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All-New Captain America, Volume 1: Hydra Ascendant by

tabman678's review against another edition

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2.0

This book has some interesting ideas like Sam dealing with his father. And it also has some really bad back and forth decisions it makes.

Like what the current state of Ian is and whether he is a Zola or a Rogers. It gets very tired quickly.

The art is good and it was interesting enough for me to read all six issues but there were times I let out a groan or rolled my eyes.

alicyaiskandar's review against another edition

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fast-paced

4.75

rlaferney's review against another edition

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3.0

I strangely really liked Remender's bizarre run on Cap'n in Dimension Z, so naturally I dug the All-New Captain America. Rick Remender’s basic premise in this volume is legit. This story is about everyone, including Sam Wilson, the new Captain America, questioning the legitimacy of Sam taking over the role of the star spangled shield thrower. In many ways, Wilson is an average man - he didn’t get juiced up on super-soldier serum to fight the Nazi hordes and punch Hitler. Remender gives Sam a genuine backstory, one that makes a compelling case for him to be called Captain. The pulpy nature of Remender writing tends to bring this story down a little bit for me - every villain in Captain America's history seems to be targeting Sam - and trying to crush his confidence while trying to destroy the world. Sam, of course, earns his stripes but not before fighting a rather silly vampire super villain.

I did love that Steve Roger's son from Dimension Z lives and fights beside of Sam!

birdmanseven's review against another edition

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2.0

So far they have not made a good case for Sam as Captain America. This story, like the others, just isn't good. It isn't compelling and it's kind of a mess.

castoffcrown's review against another edition

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3.0

Better than I expected after reading the reviews but even I saw the twist coming from a mile off. Good action and looks nice though.

skylarprimm's review against another edition

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4.0

A wild first adventure for the All-New Captain America, featuring more twists than the Mississippi River delta.

ainacastile's review against another edition

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5.0

Racism? Forced sterilization? Family trauma? And more? Wow. Nothing but respect for my new Captain America, Mr. Sam Wilson.
While I hated the inner monologue in the beginning, it grew on me at around 25%. Reading some reviews, all the racists are probably angry about Sam becoming CA in the MCU. Reading this while Falcon and the Winter Soldier is airing makes me eager to see a story line and possibly his own show based on this comic and others like it.

emilyholgate's review against another edition

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adventurous funny tense fast-paced

4.0

lovmelovmycats's review against another edition

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3.0

Well, it certainly was action-packed.

civreader's review against another edition

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2.0

Loved the idea, and Sam Wilson is a fine Captain America. It's everything else AROUND this idea, though, that didn't work for me. In some way, I hate a lot of Marvel villains. They're just stupid. I have a couple more Sam Wilson-as-Cap collections to read, but if I'm honest, I don't have high hopes. The artwork is good, the writing is fine. He's forging a different character to Steve Rogers, which I enjoyed. Just... Everything else was completely meh.

Maybe I'm just fed up of Marvel? (Which is a little awkward, seeing as I've made the most of the publisher's latest "Right, we're rebooting everything AGAIN; let's sell the old shit on ComiXology really cheaply!" sale.)