- Title: Captain America #1
- Comic Vine: link
- Writer: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Artist: Leinil Francis Yu
If my math is right, this is the eighth relaunch of a Captain America title in the last 10 years. The latest finds a country broken and divided thanks to Hydra’s recent takeover. It’s not spelled out here exactly how Steve Rogers isn’t responsible for being a Hydra agent, etc. (but, as no evidence is presented to the contrary, I’m just going to assume that some Web-Head made another deal with Mephisto). While setting up a new threat in Russia, most of the comic deals with Captain America and the Winter Soldier fighting the tail end of a battle in Washington D.C. by taking down some shitty wannabes idolizing an evil shittier original character.
Other than Cap and Bucky taking down some throwaway villains and the tease of a new threat, there’s not much here. What we do know is that America appears to be in bad shape and that Cap’s good name isn’t doing much better. As to how both of these will get rectified (and just how large a role both Agent 13 and Bucky will have in the comic going forward), there’s still quite a few questions left unanswered. For fans.
[Marvel, $4.99]