Captain America and the rest of Earth's heroes are back from the dead at the hands of Onslaught! But when Cap shows up in Japan, the claws of Lady Deathstrike may send him right back to the grave! Then, the Sentinel of Liberty loses his shield at the bottom of the ocean as Hydra and the Skrulls attack! Plus: Cap faces one of the toughest decisions of his life!
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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Mark Waid, Cap's best writer,
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This review is from: Captain America: To Serve and Protect (Paperback)
Ok, to be fair, I don't actually own this particular trade paperback. I bought all the original issues (including variant covers, 'cause I'm a sucker for Cap). But this book collects Captain America Volume 3 (don't ask) issues #1 through #8. It's a great run, too. Mark Waid does a better job with Cap than any author I've ever read. He strikes a fine balance between American Icon, and the guy who says stuff like "Golly" and "Jeepers". Really makes Cap seem like a real person. A sub-plot of Cap's shield get's started in issue #2 and it's conclusion in issue #19 or so is obviously missing, but it's great all the same. If you like Cap, or even if you're only mildly interested, this is the single trade paperback I would recommend. Well, maybe "Man Without a Country", too... But trust me, I've got a collection of Cap that dates back to the WWII stuff, and this is some of the finest material you will find.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Captain America, circa 1998,
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This review is from: Captain America: To Serve and Protect (Paperback)
To Serve and Protect reprints Captain America, vol. 3 (1998) issues #1-7. The trade paperback edition from 2002 is printed on high quality glossy paper and, overall, looks pretty good despite a lackluster front and back cover. It contains no editorial information at all, however; even original in-issue editorial content (such as titles, credits, and references) have been removed. Worse still, there are no reproductions of the original comic book covers.
The new Marvel Premiere edition (available for pre-order now) will almost certainly restore the covers, as well as the in-issue editorial content. Like other Premiere editions, it should also feature introductions by the writer Mark Waid (whose name is curiously missing from the original trade paperback) and/or other contributors. As for the story, it's fun but not particularly memorable. Skrull fans will be pleased by yet another infiltration plot. Hawkeye makes an enjoyable cameo in issue 4. The art, however, is surprisingly good, with pencils by Ron Garney, Dale Eaglesham, and Andy Kubert. Continuity-wise, the storyline here takes place immediately after Captain America, vol. 2, collected in Heroes Reborn: Captain America. The storyline that follows this collection begins in vol. 3, issue #8 and is part of a brief Avengers cross-over involving the Kree; it can be found in the trade paperback, Avengers: Supreme Justice (Marvel Comics). The remainder of vol. 3 can be found in the Marvel Premiere Edition hardcover, Captain America: American Nightmare, available in June, 2011. (Note: The American Nightmare graphic novel will also contain issue #8 but none of the tie-in issues from other series).
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not the best book from Mark Waid's run...,
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I am a Mark Waid fan: Kingdom Come, Irredeemable/Incorruptible, Operation: Rebirth, American Nightmare... I've enjoyed them all. So, I was looking forward to reading this book. Maybe my expectations were too high, or maybe the story hasn't aged as well as some of the others, but this is not my favorite piece of his work.
One note for people who are not familiar with the Marvel runs of the 1980s/1990s: This book takes place after the Heroes Reborn story line, which (as far as I can tell) involved sending Cap and several other heroes to an alternate dimension for a year? Or something? So. That happened. And then this book happened. *minor plot spoilers below* One of my biggest gripes from the first half of the book was that the writing was just not good. Specifically: the foreshadowing for particular events (i.e., Cap losing his shield) was not subtle in any way, shape, or form. It was akin to great big anvils falling from the sky, saying, look! I am an anvil! Guess what's going to happen after this bout of exposition?! Which is not the sort of writing I've come to expect during this particular run on Captain America. The latter half of the book did start to pull things together in a moderately satisfying way, and I fully applaud the use of Hawkeye, but... I much preferred Operation: Rebirth and American Nightmare over this story.
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