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Cap reborn, sort of, February 19, 2007
This review is from: Heroes Reborn: Captain America (Paperback)
In the mid-90's, Marvel decided to conclude their much maligned Onslaught storyline with the deaths of many of their top tier heroes. The Fantastic Four, Captain America, Iron Man, and the rest of the Avengers, all bought the big one as their respective titles were canned and re-launched with a new direction (allegedly) as Marvel teamed up with Wildstorm (before they became part of DC) to produce some new takes on old stories. Rob Liefeld, the man who can be blamed for the ultra muscled heroes and ungodly unproportionate women in comics throughout the late 80's and 90's, is responsible for a nice chunk of the art found in Heroes Reborn: Captain America; which also features fan favorite Jeph Loeb and Chuck Dixon on board as writers too. There's some nice ideas thrown around here and there, including a bit of a new take on the tired battles between Captain America and the Red Skull, but it's nothing really that hasn't been done before. Not to mention that Liefeld's replacing of the A on Cap's mask with the Heroes Reborn eagle is kind of, well, blasphemous. The book is a bit inconsistent as well, but that's because there's some parts that coincide with what's found in the Heroes Reborn: Avengers TPB. There's nothing really spectacular here, but besides Liefeld's art, there's nothing really too bad about it either. There's much better Cap stories out there that are more worth your time, so unless you are a Captain America enthusiast, this chapter in the Heroes Reborn saga can be left on the shelf.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Sort of like Captain *Yawn*, July 21, 2011
This review is from: Heroes Reborn: Captain America (Paperback)
I am not a huge Captain America comic fan. I love the concept, and I really enjoy the WWII story lines of Cap...but when he is in his own book in modern times somehow the story lines seem to be...lame. My introduction to Cap was through the Avengers and I always loved the ideals that he set forth when compared to Thor, Iron Man, the Hulk, etc. So, when I saw this book I figured that it would be a great way to get into Cap in his own book.
So, why did this not appeal to me? I think, in part, that it was being introduced to a character via a group book. When you read a character in a group book it is often different writers and the personality and story lines that surround the character are very different. The other reason, I think, is that when one thinks of Captain America, one thinks of a quintessential American patriot...and that definition can be vastly different for different people. Its easy to deal with that when the character has a small part of a large group, but not so much when that very question becomes the center of the story. So, in the end, I was disappointed that the authors chose to take the story of Cap down a path that while safe, was also trite in many ways. Considering that furor over every time that Captain America ventures into "real" politics it is a veritable minefield that I can understand avoiding...but at the same time it is a story that can and should be told. What does a true patriot do when faced with a world where black and white don't exist? What does he do when doing right can mean doing wrong? When supporting the country means doing something that seems anathema...or is opposing that the correct answer? Weighty issues for sure, but trotting out neonazis and white supremacists was *yawn*
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I'd rather eat the armpit out of a corpse than read a Liefeld book., January 9, 2012
This review is from: Heroes Reborn: Captain America (Paperback)
Rob Liefeld is the perpetual embarrassment of the comic industry. An overblown hack who peaked more than twenty years ago at the crest of an embarrassing fad that's come to be known as The Dark Summer of 92. I'm not sure how this hack continues to get work despite being generally regarded about as warmly as fingers scraping across a blackboard. His anatomy is laughable, his graphic design is nonexistent, he is a master at avoiding feet and hands in his drawings, and we haven't even gotten to how cliche, tiresome and boring his "writing" is. How anyone thought handing Liefeld another book to ruin was a good idea is beyond me, let alone one that people might have enjoyed reading. Someday in the future we'll be able to tell our grandkids about how we finally ran Liefeld out of town and never let the sun set on him here again, but until that wonderful day, we'll just have to boycott his awful work and hope it fades away like his fame and fortune.
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