Captain America 118 p 12 (October 1969)
by Gene Colan (1926-2011) and Joe Sinnott (1926-)
13 x 20 in., ink on paper
Coppola Collection

The Falcon Fights On!

In the previous issue, Captain America trained Sam Wilson how to fight and provided him the identity of the Falcon.

The Red Skull has used the Cosmic Cube to switch bodies with his hated foe Captain America, and been working to destroy Cap’s reputation.

On this page: while at Avengers Mansion, Rick Jones laments over being rejected by “Captain America,” little realizing it was really the Red Skull posing as his mentor. Ripping up a picture of Cap, Rick decides to leave and try to find his own way (and soon ends up occupying Captain Marvel’s timeshare in the Negative Zone – and that’s a different story).