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renatasnacks's review against another edition
4.0
As a comics reader I'm used to embracing a certain amount of confusion of "is this a new character or just a character I haven't seen before? Is this college in a different dimension or like what's happening here?" But basically I really enjoyed it! I especially loved seeing her interact with Peggy Carter and 80s Storm <3
A fun start to a series, I'll definitely continue to follow it.
A fun start to a series, I'll definitely continue to follow it.
sanamun's review against another edition
3.0
I did like this book, I just wish it would slow down enough for me to have an idea what's happening. America is a great character, but she bounces around between subplots in a way that feels a little disorienting. I think they were aiming for wacky hijinks a la Squirrel Girl, but overshot the mark a little and ended up messing up the pacing.
phlakey's review against another edition
3.0
So I am not really into this type of graphic novel, but I am excited about this super hero America. She is a fantastic character.
kparrbooks's review against another edition
3.0
This was a great read, and my first official introduction to America as a character. The story was fun with her getting to meet Peggy and Storm, and I enjoyed her friendship with Kate Bishop - that felt like a real female friendship (kudos to the author!) It's great that comics like this exist, and I hope America finds love - and her mothers - again!
meliemelo's review against another edition
3.0
A bit messy, but quite fun overall. Loved the guest appearances, the story was nice too overall. Sad to hear that the run was cancelled, but looking forward to seeing where it goes in the next few volumes.
edythemighty's review against another edition
2.0
I feel I am worse off for having read this. There are only one or two redeeming moments in this comic. The rest is just a try-hard collection of tropes and extremely flat characters who are just there to give someone other than America a few lines of dialogue. Some of the drawings look like they're drawings of children's playdoh sculptures, like the moment America punches that mustachioed guy. I just couldn't get into this.
loverofeels's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
1.5
story felt disjointed and i didn't understand what was going on?
i really dislike when nazis are used as a catch-all bad guy. i understand that the panel of america punching hitler was a reference to the 1940s cover of captain america punching hitler, but i think it's really important to keep hatred of hitler grounded in the historical reality of what he did, and not just include him to be a generalized villain. the scene america punching hitler definitely felt like he was more of a supervillain than a real man who was directly responsible for the genocide of millions of jewish and roma people. i'm particularly irritated by america's response to being told by peggy carter that she fucked up a 6 month operation against the nazis: "Excuse you. Rude.... Listen lady, I don't know what's up your beehive, but I just saved everyone from Hitler. So uhh byeeee." who is "everyone"? surely not the hundreds of thousands of jews who would die if the war was prolonged because, oh yeah, america doesn't even kill hitler, she literally just hits him with a left hook? yeah, that's the kind of superheroine i want :\
i get that this was written during peak 2017 "punch nazis" tumblr culture, but if your hatred of nazis isn't grounded in love of the people harmed by them, it's not worth much. (there are no jewish characters in this, btw. why do you have hitler as a character but no jews?) america's dismissive response to being told she messed up when the stakes are the LITERAL HOLOCAUST makes her words callous instead of just childish. needless to say i'm not a fan!
as other reviews have mentioned, the best part of this volume was america and kate bishop's friendship.
i really dislike when nazis are used as a catch-all bad guy. i understand that the panel of america punching hitler was a reference to the 1940s cover of captain america punching hitler, but i think it's really important to keep hatred of hitler grounded in the historical reality of what he did, and not just include him to be a generalized villain. the scene america punching hitler definitely felt like he was more of a supervillain than a real man who was directly responsible for the genocide of millions of jewish and roma people. i'm particularly irritated by america's response to being told by peggy carter that she fucked up a 6 month operation against the nazis: "Excuse you. Rude.... Listen lady, I don't know what's up your beehive, but I just saved everyone from Hitler. So uhh byeeee." who is "everyone"? surely not the hundreds of thousands of jews who would die if the war was prolonged because, oh yeah, america doesn't even kill hitler, she literally just hits him with a left hook? yeah, that's the kind of superheroine i want :\
i get that this was written during peak 2017 "punch nazis" tumblr culture, but if your hatred of nazis isn't grounded in love of the people harmed by them, it's not worth much. (there are no jewish characters in this, btw. why do you have hitler as a character but no jews?) america's dismissive response to being told she messed up when the stakes are the LITERAL HOLOCAUST makes her words callous instead of just childish. needless to say i'm not a fan!
as other reviews have mentioned, the best part of this volume was america and kate bishop's friendship.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Antisemitism