In honor of the seventy-fifth anniversary of Captain America this month, we're doing a countdown of your favorite Captain America stories of all-time.

You all voted, now here are the results of what you chose as the 75 Greatest Captain America Stories!

Enjoy!

20. "The Sleeper Shall Awake!" Tales of Suspense #72-74

It's kind of funny how this story sort of came about because fans were complaining about the then-current state of Cap's feature in Tales of Suspense, which was set during World War II. Fans wanted modern tales, so Jack Kirby and Stan Lee answered the call with this excellent three-part story where Captain America realizes that it has been twenty years since he last defeated the Red Skull, and at the time, the Skull mentioned something about sleepers that would go off in twenty years time. Eventually a series of three sleeper robots are introduced, until the come together in the final installment - to destroy the world!









Top notch work from Lee and Kirby.

19. "Man Without a Country" Captain America #450-453

During Project Rebirth, Machinesmith stole some government secrets from Captain America's mind. He then uses those secrets to brand Cap a traitor. President Bill Clinton has no choice but to strip Captain America of his title and exile him from the United States (he won't stand trial for treason, out of respect for Cap and the fact that everyone figures there must be some sort of explanation that would mitigate his actions). Cap, now using an energy shield (he later used it again during Waid's second Cap run), travels around Europe finding the truth to his predicament. After a brief team-up with Doctor Doom, Cap realizes Machinesmith plans to steal the nuclear codes from President Clinton, so Cap makes a triumphant return (in a costume Doom made for him just to mess with him)...









Mark Waid, Ron Garney and Scott Koblish did a bang-up job on this storyline.

18. "Bicentennial Battles" Marvel Treasury Special featuring Captain America's Bicentennial Battles #1

In this epic graphic novel written and drawn by Jack Kirby in 1976 (with a variety of inkers), Cap is sent throughout the history of the United States on a series of, well, battles during the bicentennial. Here is one of them...









It's an awesome one-off tale by the master.

Go to the next page for #17-14!

17. "The Coming of the Falcon" Captain America #114-119

Stan Lee, Gene Colan and Joe Sinnott delivered this epic where the Red Skull, once again in possession of the Cosmic Cube, switches bodies with Captain America. First the Skull has the Avengers fight against Skull/Cap and then he drops Skull/Cap off on the island of the Exiles, letting them take care of him. Skull/Cap quickly fastens a disguise for himself and enlists the help of another inhabitant of the island, a young man from New York City who Cap trains as a hero to help him fight off the Exiles and then take the fight to the Skull himself. That man is none other than Sam Wilson, the Falcon...









The two men become longtime partners during this arc.

16. "Meet Captain America!" Captain America Comics #1

Joe Simon and Jack Kirby give us one of the all-time great superhero origins in Cap's debut issue from December 1940...









15. "Nomad" Captain America #176-183

After the events of the Secret Empire storyline, Steve Rogers is so shaken up that he decides to quit being Captain America entirely, taking on a new superhero name...Nomad!







The Falcon, meanwhile, trains a young man to become the new Captain America. Ultimately, tragedy draws Steve back to the red, white and blue, but it was a striking attempt by Steve Englehart to really mix things up and there's a reason it stands out so much in readers' minds to this day. Sal Buscema was the original artist on this arc, but Frank Robbins took over at the end (Englehart was nearly finished with his run at this point).

14. "Madbomb" Captain America #193-200

Jack Kirby returned to Captain America as writer and artist (with inker Frank Giacoia) on the epic adventure where a secret society tries to tear down the United States with their insidious device known as the "Madbomb," which causes, well, you know...









It's rip-roaring adventure with awesome artwork from Kirby and Giacoia.

Go to the next page for #13-11!

13. "The Living Legend" Captain America #255

Roger Stern and John Byrne finish out their way too short run on Captain America with this tribute to Cap's then fortieth anniversary, with a re-visitation of Cap's early days...









What a double-page splash!!

12. "Cap for President" Captain America #250

Based on an idea by Roger McKenzie and Don Perlin, Roger Stern, John Byrne and Joe Rubinstein put together this striking one-off issue where a political party tries to get Cap to run for President and he really considers it. The issue shows other superheroes' reactions to the concept, as well as people on the street. Finally, it comes down to Cap himself...









What a well-thought out, well-executed issue.

11. "Two Into One Won't Go" Captain America #153-156

Steve Englehart was always really good at playing with Marvel's past, revisiting ideas that could be explored in interesting ways in the present and one of his most famous examples of this trope was with the Captain America of the 1950s. During the early 1950s, Marvel Comics (then Atlas Comics) tried to revive Captain America as an Anti-Communist book. Well, it did not work and quickly went away. So Englehart then did this two-parter where we meet the Cap and Bucky of the 1950s, who are basically two brainwashed fellows who were given plastic surgery to look like Captain America and Bucky. They, too, were placed into suspended animation and they are now released and they are, well, pretty bigoted people.

They take on the Falcon by himself as Cap was on vacation with Sharon Carter. They then go to eliminate Steve Rogers, but the Falcon shows up to warn him and the three heroes take on the former heroes in battle, with Cap and Cap having an epic battle drawn by Sal Buscema (who worked with a number of inkers on this arc)...









What a cool ending to a cool arc.