TheCC Staff
07-11-2008, 10:45 PM
Two Years Of Stories Bound Together In All Their Star-Spangled Gloryby Michael Furth (http://furth.tumblr.com/)
July 11th, 2008 - The back of the book talks about “The Death of a Dream.” Spoiler!! They ain’t kidding! It was on the news everywhere people. Captain America died! And before he got to have his movie. This massive tome tells the story of how he kicked the bucket. I can hear a few of you shuffling in the back. I know, you bought the issue where he died, you sent the copy to be appraised and hermetically sealed so you could retire when it sells on ebay. Me too. But the truth is that if you just saw the end of the story, you really didn’t know any of it. Because this book has a whole lot more going for it than just telling the last tales of Steve Rogers. And the story of how he got to the place where he died had so much more going on to it than just what was seen in Civil War.
Top Ten Reasons to Buy This Book
10. It is awesome.
9. I said you should buy it and you trust me implicitly.
8. It makes Captain America really cool. Seriously, this is a guy who is really strong and loves America, not the best pitch I ever heard for a story. This Captain America has chutzpah. He has self-doubt, which is what I’ve been missing from Superman all these years. But most of all he is a fully developed and complete person. Brubaker makes Steve Rogers come alive like no one else has. He is fully realized here. There is no blind patriotism. There is only a love of the ideals of this country. There is no partisan politics, only a man trying to do the best he can.
7. There’s a lot of politics and espionage. Someone, somewhere said that all politics is power. And that is interesting. Who has the power, and how do they use it? True, I suppose that every superhero comic by default has some power play in it. But here in Brubaker’s world, there is more. There is a whole element of spying and trickery afoot here. And I love every minute. When was the last time you saw Captain America breaking international law so he can try to punch a bad guy? That is politics.
6. Captain America has no idea what is going on. That is also interesting to me. He really has no idea what the Red Skull is up to. He’s trying really hard to find out. But even when he gets a clue, he doesn’t even trust if it’s real or not. And we don’t really get a complete picture either. It’s a really complex puzzle that I’m having a blast trying to figure out. Brubaker should be the next comics writer that “Lost” scoops up. He knows how to tease a reader with a complicated mystery.
Click Here To See The Top 5 Reasons (http://thecomiccollective.com/Comic_Books/Reviews/2008/Michael_Furth/Captain_America_Omnibus/)
July 11th, 2008 - The back of the book talks about “The Death of a Dream.” Spoiler!! They ain’t kidding! It was on the news everywhere people. Captain America died! And before he got to have his movie. This massive tome tells the story of how he kicked the bucket. I can hear a few of you shuffling in the back. I know, you bought the issue where he died, you sent the copy to be appraised and hermetically sealed so you could retire when it sells on ebay. Me too. But the truth is that if you just saw the end of the story, you really didn’t know any of it. Because this book has a whole lot more going for it than just telling the last tales of Steve Rogers. And the story of how he got to the place where he died had so much more going on to it than just what was seen in Civil War.
Top Ten Reasons to Buy This Book
10. It is awesome.
9. I said you should buy it and you trust me implicitly.
8. It makes Captain America really cool. Seriously, this is a guy who is really strong and loves America, not the best pitch I ever heard for a story. This Captain America has chutzpah. He has self-doubt, which is what I’ve been missing from Superman all these years. But most of all he is a fully developed and complete person. Brubaker makes Steve Rogers come alive like no one else has. He is fully realized here. There is no blind patriotism. There is only a love of the ideals of this country. There is no partisan politics, only a man trying to do the best he can.
7. There’s a lot of politics and espionage. Someone, somewhere said that all politics is power. And that is interesting. Who has the power, and how do they use it? True, I suppose that every superhero comic by default has some power play in it. But here in Brubaker’s world, there is more. There is a whole element of spying and trickery afoot here. And I love every minute. When was the last time you saw Captain America breaking international law so he can try to punch a bad guy? That is politics.
6. Captain America has no idea what is going on. That is also interesting to me. He really has no idea what the Red Skull is up to. He’s trying really hard to find out. But even when he gets a clue, he doesn’t even trust if it’s real or not. And we don’t really get a complete picture either. It’s a really complex puzzle that I’m having a blast trying to figure out. Brubaker should be the next comics writer that “Lost” scoops up. He knows how to tease a reader with a complicated mystery.
Click Here To See The Top 5 Reasons (http://thecomiccollective.com/Comic_Books/Reviews/2008/Michael_Furth/Captain_America_Omnibus/)