On July 22, 2011, Steve Rogers becomes a movie star with the release of "Captain America: The First Avenger." But before that, Marvel's Star-Spangled Avenger celebrates seven decades of kicking butt in the name of liberty!

It's Cap's 70th anniversary and Marvel's preparing a major birthday bash for our favorite patriot. Check out the solicitations below and images to the left for details on five exciting specials coming in March starring Captain America, his friends and his foes, to commemorate this momentous occasion!

CAPTAIN AMERICA AND FALCON #1

Written by ROB WILLIAMS

Penciled by REBEKAH A. ISAACS

Cover by GREG TOCCHINI

Gatefold Cover by GREG TOCCHINI

AVENGER. ACTIVIST. HERO. The Falcon has always bridged two worlds that need to be saved. When an old friend's son falls in with gang violence, Sam Wilson must confront his past to save a boy's future -- but even a superhero can't save everyone. Rob Williams (GHOST RIDER) and Rebekah Isaacs (DV8, MS.
MARVEL) bring you a story of redemption, humanity and
heroism in the Mighty Marvel Manner!

40 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ ...$3.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE FIRST THIRTEEN #1

Written by KATHRYN IMMONEN

Penciled by RAMÓN PEREZ

Cover by GREG TOCCHINI

Peggy Carter. She’s enigmatic and beautiful, a woman with a mission. She’s a pistol... with a pistol. She’s all-American, just like Cap. She‘s prepared to sacrifice all, just like Cap. And she’s ready to double cross him if she has to, when she has to. Disguises and despair, guns and glory. It’s a tale of amour and honor in WWII France. She’s Cap’s first love and she’s going to make a lasting impression... even if it kills him!

40 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ ...$3.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA AND CROSSBONES #1

Written by WILLIAM HARMS

Penciled by DECLAN SHALVEY

Cover by GREG TOCCHINI

Cap's assassin stars in his own horrific comic! When a monstrous virus overtakes an isolated island, the skull-faced psychopath is unleashed to rescue the one person who may deliver resistance to the terrifying outbreak. But can the man who shot Captain America be trusted to do the right thing? Writer William Harms (Impaler) and artist Declan Shalvey (Thunderbolts) deliver the twisted answer in this extra-sized shocker!

40 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ ...$3.99 

CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BATROC #1

Written by KIERON GILLEN

Penciled by RENATO ARLEM

Cover by GREG TOCCHINI

The phone rings. The voice speaks. They want you to fight Captain America. Again. The man who beat you before. The man who you know will beat you again. What can you say? You say “Yes”. Batroc: Traceur shows why and takes you every step of the road he walks. It's time to meet the man behind the greatest moustache in the Marvel
 Universe. Yeah, Stark. You heard.

40 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ …$3.99 

CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE SECRET AVENGERS #1

Written by KELLY SUE DECONNICK

Pencils & Cover by GREG TOCCHINI

Steve Rogers’ black ops femme fatales go on the hunt for a rogue assassin! The Black Widow & Agent 13 join forces to stop an under-aged assassin from taking her revenge on a killer of a headmistress. Fierce fisticuffs, death-defying duels and good ol’ fashioned espionage ensue as everything comes to a head in the Big Apple where the gals go in guns blazin' against…teenaged versions of themselves?!

40 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+…$3.99