Captain America: Truth [Hardcover]

Robert Morales (Author), Kyle Baker (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 18, 2009

In every war, people demand their champion. In World War II, that hero was Captain America. TRUTH is the controversial, declassified story of the African American men involuntarily subjected to the U.S. War Department's "Super Soldier" project, in a race to develop a serum that might turn the tide against the Axis powers...if the Nazi's didn't get to it first! An epic spanning the time just before the attack on Pearl Harbor into the present day, TRUTH finally reveals the tragic sacrifice that a Black infantry unit made for their country - and what those sacrifices mean to a white man named Steve Rogers. Collects TRUTH #1-7.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 168 pages
• Publisher: Marvel (February 18, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785136665
• ISBN-13: 978-0785136668
• Product Dimensions: 1 x 1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #111,204 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best. Story. Evar!!!, September 2, 2009

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s davis "flacco" (milwaukee, wi United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Captain America: Truth (Hardcover)

i found out about this story after it ran its course a few years back, and have been on a constant search for the back issues. it goes without saying that i was extremely happy to find this hard cover edition, and the story did not disappoint. marvel has always been known for tying their characters to our actual reality, and taking one of the many sad and despicable acts done to black people by this government only makes captain america's history more grounded. i see it as a wonderful character story of the united states (and the means those in power at the time would go to, in order to gain any military edge during the second world war), the black soldiers (even after being discriminated based on their culture and then ruthlessly experimented on, they still fought for their country), and captain america (who only proves time and time again that hes the standard for morals and principles). everyone that i have given this book to, be them avid comic book readers, or those that do not, has come back and commented that it was a great story, regardless of the medium it was written in. take the opportunity and read truth: red, white, and black. you will not be disappointed.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent artwork, great spin on a classic story, March 27, 2009

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J. J. Masino - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Captain America: Truth (Hardcover)

Kyle Baker, as always, delivers with some pretty amazing artwork.

I truly think this story should be in continuity for the Marvel 616 universe. Can't wait to see Baker's take on Hawkman in DC's upcoming weekly, 'Wednesday Comics'!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The other Captain America..., February 17, 2011

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Cozzster - See all my reviews

This review is from: Captain America: Truth (Hardcover)

So here we have an interesting story where it is proposed the Super Soldier Serum that created Captain America was first tested on unwitting African American Soldiers. Many of the Soldiers become deformed from the serum and/or die from the effects of it, save one. One Soldier survives and is not deformed and dawns the star spangled suit and does roughly the same job the Captain America we know does when he comes on the scene.
The story itself is not bad and the idea is probably in keeping with the way things were back in the day. The artwork on the other hand is TERRIBLE, as one other reviewer stated. Pretty much anyone with a pencil could draw this book, so if you need spectacular artwork to read a book, avoid this one. If you want a pretty interesting story, I recommend picking it up and checking it out.