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elenawinter's review
2.0
Thank god they changed Bucky’s character lol old comics are wild (and sexist)
spiderkid's review
4.0
The 4 stars is mostly for the historical significance and Cap's origin story. The other stories were pretty meh.
I am extremely upset about the Hurricane story because like firstly, why did they change his name? Also, how can he be the son of Thor yet a descendant of the Greek gods. And he's cousins with Pluto? Mercury/Hermes is Pluto/Hades's nephew, not cousin. I could write a whole paper about Kirby's mythological mix-up, but idk if I'm more mad at Kirby for writing it, or Simon for publishing it.
It doesn't make sense that Hurricane even took a taxi. If he had wings with him that he could attach to the car to make it go faster and fly, why couldn't he just live up to his former/future name and put the wings on his shoes and fly.
Explanation of the name thing: in his first appearance, he goes by Mercury, in this he goes by Hurricane, and today they go by Makkari.
Yes, I am in fact so upset by the Hurricane story that it outweighs my thoughts about the first appearances of Cap and Bucky. I'm an autistic classics major, so my very strong feelings about mythology in 1940s comics is justified.
I am extremely upset about the Hurricane story because like firstly, why did they change his name? Also, how can he be the son of Thor yet a descendant of the Greek gods. And he's cousins with Pluto? Mercury/Hermes is Pluto/Hades's nephew, not cousin. I could write a whole paper about Kirby's mythological mix-up, but idk if I'm more mad at Kirby for writing it, or Simon for publishing it.
It doesn't make sense that Hurricane even took a taxi. If he had wings with him that he could attach to the car to make it go faster and fly, why couldn't he just live up to his former/future name and put the wings on his shoes and fly.
Explanation of the name thing: in his first appearance, he goes by Mercury, in this he goes by Hurricane, and today they go by Makkari.
Yes, I am in fact so upset by the Hurricane story that it outweighs my thoughts about the first appearances of Cap and Bucky. I'm an autistic classics major, so my very strong feelings about mythology in 1940s comics is justified.
alex_ellermann's review
3.0
This is a great artifact of pre-war pop culture. In most of the stories, the Nazis are the clear villains and they’re drawn as apelike monstrosities. The comic was a big hit, so Americans clearly saw the Nazis as Enemy #1 even before we actually went to war with them.
There are a couple of other comix in this volume, as well. One’s about a character whose tropes will evolve into those of the modern Thor, and the other’s about the adventures of a prehistoric boy. Of note, both these characters and Captain America are drawn as blonde-haired Aryan ubermenschen. Surely, there’s been at least one dissertation written about the iconography of mid-century comix. If not, get on it!
There are a couple of other comix in this volume, as well. One’s about a character whose tropes will evolve into those of the modern Thor, and the other’s about the adventures of a prehistoric boy. Of note, both these characters and Captain America are drawn as blonde-haired Aryan ubermenschen. Surely, there’s been at least one dissertation written about the iconography of mid-century comix. If not, get on it!
spiides's review
2.0
2.5 ||
i've been extremely busy with unversity and won't get to read a proper book until finals are over but i'm glad i was able to squeeze this in! it wasn't the best captain america comic in the world but it might be the most important of all. if you could get your hands on this, electronically or physically, please do! it's a little hefty but really worth it. x
i've been extremely busy with unversity and won't get to read a proper book until finals are over but i'm glad i was able to squeeze this in! it wasn't the best captain america comic in the world but it might be the most important of all. if you could get your hands on this, electronically or physically, please do! it's a little hefty but really worth it. x
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