Sharon Carter history, 1975-1984

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Captain America 184 [ 15 16 17 18 ]
"Cap’s Back"
Writer: Steve Englehart
Penciller: Herb Trimpe
Inker: Frank Giacoia
Letterer: Tom Orzechowski
Colorist: George Roussos
Editor: Len Wein
On Sale Date: January 14, 1975

15 – Steve goes to the Carter mansion, where Smithers informs him that Sharon isn’t home.

16 – He asks to wait, wanting to explain in person why he’s become Captain America again. Just then, Sharon walks up with Dave Cox. Sharon asks Dave if she and Cap can have a moment alone, and he says he has to get home anyway. Alone, Steve explains that he had to do this. Sharon, not getting to do that anymore because her job was getting in the way of their relationship, isn’t thrilled, saying she was a fool to think he’d change.

17 – Steve has loved Sharon since he first met her, but he wonders if love is enough to sustain them.

18 – Steve apologizes to Peggy about how he talked to her. (Note: This is the issue where Peggy state’s she’s 47, and that her and Steve’s fling was 30 years ago. So make of that what you will.)


Captain America 185 [ 16 17 ]
"Scream the Scarlet Skull"
Writer: Steve Englehart
Penciller: Frank Robbins
Inker: Frank Giacoia
Letterer: Tom Orzechowski
Colorist: Stan Goldberg
Editor: Len Wein
On Sale Date: February 11, 1975

16 – Sharon is at Dave Cox’s cabin, talking over her relationship with Steve. She thanks him for listening to something that’s only of interest to her. He tells her that’s what friends are for, and to hang tight and see if Steve gets tired of his new job. Sharon doubts it.

17 – She falls asleep while leaning against Dave, who is in love with her.


Captain America 186 [ 4 10 11 ]
"Mind Cage"
Writer: Steve Englehart
Penciller: Frank Robbins
Inker: Michael Esposito
Letterer: Dave Hunt
Colorist: Michele Wolfman
Editor: Len Wein
On Sale Date: March 11, 1975

4 – The Skull recaps when he switched bodies with Steve and not even Sharon could believe they’d switched.

10 – Sharon’s horse-riding on her estate and thinking that this time would be so much worse if she didn’t have Dave Cox to talk to. She sees Dave, who tells her he’s leaving.

11 – They say good-bye with Dave not telling her that he’s leaving so he doesn’t make a play for her.


Defenders 26 [ 15 ]
"Savage Time"
Writer: Steve Gerber
Penciller: Sal Buscema
Inker: Vince Colletta
Letterer: Karen Mantlo (Pocock)
Colorist: Irene Vartanoff
Editor: Len Wein
On Sale Date: May 20, 1975

15 – Flashback to Marvel Two-In-One 5, with Sharon, fighting to save humanity in the future alongside Steve and Ben Grimm.


Captain America 201 [ 7 ]
"The Night People"
Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Frank Giacoia
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Phil Rachelson
Editor: Jack Kirby
On Sale Date: June 8, 1976

7 – Sam calls Leila from a hotel, where he’s staying on assignment with Steve, and Steve keeps telling him to ask Leila about Sharon from the bath.


Captain America 202 [ 10 11 12 ]
"Mad, Mad Dimension"
Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Frank Giacoia
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: George Roussos
Editor: Jack Kirby
On Sale Date: July 13, 1976

10 – Sharon calls Steve after finding out he and Sam are back in town, asking when she’ll see him. He tells her not anytime soon – something serious has come up. Sam and Leila are missing! Sharon thinks they’ll never get a chance to simply be human and do human things, and Steve tells her he doesn’t need adding her guilt to their problems.

11 – He tells her to cool down, and she says she’s done being stiff upper-lipped and hangs up. She knows any girl would be happy to take her place because it could mean being with Captain America, but she’d be happy if he retired.

12 – Steve thinks Sharon was right to put him down.


Captain America 204 [ 6 7 10 11 ]
"The Unburied One"
Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Frank Giacoia
Letterer: Gaspar Saladino
Colorist: Janice Cohen
Editor: Jack Kirby
On Sale Date: September 14, 1976

6 – Sharon drives Steve from SHIELD’s psychiatric ward, where he’s left Sam and Leila. She tries to bring him out of his depression, but he refuses to cheer up, saying she’d be depressed, too, if she saw Sam and Leila in that place. She tells him that they were victims of the hero business – he will be, too, sooner or later. He doesn’t want to talk about it, though. Eventually, she stops the car so they can enjoy the sun and being human. She keeps trying to cheer him up, while he talks about how Captain America can’t really afford to enjoy simply being human, and yeah, she would have passed him up before the serum just like the Army did.

7 – She tells him she would have snapped him up before anyone else got the chance, they make out, and she urges him to retire again. He asks who would take his place, and Sharon says that his replacement can handle it. It could have been her and Steve in the psychiatric ward, not Sam and Leila. He tells her that that’s why he has to keep going but won’t elaborate. She storms off, and now that she’s walking away, he’s ready to explain.

10 – Steve is convinced that Sharon will call.

11 – Steve thinks that Sharon needs to learn to respect his views as well as her own (the ones he didn’t actually explain beyond “I have to keep doing this”). If Sharon wants Steve, she has to have Captain America, too. She’s got to consider that! The phone rings, and he thinks it’s Sharon, having had time to think about it. I guess now that she’s had more time to consider his argument, she’ll be easier to work things out with.


Captain America 206 [ 2 3 6 7 11 12 13 14 Letter ]
"Face to Face with the Swine"
Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Frank Giacoia
Letterer: James R. Novak
Colorist: Petra Scotese (Goldberg)
Editor: Jack Kirby
On Sale Date: November 9, 1976

2 – Steve alludes to how hard the hero life is on the people in their lives, and the doctor tells him Leila and Falcon have seen the worse. Steve tells him he was actually talking about Sharon, but the doctor is dismissive again and says true love will surmount any trial. He then kicks them out of the hospital.

3 – On the flight back home, Sam asks what Steve’s thinking about. Sharon! Leila tells him that Sharon is just as crazy about the team as she is, but Sam insists that Sharon is down on the superhero business. Steve says Sharon will come around – a few laughs will do it. Sam and Leila want to go dancing, but Steve tells them he’ll need them to come with him first – to Sharon’s. Because he’ll need them for support.

6 – The four of them go out to dinner, where Sharon’s attitude toward the superhero business continues.

7 – The waiter, Felix, is attacked. Sharon begs Steve and Sam not to get involved; they ignore her.

11 – Steve and Sharon go to her place after the date. Sam and Leila offer to stay and help smooth things over, but Steve declines. He walks her to her place, telling Sharon that she should calm down. She tells him that Steve and Sam are too trouble-prone, and he says they’re going to go upstairs and find out exactly where they stand. They’re so busy arguing that they don’t realize they’re being followed.

12 – Upstairs, Sharon tells him she’s tried to show him the damage his super-heroing is doing to their lives, but he thinks that she should be happy that he loves her just as much as he ever did. He’s dedicated to being Cap – she needs to help him, not fight him! She tells him that she’s fighting his ego, that he loves battle and war. He insists that he only goes into battle when he’s needed. Fortunately, they’re being gassed, so this won’t last much longer.

13 – Sharon and Steve pass out, and the men who beat up the waiter come in… and find that Steve is wearing his costume and shield under his clothes.

14 – Sam has a bad feeling and wants to call Steve, but Leila convinces him to let Steve and Sharon iron out their differences.

Letter – Ann Nichols of Arizona wants to know if Jack Kirby will resolve the Sharon and Steve breaking up thing. The response tells her to keep reading – that Sharon is just as bombastic as ever, and the subplot is in the process of being resolved.


Captain America 207 [ 7 11 Letter ]
"Face to Face with the Swine"
Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Frank Giacoia
Letterer: James R. Novak
Colorist: Petra Scotese (Goldberg)
Editor: Jack Kirby
On Sale Date: November 9, 1976

7 – Leila and Sam help Sharon come to. She smells gas, and Sam says some of it is still in the apartment. Sharon is having trouble shaking it off, and Leila and Sam realize that Steve has been kidnapped.

11 – Sam is at a SHIELD regional office, trying to find Steve when Leila comes in. Sharon is in the hospital, blaming herself for what happened to Steve. She’ll have to stay in the hospital for a few days.

Letter – Larry Twiss of Pennsylvania writes, “After many long letters requesting her presence and almost a year of waiting, we are finally privileged to see Sharon Carter within these pages. Quite frankly, I am surprised at how well that scene came off. Not only did Jack remember the sub-plot wherein Sharon dislikes Steve’s activities as Cap, but he handied it quite well. Hopefully, this will not be the last time that we see her. Jack should involve her every month, and we should see some progress along this storyline as Sharon and Cap come to face their difficulties.” I’d say Larry is me in a past life, but then he talks about how Sharon and Steve should break up, so… no. Larry is not me in a past life. Glad Marvel didn’t listen. (Thank you, especially, Mr. Ed Brubaker.


Captain America 209 [ 6 7 8 ]
"Arnim Zola - the Bio-Fanatic"
Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Frank Giacoia
Letterer: James R. Novak
Colorist: George Roussos
Editor: Jack Kirby
On Sale Date: February 8, 1977

6 – The director of SHIELD’s regional office has been sent by Nick Fury himself to check on Sharon’s health. Leila tells him Sharon would be up in a second if he brought news of Cap. Sam is missing, too, and Sharon tells the director that Fury’s machine is cold and efficient and understands nothing of love between men and women. He tells her it knows about File 116 – and so does Sharon!

7 – He gives her the file and tells her she’s joining the case. She reminds him that she’s no longer an agent. Leila tells him off; he insists they need every available hand on the job, and he’s putting an agent to work. Sharon is already reading the file. She asks if the photos of the monsters are real, and it seems like she’s getting excited. Leila realizes that they’re about to lose another one.

8 – Sharon and Leila argue about her going on the mission (note: Sharon is now officially out of bed). The director tells Sharon he expects her at the office for her instructions. Leila tells her to tell him off, but Sharon says she’ll do what SHIELD expects of her… as soon as she gets a new hair-do. The director says to send him the bill.


Captain America 210 [ Cover 10 11 16 17 ]
"Showdown Day"
Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker/Letterer: Mike W. Royer
Colorist: George Roussos
Editor: Jack Kirby
On Sale Date: March 8, 1977

Cover – Sharon’s is one of the floating heads on the cover.

10 – Sharon and her new hair-do report for duty. The regional director compliments her, and she tells him that takes care of the sweet talk – now let’s get to hard facts! He has a lead for her – the person making the monsters has to get the money from somewhere. He gives her a book with their notes and explains that she’ll get his name and photo when she’s airborne. She says she must fly, then, mustn’t she, and heads out.

11 – She takes off in a jet-copter. She puts it on automatic to get her briefing from the regional director and finds out the man she’s after is Cyrus Fenton. He’s incredibly rich and likes weird things, like making monsters. The director sends her a photo of Fenton, who she thinks looks like a dear. He urges her to treat him with caution.

16 – Zola tells the Red Skull that he’s got Captain America and his female companion in custody. The Skull sees that he’s got a jet-copter about to land on his grounds and realizes he’s got a visitor from SHIELD. He tells Zola they’ll see each other tomorrow and puts on his disguise.

17 – Sharon and the Skull, as Fenton, greet each other at the door. He invites her inside; she accepts.


Captain America 211 [ 11 12 13 ]
"Nazi X"
Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker/Letterer: Mike W. Royer
Colorist: Glynis Wein (Oliver)
Editor: Jack Kirby
On Sale Date: April 12, 1977

11 – Sharon questions “Cyrus Fenton” in his office. During the interrogation, she messes with his face. Er, mask.

12 – She realizes it’s a mask and pulls it off, and the Red Skull reveals that he stole Fenton’s identity – and money – and Fenton is no more!

13 – She shoots him with an electric pistol, as one does. She also suggests he cooperate, or she can up the level, and he agrees to comply… then mentions that he has Captain America in his hands. She doubts him and demands to be taken to him, and he agrees to take her, so long as she doesn’t alert SHIELD.


Captain America 212 [ 4 5 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ]
"The Face of a Hero"
Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker/Letterer: Mike W. Royer
Colorist: Petra Scotese (Goldberg)
Editor: Jack Kirby
On Sale Date: May 10, 1977

4 – On the way there, Sharon tells the Skull she’s surprised he’s acting like a gentleman. He tells her that surprise is his more favored tactic. They discuss that they’re both holding up their end of the bargain, but Sharon reminds him that she’s fully armed. The Skull, who has already called her his “dear Sharon,” muses that he regrets that the Nazi philosophy excludes the strength of women.

5 – They head toward Castle Zola in the Alps and vaguely recap the plot from their respective viewpoints. He tells her that Captain America is aiding in their monster experiments, but she refuses to believe it.

11 – Sharon arrives just in time to kill a monster attacking Donna Maria, and she gives Steve a hug. He asks if that’s her.

12 – Donna Maria says he’s blind. Which… yep. That he is. The Skull boasts, Steve recognizes the voice, Sharon recaps how she got there and pulls a gun on the Skull, who tells her that only a Nazi would pull that trigger. She isn’t so sure, but Steve says he’ll handle the skunk.

13 – The Skull punches Steve, who can’t see to defend himself. Sharon threatens to hold the Skull legally accountable for all his crimes, which impresses no one, and then there’s an earthquake.

14 – She grabs Steve and orders him and Donna Maria to run as Castle Zemo explodes, but they’re quickly separated. He orders them to save themselves and don’t look back.

15 – The Skull grabs Steve and says that if they don’t look back, they won’t see his final moments. And then the Skull is crushed by a tower.

16 – Sharon and Donna Maria go to his side. They’re soon helped by SHIELD reinforcements.

17 – Turns out Sharon didn’t tell SHIELD – she just activated a homing device and let them take it from there. They depart from the castle so Steve can get help and Sharon can write her report.


Captain America 213 [ 5 ]
"The Night Flyer"
Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Daniel Green
Letterer: Joseph Rosen
Colorist: George Roussos
Editor: Jack Kirby
On Sale Date: June 7, 1977

5 – Steve tells Sam that he thinks they’re life is hard on Sharon, Leila, and Donna Maria.


Captain America 215 [ 16 ]
"The Way It Really Was"
Writer: Roy Thomas
Penciller: George Tuska
Inker: Pablo Marcos
Letterer: Joseph Rosen
Colorist: George Roussos
Editor: Roy Thomas
On Sale Date: August 10, 1977

16 – Another flashback to Captain America #156, where Sharon, Steve, and Sam fought William Burnside and Jack Monroe. Steve says he’s fought alongside Sharon and Samever since.


Captain America 217 [ 16 17 ]
"The Search for Steve Rogers"
Writers: Roy Thomas, Don Glut
Penciller: John Buscema
Inker: Pablo Marcos
Letterer: Denise Wohl (Vladimer)
Colorist: Phil Rachelson
Editor: Roy Thomas
On Sale Date: October 11, 1977

16 – Steve tells Sharon over the phone that he wants to take a break from their relationship. There are some things he has to work out, and he won’t be pleasant to be around for a while. Going outside, he sees Sharon being attacked, and, though he quickly realizes it isn’t actually Sharon, he jumps in to defend the woman.

17 – Sharon, hoping to work things out in person, sees him kissing the other woman (she’s kissed him out of gratitude). She walks away, berating herself for not realizing Steve was trying to dump her. Steve sees her and calls to her but is quickly pulled away by the other woman, Veda.


Captain America 218 [ 5 6 ]
"One Day in Newfoundland"
Writer: Don Glut
Penciller: Sal Buscema
Inker: Michael Esposito
Inker: John Tartaglione
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: George Roussos
Editor: Roy Thomas
On Sale Date: November 8, 1977

5 – Veda makes another move on Steve. Iron Man (Tony Stark) walks in, sees her from behind, and greets her as Sharon. Veda doesn’t appreciate that at all, and Tony thinks that when he saw an attractive blonde, he automatically thought it was Sharon. He also thought Sharon Carter was Cap’s lady.

Meanwhile, Sharon is at SHIELD, trying to figure out what Steve is up to. She bumps into Nick, who tells her Steve isn’t there, but she’s looking for Sam. He sends her to the gym.

6 – Sharon thinks Steve might have told Sam something to explain Steve’s actions. She interrupts a SHIELD super-agents workout, and when he sees that Sharon’s down, he offers to hear her out. Sharon fills him in, but he refuses to believe that Steve was trying to dump her. No matter what Sharon saw, Sam is confident that Steve loves her. Sharon isn’t sure she can believe that.


Captain America 231 [ 9 13 14 16 17 ]
"Aftermath"
Writer: Roger McKenzie
Penciller: Sal Buscema
Inker: Don David Perlin
Letterer: Tom Orzechowski
Colorist: Bob Sharen
Editor: Roger Stern
On Sale Date: December 5, 1978

9 – In Sharon’s first appearance in over a year, her appearance is set up by Steve thinking about how they have plenty to talk about and he should find her.

13 – As Cap, he finds Peggy, who tells him that she that she thinks Sharon is in danger. She doesn’t know what, and she can’t get any straight answers from SHIELD. She’s worried Sharon is tied up with something to do with the National Force.

14 – Peggy tells him that Sharon was at one of the rallies a couple nights ago, where Sharon and another agent were acting as SHIELD liaisons to the police. As things threatened to escalate, the agents decided to call in support, but a rally broke out before they could.

16 – Sharon and the other agent are affected by the flames and join the riot.

17 – Cap sends Peggy away. If Sharon’s in danger, he doesn’t want Peggy threatened, too.


Captain America 231 [ 2 8 17 Letter ]
"The Flame and the Fury"
Writer: Roger McKenzie
Penciller: Sal Buscema
Inker: Don David Perlin
Letterer: Elaine Heinl
Colorist: George Roussos
Editor: Roger Stern
On Sale Date: January 9, 1979

2 – Steve goes to defend Peggy before the National Force can finish her off. One of his thoughts is how Sharon has disappeared while investigating the National Force for SHIELD.

8 – Steve worries that Sharon has fallen into the hands of the National Force. He knows they’ll use his relationship with her against him, even though he isn’t really sure where their relationship stands – it’s been a while since he saw her (after letting her think he was kissing someone else and had maybe dumped her). But he’s got to go on for Sharon, and Peggy.

17 – He finds Sharon in a National Force outfit and finds himself in the middle of a race war.

Letter – Charles David Haskell of New York writes that he’s glad to see that Sharon Carter will return soon. The reply does not mention Sharon.


Captain America 233 [ Cover 1 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 14 15 17 ]
"Cross Fire"
Writer: Roger McKenzie
Penciller: Sal Buscema
Inker: Don David Perlin
Letterer: Rick L. Parker
Colorist: Nelson Yomtov
Editor: Roger Stern
On Sale Date: February 6, 1979

Cover – Sharon, dressed in a National Force uniform, holds a gun on Cap. She declares, “Our ‘love’ is over, Cap! The Grand Director says you must die!”

1 – Steve stands between people with the National Force – seemingly including Sharon – and the Black New Yorkers they’re trying to kill.

3 – Sharon orders the National Force to attack.

4 – Steve sees Sharon in the fight, shooting people with a National Force gun, and realizes that he has to get her out of there.

5 – He’s attacked and loses Sharon in the crowd.

6 – He tries to find Sharon but is stopped by the military, which has arrived to put the area under martial law.

8 – Captured National Force members press a button on their belts and burn to death. Steve tries to find out if Sharon was among them.

9 – To find out if Sharon is really dead, he has to go after National Force.

10 – He recaps how we got here.

14 – Steve goes to the office of “Dr. Rogers” and gets the nurse’s attention. She turns and pulls a machine gun on him – It’s Sharon! He disarms her.

15 – He realizes Sharon is an LMD. He takes her apart (For Sharon!) and continues on his way.

17 – He faces Faustus and declares that he wants Sharon and Peggy. As he loses consciousness, he thinks of Sharon.


Captain America 235 [ 1 9 ]
"To Stalk the Killer Skies"
Writer: Roger McKenzie
Penciller: Sal Buscema
Inker: Jack Abel
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Roger Slifer
Editor: Roger Stern
On Sale Date: April 10, 1979

1 – Steve faces down Faustus with Daredevil – on the list of Faustus’s crimes are Faustus’s responsibility for the disappearance of the woman Steve loves.

9 – Faustus was behind the National Force, and Steve wonders if he twisted Sharon’s mind just for revenge. Steve doesn’t even know if Sharon is alive or not.


Captain America 236 [ 11 ]
"Death Dive"
Plotter: Roger McKenzie
Scripter: Michael L. Fleisher
Penciller: Sal Buscema
Inker: Don David Perlin
Letterer: James R. Novak
Colorist: Ben Sean
Editor: Roger Stern
On Sale Date: May 8, 1979

11 – Faustus boasts to Peggy that it was his mind gas that turned Sharon against Captain America.


Captain America 237 [ Cover 3 4 6 ]
"From the Ashes..."
Plotter: Chris S. Claremont
Scripter: Roger McKenzie
Penciller: Sal Buscema
Inker: Don David Perlin
Letterer: Elaine Heinl
Colorist: George Roussos
Editor: Roger Stern
On Sale Date: June 12, 1979

Cover – The cover has a note saying the issue includes the tragic fate of Sharon Carter.

3 – Katie Burns of CBS News approaches Cap and tells him she believes she knows what happened to Sharon Carter. In the note, we get a recap of events regarding Sharon, the woman Steve loves. She shows him news footage they got of several National Force members committing mass suicide – including Sharon.

4 – He asks them to rerun the footage, and the news crew realize it’s Sharon and give him time alone as he weeps and confirms that it’s Sharon.

6 – Steve has disappeared, and Sam informs the Avengers that SHIELD told him that Sharon is dead. Carol asks who that is, and Vision says Sharon is “a… close friend” of Steve’s. Steve shows up and announces he’s got a job as a commercial artist now.


Captain America 242 [ 3 4 5 6 11 12 13 ]
"Facades"
Writer: Steven D. Grant
Penciller: Don David Perlin
Inker: Joe Sinnott
Letterer: Clem Robins
Colorist: George Roussos
Editor: Roger Stern
On Sale Date: November 13, 1979

3 – Muldoon, former Cowled Commander, has hired the Manipulator to kill Captain America. The Manipulator has an android of Peggy accuse Steve of letting her sister, Sharon, die at the hands of the National Force.

4 – Steve tries to reason with Peggy, but Peggy insists that Steve let Sharon die, wanted Sharon to die, and for that, she’ll kill someone close to Steve – the Falcon!

5 – Android!Peggy turns Sam to dust and taunts Steve, telling him that now he knows how she felt when Sharon died, and soon he’ll know how Sharon felt! Steve, though, doesn’t believe that Peggy would be so overcome with grief over Sharon’s death that she’d go mad. Which… given that Sharon and Steve were so careful to protect Peggy’s mental state before, worried about what the mere knowledge of their relationship might do to her, is kind of amusing. Peggy fires; he uses the shield to reflect the shot.

6 – Peggy dies; Fury shows up and says Cap wanted to wipe out the Carter family, and now he has!

11 – Sharon is now supposedly a captive of the Skull’s. “Sharon” begs him to help her and says she’d almost given up hope.

12 – He frees Sharon, who suddenly becomes fearful and accuses him of bringing death to the people he loves. He loves her, and so she is doomed! And then she sets herself on fire.

13 – Steve is seemingly overcome by watching Sharon die a second time.


Captain America 251 [ 3 4 11 12 ]
"The Mercenary and the Madman"
Writer: Roger Stern
Penciller: John L. Byrne
Inker: Josef Rubinstein
Letterer: James R. Novak
Colorist: Bob Sharen
Editor: Jim Salicrup
On Sale Date: August 12, 1980

3 – Steve reflects on his life, and how Sharon was the loveliest SHIELD agent he ever worked alongside. They were close for such a short time in the big picture. Her death still hurts. She was the one true love in his second life of his. He’ll never forget her! Sharon appears as a floating head in the background.

4 – But he can’t spend the rest of his life mourning. Sharon wouldn’t want that.

11 – Bernie Rosenthal finds a photo of Steve hugging Sharon and hopes that the pretty blonde is his sister.

12 – Steve explains that Sharon was a very close, very dear… friend. They talked about getting married, but their careers always got in the way. She died recently. Bernie thinks Sharon must have meant a lot to him.


Captain America 261 [ 8 ]
"Celluloid Heroes"
Writer: J. Mark DeMatteis
Penciller: Mike Zeck
Inker: Frank McLaughlin
Letterer: James R. Novak
Colorist: Don Warfield
Editor: Jim Salicrup
On Sale Date: June 2, 1981

8 – Callback to Captain America #176 when Sharon, Sam, Iron Man, Thor, and some (unpictured) other Avengers watched Steve quit being Cap.


Captain America 262 [ 3 ]
"Death of a Legend?"
Writer: J. Mark DeMatteis
Penciller: Mike Zeck
Inker: Frank McLaughlin
Letterer: James R. Novak
Letterer: Rick L. Parker
Colorist: Bob Sharen
Editor: Jim Salicrup
On Sale Date: July 7, 1981

8 – Callback to Captain America #176 when Sharon, Sam, Iron Man, Thor, and some (unpictured) other Avengers watched Steve quit being Cap. This time from behind!


Marvel Team-Up 128 [ 2 ]
"Sweet Temptation"
Writer: J. Mark DeMatteis
Penciller: Kerry Gammill
Inker: Michael Esposito
Letterer: Joseph Rosen
Colorist: Glynis Wein (Oliver)
Editor: Thomas P. DeFalco
On Sale Date: January 18, 1983

2 – Bernie mentions love while on a date, and Steve remembers Sharon. Since her death, he’s been reticent about matters of the heart.


Captain America 293 [ 7 10 11 12 ]
"Field of Vision"
Writer: J. Mark DeMatteis
Penciller: Paul Neary
Inker: Eduardo Barreto
Letterer: Diana Albers
Colorist: Bob Sharen
Editor: Mark Gruenwald
On Sale Date: January 31, 1984

7 – Steve goes to Dave Cox to talk about Sharon.

10 – Dave mentions that Cap wrote him about Sharon’s death, but he can’t find the word to say how he felt about the news.

11 – Steve says Dave knew Sharon almost as well as Steve did in the short time Sharon and Dave became friends; Sharon opened up to Dave. Dave admits he was in love with Sharon, but knew he’d never have a chance so long as Steve was around. Steve or Cap, Sharon would never have room in her heart for another man.

12 – They brush over how Dave easily figured out Steve’s identity, and Steve talks about how after Sharon died, he thought about her constantly and would cry about her almost ever week. But he met someone knew, and there were days he didn’t think of Sharon at all. But now that he’s thinking of marriage and raising a family, he’s thinking of Sharon again. Dave says that as much as he loved Sharon, he moved on, and Steve can, too.



Sharon Carter's History

Info Post

Part 1
Tales of Suspense #75 - Captain America Vol 1 #453

Part 2
Captain America Vol 1 #454 - Captain America Vol 4 #32

Part 3
Captain America Vol 5 #1 - Fear Itself #3

Part 4
Captain America Vol 6 #1 - Captain America Vol 7 #25

Part 5
Sam Wilson: Captain America #1 - Sam Wilson: Captain America #6

Sources: Marvel wiki, Mike's Amazing World of Comics, and the comics themselves.