watkins] |
| 48 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 0.5 | pencils: Patrick Zircher; inks: Randy Emberlin | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Modok; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; A.I.M. |
| 49 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 0.5 | pencils: Mark Bagley; inks: Karl Kesel | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Citizen V; Baron Zemo [Helmut Zemo]; Baron Zemo [Heinrich Zemo]; Citizen V [John Watkins] |
| 50 | Sunburst Variant Cover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Ron Garney; inks: Bob Wiacek | Captain America [Steve Rogers] |
| 51 | Undersea Siege! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Ron Garney; inks: Bob Wiacek | Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Lt. Commander Rebecca Houston |
| 52 | - | letters page | 1 | script: Matt Idelson, Paul Tutrone; letters: Comicraft | |
| 53 | - | letters page | 1 | script: Matt Idelson, Paul Tutrone; letters: Comicraft | |
| 54 | When the Heroes Return | text article | 1 | script: Peter Sanderson | |
| 55 | Mark Waid | text article | 3 | script: Dean Davis | |
| 56 | Behind the Scenes With Ron Garney | text article | 2 | script: Ron Garney; pencils: Ron Garney | Captain America [Steve Rogers] |
| 57 | The Skull Is Dead. Long Live the Skull. | character profile | 9 | script: Jim Krueger | Red Skull [Johann Schmidt]; Captain America [Steve Rogers] |