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 →
This collection, published on the first anniversary of September 11, featured a number of new stories celebrating Captain America (and, by extension, America itself, I would assume), plus reprinting similar stories from Captain America (vol. 3) #50 (including the tale of his "death"). To be honest, they are a mixed bag, some being more parody... Continue Reading →
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 →
With these two issues—the first half of the "World Trust" storyline—we see a new writer for Avengers, Geoff Johns, who soon afterwards will become a mainstay at DC Comics on titles such as Infinite Crisis, JSA, and Green Lantern. This storyline casts a welcome spotlight on Sam Wilson, but also spends a lot of time... Continue Reading →
This issues wraps up the first half of the first arc of the fourth volume of Captain America, which began with our hero reacting to the tragic events of September 11, 2001, before moving several months ahead to another incident in the town of Centerville, which we learn in this issue is the location of... Continue Reading →
This issue launches the fourth volume of Captain America, this one under the Marvel Knights imprint, which by this point had already featured groundbreaking re-imaginings of Daredevil and Black Panther. The intent was to ground the stories of Captain America more firmly in the real world—and nothing was more current in the United States of... Continue Reading →
This post covers four out of the six issues of The Order, a miniseries focused on the original Defenders (Doctor Strange, Silver Surfer, Namor, and the Hulk) as well as other heroes associated with the team over the years. When the series begins, the Defenders Four have broken bad, claiming to be Earth's unwilling and resentful... Continue Reading →
These three issues of Avengers wrap up the Kang Dynasty storyline that began in issue #41. In issue #49, the Earth—and the Avengers, represented by the Wasp—surrendered to Kang, but the team has not finished fighting, especially after Captain America learned of the surrender at the end of issue #50. Also, we have two pages... Continue Reading →
One long month since his untimely passing—as previewed in that very comic—Captain America returns to the land of the living in the Dead Men Running miniseries. These three issues deal with a group of soldiers trapped with a bunch of children in the Colombian jungle on a mysterious mission, as narrated by Sergeant Solo, who... Continue Reading →
The fifth issue of the groundbreaking series Alias, which introduced former superhero and current private investigator Jessica Jones to the Marvel Universe, involves Captain America in an oblique but interesting way. It also introduces writer Brian Michael Bendis' take on the character he will start writing as an Avenger starting in 2004, and highlights the... Continue Reading →
THE VIRTUES OF CAPTAIN AMERICA 