These two issues comprise the middle of a four-part storyline in Marvel Team-Up featuring Namor, the second of which features Captain America (with a brief appearance by him in the next). The story actually began in issue #6 in a team-up with Spider-Man, which was Namor's first appearance in the 616 Universe since he returned... Continue Reading →
In this issue of Wolverine, we find the title character in a bit of an existential crisis after a series of personal struggles and a decline in his mutant abilities, and he finds himself in an old-fashioned brawl with an old friend from World War II, Captain America. As with all good team-up stories, we... Continue Reading →
This issue is the latest entry in the proud Avengers tradition of "putting a team together" stories, which includes issues #151, #181, #211, #221, and #329 from volume 1 (all collected in the Avengers: I Am an Avenger trade paperback, with the current issue reprinted in the sequel). It's full of great character moments—beautifully illustrated... Continue Reading →
This is the first issue of the third volume of Avengers, following the return of the core of the team from the "Heroes Reborn" universe in what is also a wonderful return to form for the Avengers and the book, now in the hands of Kurt Busiek and George Pérez. (See editor Tom Brevoort's reflections... Continue Reading →
This post concludes this blog's coverage of "Heroes Reborn," the year during which Rob Liefeld and Jim Lee of Image Comics took over four Marvel titles in an attempt to make them "kewl" and "Xtreme," only to see the initiative collapse halfway through, with Jim Lee's Wildstorm Studios carrying the ball over the finish line... Continue Reading →
This issue finishes the "Heroes Reunited" storyline across the twelfth issues of the four "Heroes Reborn" titles (begun here), as well as the main part of the "Heroes Reborn" period itself, with only the "World War III" crossover with the Wildstorm universe and the Heroes Reborn: The Return miniseries left to get our heroes back... Continue Reading →
This post covers most of the second half of the "Heroes Reborn" run of Avengers, as the title was transferred to Jim Lee's Wildstorm Studios starting with issue #8 and written by comics legend Walter Simonson for the rest of its short run, during which the team faces a large number of new versions of... Continue Reading →
This is a rare appearance of Captain America in a different "Heroes Reborn" title outside of crossover stories, and is notable for two reasons: his reunion with an old friend (that he somehow remembers, despite having few solid memories of any reality), and seeing Jim Lee draw our hero for the first time since Uncanny... 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 →
These four issues compromise the "First Sign" crossover that was meant to fully bring the "Avengers Prime" back into the team after they were all brought into the aftermath of "The Crossing." (Why is the Iron Man cover missing above? Cap ain't on it, of course!) Fair warning: Most of the interesting material with Captain... Continue Reading →
THE VIRTUES OF CAPTAIN AMERICA 