This issue launches a new storyline, "The Extremists," as Captain America begins a new life without a secret identity while uncovering more and more secrets within SHIELD. It also incorporates a perspective on the history of America that is too seldom mentioned in the comic that includes its name, but which is essential to appreciating... Continue Reading →
Avengers #63 and Iron Man #64 (March 2003)
These two issues, along with Thor (vol. 2) #58, comprise the "Standoff" storyline (not to be confused with 2016's "Standoff!" storyline that set the stage for the following year's "Secret Empire" event, which was thoroughly discussed in the updated edition of my book). Besides having some touching moments between Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor—not... Continue Reading →
Avengers #59-61 (December 2002-February 2003)
The first two of these three issues wrap up the "World Trust" storyline begun in the last two, in which massive portals have opened popped up around the world and swallowed world capitals, while the third serves both as an epilogue to that story and a preview of the next major storyline that begins in... Continue Reading →