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ria_mhrj's review
3.0
I'm still not loving the story... But the art is hella cool, the 80s X-Men nostalgia was fantastic, and I'm never going to get sick of seeing all those stars. I'm hoping this is just first arc shakiness, and once we get going the storyline will be a little more focused on cohesion than flash and quips.
anam_ali's review
2.0
America Chavez has been one of my absolute faves ever since she showed up in Gillen's Young Avengers run and when I found out she was getting her own comic, I was ecstatic. I'd been saving this to savor it. So when #4 came out yesterday I was like well, Anam, it is time to binge it. And after I had binged it, I just sat there so completely nonplussed... like wth is even going on? This whole comic is such a hot mess, there is no plot, the arcs are nonsensical and confusing, one situation morphs into another without making any damn sense, heck, America gets time travel powers and instead of making sense they just leave you feeling like random incidents were inserted into the story just for the heck of it. And don't even get me started on the art. I HATE the art. I hate this look for America, it is totally different from the one before. It changes her features completely. You cannot look at a panel and tell at a glance that this is America Chavez - and that's something even the fanart manages to preserve. In fact a few months back I saw a panel from issue #1 and thought it was from some random ass comic and only today when I was reading it did I figure out it was supposed to be America. So literally wtF?? You give one of my all time favorite characters a solo comic and then you do this to her? I am so disappointed.
Edit: And I just googled previous America comics like Young Avengers and A-Force and Ultimates and honestly these four issues just feel like a slap to the face. Especially the art. And I am so mad that Rivera had a blank slate of a character and a chance to create something great and this is what he is giving us!
Edi #2: BRING BACK MCKELVIE (AND A BETTER WRITER) FOR GOD'S SAKE!
Edit: And I just googled previous America comics like Young Avengers and A-Force and Ultimates and honestly these four issues just feel like a slap to the face. Especially the art. And I am so mad that Rivera had a blank slate of a character and a chance to create something great and this is what he is giving us!
Edi #2: BRING BACK MCKELVIE (AND A BETTER WRITER) FOR GOD'S SAKE!
rainbowbookworm's review
5.0
I keep getting sucked into these books. They aren't published nearly as often as I would like. Here we see America continuing to grow and control her powers.
captwinghead's review
3.0
Seeing as America's origin is rather blank, Rivera has a chance to give us her backstory. Pre-America, we've only learned that America had 2 moms who died fighting the good fight and her home planet was destroyed? Or abandoned? I can't quite remember but we don't know a ton about her. Rivera's gives her a backstory where she came to our earth and found home with Puerto Rican families. Rivera also plays with the limited knowledge we have about America's powers. Here, she can weave bits and pieces of other dimensions together. Could she pull parts of other worlds into the 616 world forever? Is there a potential to fix the problems with the current Marvel universe?
Anyway, I wasn't super jazzed about this issue. Not sure exactly what it is but I got a kick out of seeing Storm training America. That was pretty sweet.
3 stars.
Anyway, I wasn't super jazzed about this issue. Not sure exactly what it is but I got a kick out of seeing Storm training America. That was pretty sweet.
3 stars.
hollyn_middle's review
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
theresidentbookworm's review
4.0
10 Awesome Things in America #3
1. "You can't just go punching a bunch of kids in the face. Remember, you were once that kid looking for someone, anyone to connect to. That's still you."
2. America talking about all the people who had taken her in just because she looked like them, the people who showed her kindness, and how she still felt like an outsider because she didn't really belong to them. "Still, I was a tourist everywhere. Lifting language and culture from the love of people who weren't my kin but held me as their own. Dove fists first into being a super hero 'cuz it felt right like I was honoring my moms, you know? And everything shifted. She felt like home."
3. The advice that someone, not sure who but I think it is, is giving America: "Be brave, America. Be soft. Remember to twist the value sometimes and release all the pressure inside. What you've been through doesn't have to be what you are or who you become." It's good advice to take, and maybe everyone should listen to it.
4. Yay! '80s X-Men crossover. Ever since X-Men Apocalypse, I've really dug the younger versions of the X-Men. Also, Storm's Mohawk is a revelation in itself.
5. Storm/America team up! We actually don't deserve this world. I love wise Storm giving advice.
6. The Ancestral Plan, whatever that is, seems like it's a place I'd like to visit. It has super-wise people who give good advice. "Make plans. Train your body. Follow the guiding spirits. Be ready for anything, but never seek control. It's an illusion. You control nothing. At any point, the universe can come for you--with all its might and love and chaos."
7. Storm's Oasis. I need a place like Storm's Oasis. I think everyone should have a place like that, a place completely filled with love and that feels like home.
8. Storm teaching America how to reach out into the universe to find where Lisa is. Also, the fact that America has to fight in order to concentrate is awesome.
9. America lowering her guard in order to find Lisa, and then saying this line, "I heard her, Ororo. I think she's watching Buffy."
10. Everything in the last ten pages is beautiful and perfect, and I do not plan these lists out well enough to include them all. I love America and Storm's goodbye. I like that that the Chavez Guerillas are more than they originally seemed. I LOVED that America's new friends came to her aid.
1. "You can't just go punching a bunch of kids in the face. Remember, you were once that kid looking for someone, anyone to connect to. That's still you."
2. America talking about all the people who had taken her in just because she looked like them, the people who showed her kindness, and how she still felt like an outsider because she didn't really belong to them. "Still, I was a tourist everywhere. Lifting language and culture from the love of people who weren't my kin but held me as their own. Dove fists first into being a super hero 'cuz it felt right like I was honoring my moms, you know? And everything shifted. She felt like home."
3. The advice that someone, not sure who but I think it is, is giving America: "Be brave, America. Be soft. Remember to twist the value sometimes and release all the pressure inside. What you've been through doesn't have to be what you are or who you become." It's good advice to take, and maybe everyone should listen to it.
4. Yay! '80s X-Men crossover. Ever since X-Men Apocalypse, I've really dug the younger versions of the X-Men. Also, Storm's Mohawk is a revelation in itself.
5. Storm/America team up! We actually don't deserve this world. I love wise Storm giving advice.
6. The Ancestral Plan, whatever that is, seems like it's a place I'd like to visit. It has super-wise people who give good advice. "Make plans. Train your body. Follow the guiding spirits. Be ready for anything, but never seek control. It's an illusion. You control nothing. At any point, the universe can come for you--with all its might and love and chaos."
7. Storm's Oasis. I need a place like Storm's Oasis. I think everyone should have a place like that, a place completely filled with love and that feels like home.
8. Storm teaching America how to reach out into the universe to find where Lisa is. Also, the fact that America has to fight in order to concentrate is awesome.
9. America lowering her guard in order to find Lisa, and then saying this line, "I heard her, Ororo. I think she's watching Buffy."
10. Everything in the last ten pages is beautiful and perfect, and I do not plan these lists out well enough to include them all. I love America and Storm's goodbye. I like that that the Chavez Guerillas are more than they originally seemed. I LOVED that America's new friends came to her aid.
connieischill's review
4.0
4/5 stars
Okay, this was DEFINITELY an improvement on #2. We're getting a lot more backstory for America, and I feel like her characterisation is a lot more on par with the Young Avengers America I'm used to. I thought it got a bit cheesy, but what's a superhero without a super cheesy bonding moment with their sort-of-mentor? I also feel like Rivera's finding her footing with establishing a plot, while the first two were a bit meh in terms of plot coherency, honestly.
Keeping my fingers crossed that #4 will carry on like this one!
Okay, this was DEFINITELY an improvement on #2. We're getting a lot more backstory for America, and I feel like her characterisation is a lot more on par with the Young Avengers America I'm used to. I thought it got a bit cheesy, but what's a superhero without a super cheesy bonding moment with their sort-of-mentor? I also feel like Rivera's finding her footing with establishing a plot, while the first two were a bit meh in terms of plot coherency, honestly.
Keeping my fingers crossed that #4 will carry on like this one!
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