In this post we continue with the "Heroes Reborn" run of Avengers: In the first issue, the team found Thor trapped in amber, and in these four issues they face this reality's version of Kang and a new Hulk born from their old reality's Bruce Banner (split from the familiar Hulk in Onslaught: Marvel Universe... Continue Reading →
These four issues continue the "Heroes Reborn" run of Captain America, the background of which was reviewed in the post on the first issue. There, following the final battle with Onslaught, we meet Steve Rogers in a new reality, living in Philadelphia with a wife Peggy and a son Rick, and with no memory of... Continue Reading →
This issue marks a new volume of Avengers after the culmination of the Onslaught Saga brought an end to the first volume after 402 issues, most of which were covered here, starting with issue #4 in March 1964 (which reintroduced Captain America to the modern Marvel Universe). I discussed the background of the "Heroes Reborn"... Continue Reading →
After over 500 posts, I finally get to write about Captain America #1, thanks to the "Heroes Reborn" reboot that gave us new volumes of this title, Avengers, Iron Man, and Fantastic Four. (You'll no doubt remember that the first volume of Captain America began with #100 in April 1968, continuing the numbering of Tales... Continue Reading →
This is it, the culmination of the Onslaught Saga and the issue that leads to... well, let's not get ahead of ourselves. As with the first two installments of this story (here and here), Captain America serves mainly as field leader and—as emphasized in Avengers #402—supporter of morale among his fellow heroes and the population... Continue Reading →
Although these two comics were published in the middle of the Onslaught Saga, both take place slightly earlier—although the cover of Marvel Fanfare, which hypes the story as Captain America and the Falcon's "final adventure", does not bode well for the conclusion of that massive crossover storyline! Note also the George Pérez cover to the... Continue Reading →
This is the second post focused on the Onslaught Saga, which brings the Avengers, X-Men, and Fantastic Four together to battle Onslaught, an entity formed from the warped consciousnesses of Professor Xavier and Magneto, who plans to wipe out humanity for the sake of mutants. More important for us, the issue of Avengers covered here... Continue Reading →
This post covers the first month of the Onslaught event that spelled the end of the first volumes of many Marvel titles, including Captain America and Avengers, which were relaunched afterwards as part of the "Heroes Reborn" initiative (on which more soon). In the story itself, a psionic entity known as Onslaught, formed from the... Continue Reading →
This issue marks the end of the first volume of Captain America, which began with issue #100 in April 1968, continuing the numbering of Tales of Suspense, which Cap shared with Iron Man starting with issue #59 in November 1964. The story in this issue itself is a neat and tidy done-in-one, highlighting Captain America... Continue Reading →
The big 400th issue of Avengers is a celebration of the team's history, written by Mark Waid and penciled by Mike Wieringo, who had collaborated on a well-received Flash run (1993-1994) and would later produce a legendary Fantastic Four run (2002-2005) before Wieringo's untimely death in 2007. The anniversary issue is preceded by the final page of... Continue Reading →
THE VIRTUES OF CAPTAIN AMERICA 