Reviews

Captain America by Ta-Nehisi Coates Vol. 2: Captain of Nothing by Ta-Nehisi Coates

cmbohn's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Violence, Confinement, and Police brutality

captwinghead's review

3.0

3.5 stars.

I didn't enjoy this volume as much as the last one, but the concepts are good! I love the Daughters of Liberty and I really hope Marvel finds a way to bring that back. Not only was it down to a team of women to help Steve out, it was a team of diverse women. I'm sad Storm didn't come in until the end, but this concept was really interesting! I'm really confused as to why Marvel keeps trying to shove Peggy Carter into everything though. Probably another sad side effect of the comics having to be influenced by the films now.

Anyway, this plot was interesting, but a little dragged out, in my opinion. More of Steve having to give up on being Captain America (I'm still not entirely sure why considering I know he took the name back up after this book?). He struggles with needing help from less than desirable people to prevail here and it makes me wonder what was really accomplished by him giving himself up? He was able to keep the shield out of their hands, but was that really worth getting thrown in a max security prison with bad guys who'd formerly worked for Nazis? Could we not have protected the shield another way?

Oddly enough, some of these threads reminded me of Danny Rand's prison breakout in Power Man & Iron Fist. I feel like we just wanted the image of Steve Rogers in prison again, but I wasn't super thrilled with how long this arc dragged out.

Anyway, I'll be checking out the next volume, as well!

achilleanshelves's review

2.0

I enjoyed a few aspects of this story - including Steve Rogers being framed for murder and the inclusion of Jessica Drew & Misty Knight - but the story felt ultimately a little incomplete. I look forward to the back half of this arc and seeing how the story will conclude.

w0nd3rl4nd's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Reading Captain America makes me patriotic af

scottpm's review

3.0

It was good but a little long and confusing. While the art was nice some of the layouts were difficult to read. There were too many double page spreads where you couldn't tell which direction to read.

harryk26's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

joshgauthier's review

4.0

Coates tells a strong thematic story, and as time has passed, he is getting more adept at working within the graphic novel format. Here, he and the artistic team do interesting things with the character of Captain America, closing out the volume with quite a bold reveal.

annrhub's review

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

remigves's review

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

iffer's review

3.0

I'm not going to lie. It's hard for me to read Ta-Nehisi Coates run on Captain America, because he intentionally wrote it to cut close, to mirror the current, real problems in the United States, and the way in which the freedom has been taken by a handful of people by using fear, as well as the way in which the People have relinquished it. On the other hand, it it striking, and very Coates-ish to still love and hold out hope for the Dream of America, which as always been better than America-as-exists.