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Capital Thoughts: All-New Captain America #2

Jeffrey Kahan — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:00:44 +0000

All-New Captain America #2" title="Capital Thoughts: All-New Captain America #2" style="float:left;" />Karl Marx, writing on the Anglo-French wars, observed that history repeats itself, first in tragedy then in farce. His example was Napoleon, a man defeated by the combined armies of the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Hanover,… [more]

Capital Thoughts: Captain America #25

Jeffrey Kahan — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 11:00:22 +0000

Captain America #25" title="Capital Thoughts: Captain America #25" style="float:left;" />That Sam Wilson is the new Cap can come as a surprise to few. For months now, Yahoo and other major sites have been predicting this event. The moment, as Sam himself notes, is anticlimactic. … [more]

Capital Thoughts: Captain America #23

Jeffrey Kahan — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:00:02 +0000

Captain America #23" title="Capital Thoughts: Captain America #23" style="float:left;" />Issue 23 has more than its fair share of mayhem, so much so that finding a theme to discuss is difficult. Oh, there are plot twists, to be sure: Zola is invading from Dimension Z… [more]

Capital Thoughts: Captain America #21

Jeffrey Kahan — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 15:00:24 +0000

Captain America #21" title="Capital Thoughts: Captain America #21" style="float:left;" />“The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.” —Mahatma Gandhi. So reads the penultimate panel of Captain America #21. The… [more]

Capital Thoughts: Captain America #20

Jeffrey Kahan — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 15:00:01 +0000

Captain America #20" title="Capital Thoughts: Captain America #20" style="float:left;" />Steve Rogers wakes in a hospital bed. He’s been dreaming of his mother, whether she made the right decision to stay with her worthless husband. Maybe it was a mistake; maybe she just should have… [more]

Capital Thoughts: Captain America #19

Jeffrey Kahan — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:00:25 +0000

Captain America #19" title="Capital Thoughts: Captain America #19" style="float:left;" />It took a long time in coming, but the pay-off is finally here. After what seems like half a year of paralyzing misgivings, Cap, the ultimate, ethical hero is back! “Fallen into weakness in the… [more]

Capital Thoughts: Captain America #18

Jeffrey Kahan — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 11:00:48 +0000

Captain America #18" title="Capital Thoughts: Captain America #18" style="float:left;" />Cap #18 has our heroic team racing off to a top-secret SHIELD installation. But Mindbubble is already there and has used his psychotropic powers to convince Fury and his agents that Hydra has taken over… [more]

Capital Thoughts: Captain America #17

Jeffrey Kahan — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 11:00:04 +0000

Captain America #17" title="Capital Thoughts: Captain America #17" style="float:left;" />Captain America # 17 is ostensibly about Dr. Mindbubble’s attack on Nick Fury and SHIELD. Mindbubble seems to be doing the bidding of Iron Nail, who argues that SHIELD exerts “fascist control” over the planet.… [more]

Capital Thoughts: Captain America #16

Jeffrey Kahan — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:00:29 +0000

Captain America #16" title="Capital Thoughts: Captain America #16" style="float:left;" />Issue #16 of Captain America lacks a lot of things, including Captain America, who does not make an appearance except in a hallucination where he appears as the Red Skull’s domesticated pet—I kid you not.… [more]

Capital Thoughts: Captain America #15

Jeffrey Kahan — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 18:00:27 +0000

Captain America #15" title="Capital Thoughts: Captain America #15" style="float:left;" />Iron Nail… Cap’s newest villain. Inventing a Cap villain can’t be easy. Any new character is immediately compared to the Red Skull, among the most iconic villains in comics, right up there with Batman’s the… [more]

Capital Thoughts: Captain America #14

Jeffrey Kahan — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 12:00:44 +0000

Captain America #14" title="Capital Thoughts: Captain America #14" style="float:left;" />Issue #14 nicely ties up the Nuke story-arc. Nuke justifies his psychotic murder spree by stating that he’s only doing it for the troops, and to keep America strong. He further states that Cap, despite… [more]

Capital Thoughts: Captain America #13

Jeffrey Kahan — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 12:00:42 +0000

Captain America #13" title="Capital Thoughts: Captain America #13" style="float:left;" />Cap wallowing in bed, grief-stricken over the loss of his son; in the next room, Zemo’s daughter, the shapely Jet, works a heavy bag and tells Sam that he’s no longer numero uno in Steve’s… [more]

Capital Thoughts: Captain America #12

Jeffrey Kahan — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 12:00:34 +0000

Captain America #12" title="Capital Thoughts: Captain America #12" style="float:left;" />This issue has Cap taking stock of his life. He confesses to the Falcon that he feels lost. Meanwhile, Nuke is on a killing spree in Eastern Europe, fighting a war for hearts and minds… [more]

Capital Thoughts: Captain America #11

Jeffrey Kahan — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 11:00:36 +0000

Captain America #11" title="Capital Thoughts: Captain America #11" style="float:left;" />Consistency. It’s not much to ask for in a serial. In fact, without consistency, the serial form is moot. Last issue, Remender told us in the “letters” section that Cap “has spent more time in… [more]

Capital Thoughts: Captain America #10

Jeffrey Kahan — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 17:00:01 +0000

Captain America #10" title="Capital Thoughts: Captain America #10" style="float:left;" />Last time, we explored the death of Cap’s son, Ian, and its emotional fallout. We wondered, for example, how Ian’s death would affect his relation with Sharon, who killed the boy. At least some of… [more]

Capital Thoughts: A Column on Captain America

Jeffrey Kahan — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:00:35 +0000

Dear Readers, I’ve been collecting and thinking about Captain America for the better part of 40 years and am delighted to offer this monthly column on his ongoing adventures. For my first piece, I’ll be discussing… [more]

Captain America #8 Review

Markisan Naso — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:00:54 +0000

Captain America #8 Review" title="Captain America #8 Review" style="float:left;" />Captain America #8 Written by Rick Remender Art by John Romita Jr., Klaus Janson & Scott Hanna Colors by Dean White Published by Marvel Comics Rating: 9 (of 10) SPOILERS! Captain America should be dead.… [more]

Comics Published on 30 October 2002

Matt Martin — Tue, 05 Nov 2002 17:12:50 +0000

St. Swithin’s Day Oni Press – Grant Morrison (w); Paul Grist (a) This is sort of a first for me and the column: my first retro review. I thought it’d be a bigger deal, like… [more]

Comics Published on 25 September 2002

Matt Martin — Fri, 27 Sep 2002 15:15:11 +0000

Before I start, a couple of items of business: I did in fact get a request for me to review Ultimate Adventures #1 and Marville #1, though I don’t think that request was made with… [more]