Captain America #1

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In the aftermath of 9/11, Cap must deal with the way America - and the world - have changed. From the ruins of the World Trade Center to the horrors of a small town shaken by terrorism, this is one double-sized first issue you'll never forget - and neither will Marvel's star-spangled champion. Said Rieber: "The man's a soldier: fierce, focused, and absolutely dedicated to the American dream." He fights for the people - we, the people. Because he's one of us. He knows this country. He sees America as it is - the beauty and the bloody shadows of it, the nobility and the savagery of it. He knows what it could be - what it should be. What it was meant to be, from the beginning... and he'd die to get us there. He is the shield. Liberty's shield. And though he's just a man, like the ideal of freedom that drives him, he's really hard to kill." Said Cassaday: "I can't say this will be a revolution or an unrecognizable Captain America. However, what John Ney Rieber and I are putting together will deliver a Captain America that has more on his mind than beating the super-villain-of-the-week senseless. Our Cap believes in the American standard, but you won't catch him delivering syrupy speeches. Our man's patriotic testosterone comes out of his angry fists, not endless rhetoric. He fights for the American dream, fearing he'll never have the chance to experience it himself. Revolution? Maybe not. But it is The New Deal."After 9/11, Captain America digs through the ruins of the World Trade Center to find survivors. Nick Fury wants him to fly to Afghanistan, which makes Cap angry because he feels he is needed in his home country.Wandering through New York, he feels the world has changed. A young Arab American is attacked at night on the streets and saved by Cap, who also helps the attackers to understand that they have to be strong.In a town called Centerville some kind of weapons are dropped from the sky. Cap flies in, finding a deserted town. He needs to save its people.