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nightwyrm's review
4.0
A lot less "rah-rah America" than I thought it'd be, but good storytelling. Fantastic Cassady art too
captwinghead's review
3.0
This was just fine.
The artwork wasn’t my favorite. There are a few marvel comics around this time that have similar art. It just feels very static and doesn’t have the same excitement I get from other artwork.
The storyline was surprisingly progressive for the time. This is a year after 9/11 and we have stories where Cap is protecting Muslim Americans from hate crimes. The message is “do not punish an entire people for the actions of terrorists”. It’s a great message and one I’m surprised marvel allowed but, it’s only recently that marvel has been completely chicken when it comes to their writers saying anything political (you know, unless you want to turn captain America into a fucking Nazi).
So, it was surprisingly refreshing. An interesting note: if I read this right, this comic actually takes responsibility for the civilians harmed during WWII? That’s interesting.
But ultimately, this didn’t do nearly as much for me as some other Cap comics have. I do give credit for taking what was probably a controversial stance at the time.
The artwork wasn’t my favorite. There are a few marvel comics around this time that have similar art. It just feels very static and doesn’t have the same excitement I get from other artwork.
The storyline was surprisingly progressive for the time. This is a year after 9/11 and we have stories where Cap is protecting Muslim Americans from hate crimes. The message is “do not punish an entire people for the actions of terrorists”. It’s a great message and one I’m surprised marvel allowed but, it’s only recently that marvel has been completely chicken when it comes to their writers saying anything political (you know, unless you want to turn captain America into a fucking Nazi).
So, it was surprisingly refreshing. An interesting note: if I read this right, this comic actually takes responsibility for the civilians harmed during WWII? That’s interesting.
But ultimately, this didn’t do nearly as much for me as some other Cap comics have. I do give credit for taking what was probably a controversial stance at the time.
macthekat's review
4.0
quite a brave comic and so beautiful. the art is perfect for the themes.
After seeing Captain America show up in numerous of my other comics as a supporting character (and liking the movie), I thought I should check out a story with him as the hero. The story was original written in 2002, and is set right after 9/11. Which I personally think is very brave of marvel. The story deals with our fear of muslims and sends Cap on a hunt for non-muslim villains using terror in America. It is a brave story and it has so many great scenes commenting on the mood at the time. Definitely an ark worth reading. And that is without even mentioning the beautiful artwork.
After seeing Captain America show up in numerous of my other comics as a supporting character (and liking the movie), I thought I should check out a story with him as the hero. The story was original written in 2002, and is set right after 9/11. Which I personally think is very brave of marvel. The story deals with our fear of muslims and sends Cap on a hunt for non-muslim villains using terror in America. It is a brave story and it has so many great scenes commenting on the mood at the time. Definitely an ark worth reading. And that is without even mentioning the beautiful artwork.
may63536's review
3.0
3.5, actually. Awesome art work, some nice dialogues and ideas, but the american dream thing was a little too much for me. Nice comic, over all.
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