Captain America volume 3 #1 discussion post

[elspethdixon]

Captain America #1



Writer: Mark Waid
Penciler: Ron Garney

Steve is in Japan, where a supervillain is attacking American cultural imperialism. Why, Marvel? Why?.

Also, Lady Deathstrike carves a bowling ball into a flower with her claws, and Sharon is awesome.

Comments

[dorothy1901]

A movie celebrating Captain America's victory in WWII ("the ultimate solder in a war for patriotism and principle") is premiering in Japan? Am I the only one who cringed at how insensitive this appeared?

ETA: My favorite bit in this issue is Sharon ranting about Cap's reappearance to the guy she's beating up. I liked it as a character bit, but I also liked the effect the letterer got by squeezing a lot of "I don't know" into a too-small word balloon.

[elspethdixon]

A Japanese movie where Captain America nobly fights the evil Axis for "patriotism and principle" is, ah, really, really unlikely to happen for a variety of reasons, yeah.