The script didn’t impress me.
This was a very common feeling throughout the book with plots and ideas of things we’ve seen since we were in diapers. I’m also not that amazed with Jack Flag and Free Spirit, and cannot see where they fit in the plot or even their powers/abilities.
This may be against the mainstream, but since I’m not American I have a different view of the Captain America persona and his stories, and the one we get in this first issue is kind of slow. I won’t go so far to say it’s boring, because it’s entertaining to see past and present going on at the same time. It’s a strategy that works well as a narrative for me, plus, I’ve always liked that style when done right.
Talking about style, the artistic style employed here is something I have found to be far too simple and common for my liking. It’s a safe bet for what would be a polemical issue, so it seems like they wanted us to ignore the art and it not be a distraction and focus more on the story. Not so remarkable, but not either a disaster, which was the best option in this case. Very basic to connect with the most readers.
What I really liked was the coloring in the past history scenes. The black and red suited them, reflecting the tension, violence, and silence that were present in them. I could even imagine those parts as in some kind of independent film. These were by far the best part of the book.
With generalities already said, let me get this out of the way because I cannot keep it inside any longer: Marvel, you’re losing a reader, wait, no, lots of readers.
Whenever I spoke with my friends, I always said that Marvel was messing things up with their comics. All the never-ending stories, the countless crossovers, multiple multiverses, different versions of the same character that are being developed at the same time. Seriously, what’s going on? Are you guys running out of ideas?
Captain America was created during World War II by two Jewish men, Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, and for 75 years he has been a symbol of freedom, doing what’s right , justice and equality. It’s not just about what the character represents, however, but what he was created for: a symbolic fight, a little light during such dark times. It’s no coincidence to find out Hydra is based on the Nazis.
It’s damn disrespectful to take this symbol, this emblematic American hero and throw it away his 75 years of story and character development, just because Marvel wants to sell and compete with the DC films that will see the light soon.
For what I’ve seen, this could be a four-issue miniseries, and everything will be explained in issue #2 when that drops on June 15th. So we fans will have to wait until writer Nick Spenser comes up with something really good to explain this grievous mistake.
Since there’s a lot of theories going on right now, here are my two favorites (in order for him to be still a hero): He was part of Hydra in the past and now tries to correct his mistakes; He’s a triple spy, trying to destroy them from inside. Let’s wait…
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