Ahead of the country’s 250th anniversary next year, Marvel Comics is set to pay tribute to the founding of the United States with 1776, a five-part series from writer J. Michael Straczynski and artists Ron Lim and Sean Damien Hill which will see Captain America, Spider-Man, and other iconic Marvel heroes travelling back to the American Revolution to team with the likes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams to prevent history as we know it from being written.
“One of the (many) things that I like about the Marvel Universe is that it takes place in the real world, our world,” said Straczynski. “It’s New York, or Chicago, not some imaginary location. This also applies to our history, and the opportunity to view the events of 1776 through the lens of our characters, and to better understand the meaning of those events, and the sacrifices involved, was way too good to pass up. At a time when so much of American discourse has become factionalized, it is a good time to look back and see where this began, and what it still means today.”
Calamity strikes when a mysterious force dares to tamper with the sacred threads of history. Captain America and his formidable squad of Marvel heroes leap into action! Their mission? To safeguard the founding of the United States of America! The fate of the nation hangs in the balance at the dawn of the Revolution, as these valiant heroes must navigate the treacherous waters of the past to ensure a future that remains untarnished.
1776 #1 will go on sale on November 12th 2025.
