CAPTAIN AMERICA CORPS #2 (OF 5)
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Art by Dale Eaglesham & Andrew Hennessy
Colors by Sonia Oback
Cover by Phil Jimenez, Dale Eaglesham & Andrew Hennessy
Size: pages
Price: 2.99
This review contains spoilers, click here to read
When Alpha Flight first appeared in Uncanny X-Men, they were villains. Hired thugs of the Canadian government sent to kidnap Wolverine. Never mind that they believed they were doing the right thing -- they were trampling over the rights of a Canadian citizen, a superhero, because the prime minister told them to. And let's face it: In the Marvel Universe, the prime minister of Canada is always a dick. It's practically a running gag.
The tension between heroism and patriotism has always been at the heart of Alpha Flight. It's also a chronic anxiety for Canadian Alpha Flight fans. As Canadians, it's uncomfortable to see our country being shown as moustache-twirling evil dicks; but as comic fans, it makes for great drama to see Alpha Flight struggle with their own motives for being heroes in the service of villains. The best example is Steve Seagle's run in the mid-90s, when Department H was kidnapping and brainwashing the team for covert ops missions, but that got bogged down in other mishigoss and ended too soon. But Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente have taken a bolder and more focused approach to the Canada-is-evil theme, and so far, it seems to work.
Amid the crisis of Fear Itself, the government of Canada is now openly a jack-booted fascist dictatorship, systematically brainwashing the captured Alpha Flight to its cause. But whereas in the Seagle stories the Alphans would just get knocked out cold and wake up with new memories and motives, this story gets psychological on us. The Alphans are shown their deepest anxieties and regrets, Star Trek V-style, and offered a way to fix them: Choose Unity. They're great character moments -- Aurora's is especially chilling -- and build a lot of suspense for what's to come.
The characterization of Mac and Heather is particularly spot-on here. It's so refreshing to see Mac get so angry at having died so many times for his country, but having so little to show for it. (Dale Eaglesham's art helps a lot in this regard; Mac just looks so weary, with a wrinkled face and greying hair.) Heather's heel-turn in the last issue makes perfect sense by the end of this one, and to see her cooing over an empty nursery is just Creepy. As. Hell.
Then, of course, there's Puck. He's back. They just kind of breeze through that, and that's fine by me: this series is too short to get tied down in his adventures in Hell and explain why he's here. He just is.
Which means the gang's all here. To quote the issue: "Status awesome."
Stray observations:
Why is Mac and Heather's custody hearing in the Supreme Court of Canada building? This is a family case. It's a little beneath the Supreme Court's attention.
I love how Dale Eaglesham's showing Northstar's speed powers.
Why does the Leader of the Opposition look like John Turner?
"I really need to break some $#%@." Amen, brother.
There's an ad in this issue for a SyFy show called Alphas. And it's filmed in Toronto. That's some excellent ad placement.
The tension between heroism and patriotism has always been at the heart of Alpha Flight. It's also a chronic anxiety for Canadian Alpha Flight fans. As Canadians, it's uncomfortable to see our country being shown as moustache-twirling evil dicks; but as comic fans, it makes for great drama to see Alpha Flight struggle with their own motives for being heroes in the service of villains. The best example is Steve Seagle's run in the mid-90s, when Department H was kidnapping and brainwashing the team for covert ops missions, but that got bogged down in other mishigoss and ended too soon. But Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente have taken a bolder and more focused approach to the Canada-is-evil theme, and so far, it seems to work.
Amid the crisis of Fear Itself, the government of Canada is now openly a jack-booted fascist dictatorship, systematically brainwashing the captured Alpha Flight to its cause. But whereas in the Seagle stories the Alphans would just get knocked out cold and wake up with new memories and motives, this story gets psychological on us. The Alphans are shown their deepest anxieties and regrets, Star Trek V-style, and offered a way to fix them: Choose Unity. They're great character moments -- Aurora's is especially chilling -- and build a lot of suspense for what's to come.
The characterization of Mac and Heather is particularly spot-on here. It's so refreshing to see Mac get so angry at having died so many times for his country, but having so little to show for it. (Dale Eaglesham's art helps a lot in this regard; Mac just looks so weary, with a wrinkled face and greying hair.) Heather's heel-turn in the last issue makes perfect sense by the end of this one, and to see her cooing over an empty nursery is just Creepy. As. Hell.
Then, of course, there's Puck. He's back. They just kind of breeze through that, and that's fine by me: this series is too short to get tied down in his adventures in Hell and explain why he's here. He just is.
Which means the gang's all here. To quote the issue: "Status awesome."
Stray observations:
Why is Mac and Heather's custody hearing in the Supreme Court of Canada building? This is a family case. It's a little beneath the Supreme Court's attention.
I love how Dale Eaglesham's showing Northstar's speed powers.
Why does the Leader of the Opposition look like John Turner?
"I really need to break some $#%@." Amen, brother.
There's an ad in this issue for a SyFy show called Alphas. And it's filmed in Toronto. That's some excellent ad placement.
Story: 5 - Excellent
Art: 5 - Excellent
Art: 5 - Excellent
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