laissezfarrell's review against another edition
2.0
Plotting probably deserves slightly higher but the quality of pencils varies too wildly.
alreadyover's review against another edition
2.0
I dnfed this but idc I read like 80% of it and then had to return it to the library it counts. Anyway... you lost me!
iffer's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed this, but it felt convoluted and wordy. While comics have always been political and portrayed ideas with graphic storytelling shorthand, I felt bludgeoned by the issues discussed in this volume, while also not feeling the strong emotions about the state of the world (real or fictional).
stadkison's review against another edition
3.0
Perfectly fine. I feel like Coates’ vision for Cap is this perfectly milquetoast centrist lib. The lone good cop, fighting the fight against the right and the left, as if they were equal. The historical retcons are interesting. We’ll see how they play out.
trike's review against another edition
3.0
Cap being the inspiring Cap, secrets getting revealed, action and sorcery and necromancy and boy it’s a lot.
The immediate story concerns cops killing protesters and protesters killing cops, and a corrupt, venal guy somewhat shadily elected to run the joint with a bizarre conspiracy twisting everyone’s opinion, inspiring militias to patrol the border and turn out on the street, all of them being manipulated by politicians with evil agendas. Which sounds pretty timely, but this was written long before 2020. It’s Kingpin instead of Trump, the Watchdogs instead of the 3 Percenters/Proud Boys, and so on, but the effect is the same.
If the next installment features a pandemic, I will have to assume Coates knows witchcraft and has a crystal ball, or access to a hover-converted, Mr. Fusion-powered, flux-capacitored DeLorean.
The immediate story concerns cops killing protesters and protesters killing cops, and a corrupt, venal guy somewhat shadily elected to run the joint with a bizarre conspiracy twisting everyone’s opinion, inspiring militias to patrol the border and turn out on the street, all of them being manipulated by politicians with evil agendas. Which sounds pretty timely, but this was written long before 2020. It’s Kingpin instead of Trump, the Watchdogs instead of the 3 Percenters/Proud Boys, and so on, but the effect is the same.
If the next installment features a pandemic, I will have to assume Coates knows witchcraft and has a crystal ball, or access to a hover-converted, Mr. Fusion-powered, flux-capacitored DeLorean.
onceandfuturelaura's review against another edition
4.0
My god, Ta-Nehisi Coates can write satisfying dialog.
lewislikesbooks's review against another edition
5.0
This was my favourite volume yet of this run of Captain America! I love the cameos and appearances of Misty Knight, Sue Storm, White Tiger & Agatha Harkness. The Daughters of Liberty are so interesting and I love how they're expanded upon here.
elysareadsitall's review against another edition
4.0
I wish I read this collection closer to the first two, so I would have remembered more. However, I still really enjoyed it. The intrigue picks up throughout, and there are tons of great characters involved. I'm very excited to read the next set.
lukeisthename34's review against another edition
4.0
Coates is a national treasure, yet I feel like Marvel is holding him back on this. The story feels, listless and confused. If Cap isn't even in it, everything still happens. I really feel like they must be forcing Coates to do certain things and not letting him fully loose like they have on BP. But gosh, the watch-dogs having half-confederate flag masks? SCARY.