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What was the focus of Mark Gruenwald’s Captain America comics?

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During his decade-long tenure on the Captain America comic, Mark Gruenwald focused primarily on superheroics, often at the expense of Steve Rogers’s civilian persona. His run also introduced Diamondback, a character who served as a romantic interest and was portrayed as a sometime villain reminiscent of Catwoman.1