1. Captain America “The Sentinel of Liberty”Its been a lot of fun counting down my favorite Marvel characters to get to #1 and I hope all of you tuning in have enjoyed it - I know many have been reading so I’m certainly grateful for that. Well, here we are, and without further ado the #1 spot on my top-ten list is none other than Steve Rogers a.ka. Captain America!Anyone that knows me from the blog here, or from a couple of the other comic sites I frequent elsewhere, likely saw it coming a mile away but Captain America captured my imagination, struck a chord, and proved to be a more meaningful character for me than any other in comics and has been my favorite character since I began seriously collecting comics as a young teenager in the 80’s. Up until that point I had only had sparse contact with the character on shows like Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, and a reprint volume in my local public library, but when I began picking up his comic in the bookstores it took all of one story, two at most, to rocket Cap right to the top. What immediately impressed me about the character was the rock solid integrity that he possessed in the face of conflict, both moral and physical. He didn’t so much as flinch when he encountered a challenge and he took it one step further by literally awing his friends and opponents with his determination, and skill, in the face of seemingly impossible odds. His never-say-die attitude didn’t feel fake, but that he literally believed he was going to come out on top.It is man that faces impossible risks, and wins! - Captain AmericaWhether I knew it at the time, or not, that was just the kind of thing I needed to read about as a teenager and Cap really did play a huge role in helping to reinforce my ideal of what being a good, decent, human being was all about, things that my parents and grand-parents were striving to teach this young buck in real life. Funny enough, one of the criticisms Cap has received over the years was that so...