A review by havesomeshawarma
Captain America: Sam Wilson, Vol. 4: #TakeBackTheShield by Nick Spencer, Paul Renaud
2.0
...Ugh. This was advertised as Sam's "darkest story yet," even though half the issues are one-shots with happy endings, not to mention the fact that he's hardly in them. The second star is because some of these legitimately did make me smile, but they weren't what I read the book for.
Another thing: The Misty story doesn't really seem like a superhero problem, does it? There was no immediate threat besides... Lady Stilt-Man... Really more of a police issue. Just call the cops. And then afterwards, breaking into all the perps' homes and assaulting them was probably a bad plan too, even if it felt good to read. I'm pretty sure there are no laws against what they did, at least not in real life. What she should've done is rallied the wronged parties and sued the heck out of the bad guys. There are plenty of hero lawyers who would help out. Or did Civil War kill them all?
Oh, and good job alienating your conservative audience as well as your college audience with your caricatures, Nick! That's what we want from comic books, right?
Another thing: The Misty story doesn't really seem like a superhero problem, does it? There was no immediate threat besides... Lady Stilt-Man... Really more of a police issue. Just call the cops. And then afterwards, breaking into all the perps' homes and assaulting them was probably a bad plan too, even if it felt good to read. I'm pretty sure there are no laws against what they did, at least not in real life. What she should've done is rallied the wronged parties and sued the heck out of the bad guys. There are plenty of hero lawyers who would help out. Or did Civil War kill them all?
Oh, and good job alienating your conservative audience as well as your college audience with your caricatures, Nick! That's what we want from comic books, right?