Captain America #1 Review
***NO SPOILERS***
The Good
I think Rick Remender, John Romita Jr. and the cast of the Marvel NOW! relaunch for Captain America did a great job in constructing the character and giving the comic reader a fresh, new superhero with a new direction, but still the original outlook of Cap. The story first takes place in Manhattan, 1926, the days of the Great Depression and the racial discrimination of Irish immigrants fleeing to America, before The Cap became the man he is today. I believe Remender did a great job in putting this flashback into the first issue as it explains why Steve Rogers is the man he was molded into becoming and opens up the character for further understandings of Captain America.
Romita did a great work with Captain America, as he keeps the character original, but also adds the creativeness of modern day comic art. I think they chose a perfect artist to help construct Captain America in this series, as he comes from originality and draws out the most greatest of Marvel characters, so I believe this title suits him the best. The crew did a great job in presenting Captain America in the first issue cover which was created by the hands of Romita, Klaus Janson, & Dean White. It pleases the eye and reminds us of where we stand, as loyal citizens of our country.
The Bad
In Someway, the art got to me. It's sort of hard to explain, but the work was more of an off-an-on switch with some pages being more "original" in taste and of a modern day comic artwork, but the others being of more generic flavor. I know John Romita Jr wanted to keep original as can be due to that fact that Captain America is the definition for an original, standard superhero appearance. He could've stuck with one style of sketching and it would've been great.
The Verdict
Overall, I think the first issue was great. It started off slow, which I believe any first issue is like and ends with lots of questioning making it a perfect issue to relaunch Captain America. Believe me when I say this, the end of the issue will catch you by surprise making you question what is going to happen later on down the road in the next issues. I know I'm one of those guys that are in line waiting for issue #2!
