CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS 70TH ANNIV SPECIAL #1
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Do you enjoy the neo-classic writing styles of James Robinson? Do your eyes grow at the sight of Marcos Martin drawing Nazis getting punched? Does the thought of a pre-Super Soldier Steve Rogers embroiled in a chase with spies straight out of a Hitchcockian suspense thriller grab you? Well, have I got a book for you!
Celebrating 70 years since the rise of then-Timely Comics, Marvel is releasing a handful of specials of their earliest heroes, starting with Captain America, complete with a nice little “Timely” logo up top. Written by James Robinson and bee-yooou-tifly drawn by Marcos Martin, this story follows the same vein of the 65th anniversery special Brubaker made with Martin a few years ago in examining Cap’s younger years. Set between the point of Steve Rogers’ 4F classification and his induction into the super-soldier program. Given a mysterious amulet by a man dying via The Man Who Knew Too Much, Rogers is chased by a trio of spies (one of which bears a passing resemblance to Peter Lorre…) through New York. You scoff at the thought of such a sickly waif jumping onto trains and beating down Nazi spies? Psh. Communist…
Also, you get a back-up reprint of Captain America Comics 7 from Cap architects Simon and Kirby. Even then, young Kirby was a master of the comic art, the pages crackle with energy and craft. All in all, it’s quite well worth checking out. In fact, I petition for a second Captain America book to be commissioned for which Marcos Martin to draw World War II-era Cap and Bucky punching Nazis for thirty pages. It must be done, I tell you!
Art: 5 - Excellent
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