CAPTAIN AMERICA CORPS #2 (OF 5)

Review by: Smasher

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Story by Jason Aaron
Art by Carlos Pacheco

Size: 48 pages
Price: 4.99

Forgive me Xavier I have sinned. It’s been four years since I’ve read the X-Men.

X-Men Schism #1 is a staggeringly good issue for the lapsed mutant lover. Within the first seven pages Aaron deftly establishes the status quo with humor and a touch of bromance. From there the story moves at a solid clip explaining human-mutant relations and the politics therein. The villains are familiar yet formidable building a tension that makes you helpless against getting the next issue. 

Pacheco pencils are on point. They’re technical and proficient. But it’s Cam Smith’s heavy inks and D’Armarta’s color that set the tone. Muted and foreboding.

There’s something wicked coming to the X-Men’s doorstep and I’m glad I’m back in to watch it all go down.

Story: 5 - Excellent
Art: 4 - Very Good
 

Comments

  1. Avatar photo NOK says:
    July 13, 2011 at 11:35 pm

    I am back on the X-train as well and I rather enjoyed this, the art is complimentary and I love me some Jason Aaron.

  2. Avatar photo mgriffith says:
    July 14, 2011 at 9:12 am

    I’m also lapsed – I have not followed an X-title since Astonishing X-Men 24 or 25, years ago.  So I am glad I read in your review that this issue does a good job as a jumoing in (or welcoming back) point for readers.

    If it has not sold out at the LCS, I’ll grab a copy.

    Like I NEED to add another comic to my pull list!  🙂

    (Thanks for the review!)

     

  3. Avatar photo Smasher says:
    July 14, 2011 at 9:56 am

    Thanks for reading my review @mgriffith and @NOK

    I didn’t want to get into this in the review for fear of rambling but there’s a moment when the big villian is introduced that had me pondering whether this story will lead to changing the perception of mutants in the Marvel Universe as well as the metaphor they represent to readers.

    While we certainly continue to live in a world of racism, gender discrimination, homophobia, etc.  the metaphor of mutants as minority doesn’t seem as strong as it used to (or did it ever… I mean how would a regular Marvel Universe earthperson know that Spider-Man isn’t a mutant?).

    The notion that the villains in this story could represent an upstart mutant generation, living in the shadows but starting up stuff seemed analogous to the “hacker gangs” in the news this summer. What if mutatation wasn’t seen as inferior but as a genetic hack?

    I don’t know if this is where Aaron is going with this – either way I’m on board – but it could be a fun idea to explore.

  4. Avatar photo mgriffith says:
    July 14, 2011 at 7:21 pm

    I got the issue today.  I normally wait to get mini-series titles once they are collected, not issue by issue.  But for this, I made the exception.

    Looking forward to reading it when I get the time. 

  5. Avatar photo Smasher says:
    July 15, 2011 at 12:54 pm

    I’m with you on waiting @mgriffith.
    Helps that this is scheduled to come out every two weeks.

  6. Avatar photo Franktiger says:
    July 16, 2011 at 12:23 am

    Not sure which issue you read, but the Sentinels in this didn’t seem formidable to me at all.  The “bromance” between Wolvie and Cyclops is unlike how they’ve been traditionally, so it was off-character to me.

  7. Avatar photo Smasher says:
    July 18, 2011 at 12:18 pm

    Thanks for reading my review, @Franktiger.

    The familiar yet formidible villians remark applied to the Sentinels as well as the Hellfire Club (particularly the new Black King). I thought the “bromance” was a touching moment. It and the panels preceeding it summed up their contentious relationship and how they have come to respect one another.

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