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adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I'm very late to the whole "reading the comics" thing, despite having being a MCU fan for over 10 years. There was a lot of gatekeeping, as well, with people telling me that I wasn't a "real fan" because I hadn't read the comics. Which did not make me want to read the comics. It made me want to avoid reading the comics. A few fans told me that I had to read the Brubaker Winter Soldier run, and when my library did a "read the book, see the movie" with Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier,  I decided to read the run. 

It's quite interesting, though it's a graphic novel and I'm most assuredly not a fan of graphic novels. It feels like too many things are happening at once, which makes various individual stories difficult to follow. There's also a lot of lore that differs from the MCU. 

All in all, a good place to start with the comics. 

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