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!

45. "If This Be...MODOK!" Tales of Suspense #92-94

This excellent action-packed adventure by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott pit Captain America and Sharon Carter against Advanced Ideas Mechanics (AIM), who are introducing their new leader, MODOK, one of the most Kirby-esque creations of all-time!









So freakin' cool.

44. "Streets of Poison" Captain America #372-378

In this long storyline by Mark Gruenwald, Ron Lim and Danny Bulanadi, that ran bi-weekly in Cap's book in 1990, Captain America is fighting against drug dealers when he is accidentally dosed with a new drug, "Ice," which basically drives him nuts. The only way to save him from the new drug is to take out all of his blood, including all of the super soldier serum inside his blood! So Cap would be cured, but would no longer be a Super Soldier (Mark Gruenwald quickly realized that that did not work, so he quickly retconned his own story). He then tried to prove that he could be an effective hero even WITHOUT the drugs in his system...











The series also was about Kingpin and Red Skull fighting over property. Some cool Bullseye stuff. Does anyone have a citation to prove that Gruenwald decided that they had given Frank Miller enough time to finish Elektra Returns so he just decided to use Bullseye? A few people told me that, but I have yet to see any sources. E-mail me at bcronin@comicbookresources.com.

43. "Sentinel of Liberty" Adventures of Captain America #1-4

Fabian Nicieza and Kevin Maguire, Kevin West, Joe Rubinstein and Terry Austin began this epic retelling of Cap's early days just in time for Marvel's celebration of Cap's 50th anniversary.

Check out these awesome Maguire pages (including an amusing screw-up by the letterer in one of the newspaper headlines)...









Go the next page for #42-39!

42. "Patriot" Captain America: Patriot #1-4

Karl Kesel, Mitch and Elizabeth Breitweiser told this excessively charming story of Jeff Mace, the hero known as the Patriot, who was one of the replacement Captain Americas that were introduced into continuity in What If...? #4.







Kesel really developed Mace well and used the time beautifully. And oh man, that artwork! STUNNING!

41. "Now, By My Hand, Shall Die a Villain" Avengers (Vol. 1) #15-16

Baron Zemo was responsible for the death of Bucky, as revealed in Avengers #4, and in Avengers #15 (by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Don Heck and Mike Esposito), Zemo paid the ultimate cost. I love how badass Cap is here...







The next issue is sort of a continuation (Dick Ayers now inking Kirby), as Cap and Rick Jones have to get back to the States, as the Avengers make a new lineup while Cap was away.

40. "Ultimatum" Captain America #321-322

Mark Gruenwald introduced a clever new villain - the anarchist villain, Flag-Smasher, and his anti-government organization, ULTIMATUM. Anyone care to recall what it stood for? Anyhow, Cap has to free some hostages that the group has taken, and he must go to extreme measures, as shown in this famous Mike Zeck cover...



Here's the actual scene, by Gruenwald, Paul Neary and John Beatty...







In the second part (it's weird how they make it sound like this was not a cliffhanger, right?), Cap takes down Flag-Smasher, but confounds him by showing him mercy!

39. "The Origin of the Red Skull" Tales of Suspense #66

Stan Lee, jack Kirby and Chic Stone came up with a brilliant origin for the Red Skull in this classic Silver Age tale...









What a simple, but powerful origin!

Go the next page for #38-36!

38. "Death Be Not Proud" Avengers (Vol. 1) #56

In this story by Roy Thomas, John Buscema and George Klein, Cap wants to find out if Bucky really died, so he and the Avengers go back in time - but just to observe! That part of the plan did not last long, and they end up inadvertently setting into motion the events that lead to Bucky's death (I mean, originally they were BOTH going to die, so this was an improvement, but still)...









It's weird how Cap wouldn't buy Bucky's death because all he saw was an explosion, but now he's sure Bucky is dead when that's STILL all he sees. Weird.

37. "America the Cursed" Captain America #281-283

This J.M. DeMattteis, Mike Zeck and John Beatty classic arc pitted Captain America against the Viper and the Constricter, but most famously gave Jack Monroe, the former bigoted Bucky to the bigoted Captain America of the 1950s, a new purpose in life as the new Nomad...









These issues were pretty hot there for a while when Nomad's series debuted. Oh man, I can't believe that there was a time when there was a speculator's market on the first appearance of Jack Monroe as Nomad!!

36. "The Riddle of the Red Skull!" Captain America Comics #1

The very first Red Skull makes his debut in the same issue that Captain America made HIS debut. Joe Simon and Jack Kirby came up with one of the great visuals of the Golden Age with the Skull, even though it really wasn't until the aforementioned Silver Age origin that the Red Skull really had a background to match his awesome visual....









Still, an incredibly historic comic book.