Captain America will return to his military roots for the upcoming Marvel cosmic event series, Empyre.
Empyre: Captain America is a three-issue miniseries by writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson and artist Ariel Olivetti, and features the Sentinel of Liberty fighting alongside the U.S. military and everyday civilians to stop an alien invasion.
“As an active duty soldier, having the opportunity to write Captain America is a TREMENDOUS honor," Johnson said in a statement. "Cap is the truest representation of the Army values all soldiers strive to live by, and now it's my responsibility to get him right for all the Cap fans, but ESPECIALLY for the veterans and active duty service members who want to feel that pride, kinship and camaraderie anytime they see Steve Rogers on the page."
"In the Empyre: Captain America miniseries, Cap faces a global invasion that is simply too big for the Avengers to handle alone, and it falls to him to not only get the U.S. military behind him, but to unite military forces all around the world," he added. "Instead of his usual crew of gods, legends, and superheroes, we'll see him getting muddy and bloody alongside ordinary soldiers and civilians who stand to lose everything, and who need a leader like Captain America to bring them together.”
The cover by Mike Henderson and solicitation for Empyre: Captain America #1 can be found below.
EMPYRE: CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 (OF 3)
- Written by PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON
- Art by ARIEL OLIVETTI
- COVER by MIKE HENDERSON
- The invasion has made landfall! Captain America stands on the front lines – but when the threat goes global even he won’t be enough to stem the tides! Will Captain America be able to find allies willing to fight alongside him – or will he fall in the face of this intergalactic incursion?
Empyre: Captain America #1 goes on sale in May from Marvel Comics.