When an argument divides the Underground, will hope survive? Now that Rick Jones' cellphone has been decrypted, the Underground hears out what he found out about Steve Rogers and the Cosmic Cube that rewrote history. By gathering the pieces of the Cube, which have been scattered all over the planet, our heroes can restore history... Continue Reading →
Secret Empire #1 Review
The Cap's out of the bag, and modern history in the Marvel Universe is as it -- ahem -- should be. Not that fans are happy with the development. It was one thing to turn Captain America into a Hydra agent. It was another to reveal that the entirety of Marvel Comics history was a... Continue Reading →
Secret Empire #0 Review
After the most recent Secret Wars event rewrote Marvel's comic continuity, the company dropped a major bombshell when it brought Steve Rogers back into mix as Captain America. For the past several years, Rogers took on a more administrative role after a confrontation with the Iron Nail left his Super-Soldier Serum inert. Working as the Avengers' mission control leader,... Continue Reading →
Civil War II #1 Review
Prepare yourselves for war! Again! Hot off the heels of a Civil War movie -- which, in turn, was based very loosely on the comic crossover of the same name -- comes Civil War Part Dos #1. Written by Brian Michael Bendis with beautifully rendered panels from artist David Marquez and colorist Justin Ponsor, the... Continue Reading →
War Within — Captain America: Civil War Review
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was supposed to compete directly with Captain America: Civil War by releasing on the same day, but Warner Bros. decided -- wisely -- that more money was to be made without forcing audiences to choose between two huge tentpoles. But both studios knew their movies would be compared ad... Continue Reading →
The Greatest Avenger — Captain America: The Winter Soldier Review
Captain America's first movie had him playing up the role of public servant, popular/populist hero boosting America's morale during a major World War. Unfortunately, the movie played itself, churning out montages, a half-baked second half, and an anti-climactic battle with archvillain Red Skull that, altogether, ultimately served the purpose of delivering the Captain to the... Continue Reading →
[Comic Review] Forward Progress — Captain America #11
Captain America #11 marks the beginning of a new chapter in Captain America's life. Though he was only gone for a moment in Earth years, Steve Rogers spent 12 years of his life in Dimension Z, captive to Arnim Zola and his warrior Mutates. Last issue, the Captain barely escaped through the portal, and issue... Continue Reading →
[Comic Review] Home — Captain America #10
Apparently, last issue's anti-climactic battle that finished with Arnim Zola's death wasn't the end of Zola after all. With Zola's battlestation still heading towards Earth, the stakes are raised when Princess Jet Black, overcome by grief, fights to keep her father's dream alive while Captain America and Sharon Carter give chase. The plot thickens when... Continue Reading →
[Comic Review] The Fall of Zola — Captain America #9
Reeling from the loss of his adopted son, Captain America meets with Sharon Carter who tells him he's been implanted with false memories. Seriously?! Carter claims she was 30 minutes behind the Captain when he boarded that train, and there's no way he's been in Dimension Z for that many years. After the Captain finds... Continue Reading →
[Comic Review] The Son Also Rises — Captain America #8
No. Not like this. Just when it looked like Captain America was nearing the top of a blood-drenched, flesh-strewn, sinew-snapping climb, another much bigger mountain crumbles on him. Since the Marvel NOW! relaunch, writer Rick Remender has made it his mission to run Steve Rogers through a brutal gauntlet of torture and pain. For the... Continue Reading →