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Trade Paperback. Condizione: Fine. Wyman, M.C.; Marvel Various (illustratore). Assumed First Edition. This wasn't the first time he had walked away. Steve Rogers, A.K.A. Captain America, living Legend of World War II, had forsaken the red-white-and-blue attire in Captain America #176, written by "Stainless" Steve Englehart and penciled by "Our Pal" Sal Buscema. The year was 1974, and Richard Nixon had resigned the presidency due to the cover-up of the Watergate burglary. Faith in America's political institutions was starting to plunge. Englehart had just completed a powerful storyline in Captain America #175 wherein Cap confronted the leader of the evil Secret Empire in the White House's Oval Office itself. That unnamed leader was a man of high political standing. Rather than face the consequences, he committed suicide in front of a shocked Captain America. This revelation caused Rogers to reassess his costumed role, and he ultimately decided to give it up. This lasted until Captain America #180 when Steve assumed a new identity-as Nomad, the Man Without a Country!