Captain America Vol 1 175

Redwing doesn't appear in this story
As would later be revealed in Avengers: Forever, Captain America did not immediately leave the White House after witnessing the suicide of Number One. Instead, while still in the Oval Office, Cap was plucked out of time and transported to the Blue Area of the Moon in a future time so that he, along with six other past and future Avengers who had also been removed from their own times, could assist Rick Jones during the Destiny War that was then being fought by Kang and Immortus. Once that war was over, Captain America was sent back to the moment from which he had been taken, but with his memories of the Destiny War suppressed so that what he had learned about the future would not disrupt his life.
After the conclusion of this issue and prior to Captain America #176, Steve Rogers is involved in a whirlwind of activity. Captain America visits Avengers Mansion, getting there shortly before Lou-Ann Savannah arrives to warn them about Thanos, resulting in Cap and the Avengers getting involved in the Thanos War in Captain Marvel #27-33 and Avengers #125. Then, in Avengers #126, he has a private conversation with Iron Man and Thor during which he reveals his intention to give up being Captain America but, when the team is soon afterwards attacked by Klaw and Solarr, he helps out without telling anyone else about his plans. Cap is still on the team when the Avengers fight Nuklo in Giant-Size Avengers #1. At some point, after learning from accidental time traveler Tarin about her future Earth where humanity has been conquered by the Brotherhood of Badoon, Captain America, the Thing and Sharon Carter all travel back to the future with Tarin on a 24-hour scouting mission in Marvel Two-In-One #4-5.
This issue marks the first time readers get to see how Gabe Jones defeated Number Nine and the original remaining members of the Secret Empire by infiltrating the inner circle. The flashback scene takes place during Tales to Astonish #83 right after Number Nine betrayed the rest of the inner circle.

Continuity Errors[]

During the flashback and recap scenes featuring the previous Secret Empire the clothing they wear should be colored red but is instead colored purple like the current iteration seen in this issue and previous issues starting with Captain America #173.

Publication Notes[]

This issue contains a Series "A" Marvel Value Stamp: Vol 1 77 - The Swordsman
This issue is the trade paperback Secret Empire.
This issue contains a letters page, Let's Rap With Cap. Letters are published from Rick Keefe, Alan Markowitz, David J. Belles, Mike Cruden, and Charles Boatner.

Trivia

This tale of a high-ranking government official involved in a villainous plot closely parallels the timeline of Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal. So much so that the letters page in Captain America #173 attempted to distance itself from that ongoing scandal by noting this current plotline, which began in issue Vol 1 169, was conceived around Christmas of 1972, over a year earlier. According to writer Steve Englehart, his intention was for Number One to be then-president Richard Nixon.
The letters page also contains an ad for a 35 Cent priced Giant-Size Super-Teams #1 featuring the Defenders that was never published. Instead, Marvel decided to publish the 50 Cent Giant-Size Defenders #1 which apparently contained a different story.

Links and References

The Unofficial Marvel Value Stamps Site [1]
The Grand Comics Database: Captain America Vol 1 175 [2]
Grand Comics Database: Captain America Covers [3]

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Captain America Vol 1 175

Appearing in "...Before the Dawn!"

Synopsis for "...Before the Dawn!"

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