What If...?, Captain America

Publisher: Marvel
Price: $2.99
Cover date: February 2006
W: Tony Bedard
A: Carmine Di Giandomenico

Synopsis: Set during the US Civil War, a dying Stephen Rogers is reborn as Captain America and rises up to fight the racist White Skull.

Thoughts: Say what you will, but I've never hid my love for What If...?. So these annual fifth week events are a real treat for this fanboy, and this issue astounded me. Sure, the Civil War was oversimplified and the climax was rushed, but there's so much potential here. Much like What If...? (vol. 2) #105 spawned its own universe thanks to the wildly popular Spider-Girl, I can easily see this alternate version of Captain America doing the same thanks to the Civil War-era politics / history (alternate and factual) one can bring to the title and the Indian mysticism.