Captain America #1 (Raw VF/NM) - Marvel Comics Second Printing Variant (J. Michael Straczynski / Jesús Saiz Cover 2023)

Expand your Marvel Captain America and landmark #1 key issue inventory with Captain America #1 (Second Printing Variant), published by Marvel Comics! Written by acclaimed writer J. Michael Straczynski (The Amazing Spider-Man, Thor), with interior and cover artwork by Jesús Saiz (Doctor Strange, Punisher) and colors by Matt Hollingsworth.

The top trade dress features the creator credits STRACZYNSKI ★ SAIZ ★ HOLLINGSWORTH above the iconic white and yellow CAPTAIN AMERICA title logo with red, white, and blue accent bars. The top left corner displays the red MARVEL logo, issue number 1, and legacy numbering LGY#751. The bottom left corner is explicitly labeled SECOND PRINTING alongside RATED T+, $5.99 US cover price, BONUS DIGITAL EDITION banner, and UPC barcode block.

The powerful cover illustration—crafted by Jesús Saiz—presents a young, pre-super soldier Steve Rogers in a fighting stance in a 1930s New York City alley, with a heroic, colossal spectral image of Captain America looming behind him with shield in hand against a golden sunset sky.

Launching a groundbreaking new era for Steve Rogers, Captain America #1 weaves past and present together as Steve fights to protect a local Brooklyn apartment building in the modern day while reflecting on his youth in the 1930s fighting American fascism before taking the Super-Soldier Serum.

This unslabbed raw comic issue is in top-tier collectible condition (estimated VF/NM 9.0 or better), featuring clean edges, sharp corners, a flat spine, and warm golden tones—making it an essential pickup for Captain America completionists, J. Michael Straczynski fans, second printing variant collectors, and Marvel milestone issue builders.