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Captain America #9 Mark Bagley April Pool's Day Variant – Marvel Comics
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Captain America #9 – Mark Bagley April Pool’s Day Variant
The Star-Spangled Avenger gets the April Pool’s Day treatment — and Mark Bagley makes it look incredible. Captain America #9 arrives with one of Marvel’s most entertaining annual variant programs — the April Pool’s Day Variant — featuring the legendary artwork of Mark Bagley, one of Marvel’s most beloved and historically significant artists. Bagley’s clean, dynamic, and supremely confident line work — honed across decades of Marvel work including his record-breaking run on Amazing Spider-Man and his celebrated tenure on Ultimate Spider-Man — brings a joyful, kinetic energy to the April Pool’s Day concept that makes this variant as fun to look at as it is to own. Marvel’s April Pool’s Day variants have become one of the most anticipated and collectible annual programs in the publisher’s lineup — and a Bagley cover on Captain America is exactly the kind of pairing that makes the program special.
Whether you’re a dedicated Captain America reader completing your variant run, a Mark Bagley collector who grabs everything he touches, or a Marvel fan who looks forward to the April Pool’s Day program every year, this variant is a must-have.
- Title: Captain America
- Issue: #9
- Cover: Mark Bagley April Pool’s Day Variant
- Cover Artist: Mark Bagley
- Cover Series: April Pool’s Day
- Publisher: Marvel Comics
- Featured Character: Captain America / Steve Rogers
- Format: Single Issue / Comic Book / Ongoing Series
- Genre: Superhero / Action / Adventure
- Published Date: April 2026
- Available in Stores From Publisher: April 2026
- Condition: New, Unread
🛡️ Fun Fact: Captain America was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby and first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 in March 1941 — with his debut cover famously depicting Cap punching Adolf Hitler, which was published nearly a year before the United States entered World War II and generated both enormous public support and genuine threats against the creators, making it one of the most politically bold covers in comics history.
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