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Issue Details

Issue #26
Published May 2007
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Joe Quesada (Editor in Chief)
Notes Direct Edition. Rated T+. This issue has no creator or editorial credits listed.

Cover Details

Characters Sharon Carter; Winter Soldier; Falcon; Doctor Faustus; Red Skull; Arnim Zola
Genre Superhero
Pencils Steve Epting (signed)
Inks Steve Epting
Colors Frank D'Armata
Reprinted In Captain America: The Death of Captain America (Marvel, 2008 series) #1

1 page recap

Characters Captain America; Sharon Carter
Synopsis Recaps what has transpired to this point.
Pencils Steve Epting
Inks Steve Epting
Colors Frank D'Armata
Letters typeset
Notes Indicia information included. Features the panel illustration of Sharon Carter cradling a mortally wounded Captain America.

5 page Captain America story "Sharon and the Contessa"

Characters Sharon Carter; Contessa Valentina de Allegro Fontaine; Tony Stark; Steve Rogers (as body in morgue)
Genre Superhero
Script Ed Brubaker
Pencils Steve Epting
Inks Mike Perkins
Colors Frank D'Armata
Notes TPB lists Perkins as inker only, and the cover of this issue lists Perkins, so he must be the inker of this issue. [MN - 10/06/10]
Reprinted In Captain America: The Death of Captain America (Marvel, 2008 series) #1

5 page Captain America story "The Wake"

Characters Sharon Carter; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Dum Dumm Dugan (cameo); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Rick Jones; Carol Danvers (cameo); Simon Williams (cameo)
Genre Superhero
Script Ed Brubaker
Pencils Steve Epting
Inks Mike Perkins
Colors Frank D'Armata
Reprinted In Captain America: The Death of Captain America (Marvel, 2008 series) #1

3 page Captain America story "The Other Side"

Characters Red Skull; Sin [Synthea Schmidt]; Doctor Faustus; Arnim Zola
Genre Superhero
Script Ed Brubaker
Pencils Steve Epting
Inks Mike Perkins
Colors Frank D'Armata
Reprinted In Captain America: The Death of Captain America (Marvel, 2008 series) #1

3 page Captain America story "The Secret Wake"

Characters Luke Cage; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Iron Fist [Danny Rand]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Spider-Woman [Jessica Peterson]
Genre Superhero
Script Ed Brubaker
Pencils Steve Epting
Inks Mike Perkins
Colors Frank D'Armata
Reprinted In Captain America: The Death of Captain America (Marvel, 2008 series) #1

6 page Winter Soldier story "How It Begins"

Characters Bucky Barnes [Winter Soldier]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Tony Stark (cameo on television)
Genre Superhero
Script Ed Brubaker
Pencils Steve Epting
Inks Mike Perkins
Colors Frank D'Armata
Reprinted In Captain America: The Death of Captain America (Marvel, 2008 series) #1

11 page advertisement "Advertisements"

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Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Promotional House Advertisement"

Notes X-MEN #200