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crookedtreehouse's review
3.0
This is the third Secret Wars spin-off book that I've read overall, and the second in a row where the additional content in the book outshined the main story. Unlike most of the other creators involved in this project, Remender was able to keep telling his Captain America story by having Nomad travel from Earth 616 to this new Secret Wars/Battleworld/Warzones universe. Like the reader, he's dumped into this alternative universe where facism, in the form of Hydra, prevails, and New York is Hydra Country. From there we get the expected alternate universe Captain America and Zola, as well as a handful of seemingly random other Marvel characters thrown in.
The story borders on fun, but something about Remender's pacing doesn't work for me in this book, and Boschi has the habit of leaving out characters' faces on a regular basis, and just sort of vaguely drawing silhouette characters in the background. It's just not visually engaging.
On the other hand, [a:David Mandel|226312|David Mandel|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] and Michael Walsh's [b:Hank Johnson: Agent of Hydra #1|26179316|Hank Johnson Agent of Hydra #1|David Mandel|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1440739411l/26179316._SY75_.jpg|46136946] is an amusing look at the Marvel Universe through the lense of a low-level Hydra agent who's just trying to provide for his family. This story's inclusion brings the collection up by a full star. It's funny, it's well thought out, and the art is on par with a [a:Sean Phillips|22671|Sean Phillips|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1565044514p2/22671.jpg] book or [a:David Aja|61385|David Aja|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1582815335p2/61385.jpg]'s run on [b:Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon|16002136|Hawkeye, Volume 1 My Life as a Weapon|Matt Fraction|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1525360660l/16002136._SY75_.jpg|21502266]. I wish the book had four more issues of this story, instead of Nomad's slog through NYC.
The story borders on fun, but something about Remender's pacing doesn't work for me in this book, and Boschi has the habit of leaving out characters' faces on a regular basis, and just sort of vaguely drawing silhouette characters in the background. It's just not visually engaging.
On the other hand, [a:David Mandel|226312|David Mandel|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] and Michael Walsh's [b:Hank Johnson: Agent of Hydra #1|26179316|Hank Johnson Agent of Hydra #1|David Mandel|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1440739411l/26179316._SY75_.jpg|46136946] is an amusing look at the Marvel Universe through the lense of a low-level Hydra agent who's just trying to provide for his family. This story's inclusion brings the collection up by a full star. It's funny, it's well thought out, and the art is on par with a [a:Sean Phillips|22671|Sean Phillips|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1565044514p2/22671.jpg] book or [a:David Aja|61385|David Aja|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1582815335p2/61385.jpg]'s run on [b:Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon|16002136|Hawkeye, Volume 1 My Life as a Weapon|Matt Fraction|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1525360660l/16002136._SY75_.jpg|21502266]. I wish the book had four more issues of this story, instead of Nomad's slog through NYC.
tmaluck's review
4.0
Boosted to 4 stars on the strength of the Hank Johnson, Agent of Hydra one-shot included in this trade.
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