It's as heroic as it would get for Crossbones.
Seeing how Marvel One-Shots normally present themselves as either interesting or a complete failure that presents itself with nothing unique, new, creative, or entertaining at all, I would first have little hopes and interest for this issue. With this One-Shot title starring Crossbones, it’s quite interesting as to how I find it falling into the failure category with it’s completely predictable storyline and somehow I can’t help but find myself entertained. It’s the fact that just about everything from the title of this issue to seeing Crossbones getting balled up and thrown into some random suicide mission that would have me instantly hating this non-supported storyline, but seeing how Crossbones character was perfectly displayed had me caring less if he was thrown into Wonderland. Even though that writer William Harms may have pulled this half-ass government suicide mission storyline out of his ass, it’s quite hilarious seeing how Crossbones reacted to his current situation. Of course Crossbones is a serious Marvel villain who enjoys answering with a machinegun and expecting a paycheck from his “good” deeds from a criminal mastermind, but seeing our villainous soldier of fortune on his own and taking a different path from being somebody’s right-hand man has really caught my interest within Crossbones developing character. Basically our beloved Captain America villain knows how to share his expressions that finds itself parallel with the readers, and seeing him giving a careless rolling eye routine and solving his issues by the pulling the trigger of his machinegun within this issue had me convinced that Crossbones would be a better and much more entertaining character if he was strictly on his own.
Straight from the events of Thunderbolts, Crossbones would continue on with his career as hired gun, mercenary, and soldier of fortune as we see him forced into another mission that he obviously dislikes to participate in. Within this comic, despite what the title showed, there isn’t any current teamwork or connection between Captain America and Crossbones, even the fact that Steve Rogers isn’t in the comic (aside from a flashback). Even though the storyline within this issue was rushed, hardly supported, and predictable, the main attraction found itself being Crossbones himself. You wouldn’t only get to see Crossbones being perfectly displayed, but you would also get to see more into his character as well. With Crossbones as the main character, you would also get to see him take the role of a hero within this story and by personal opinion; it’s quite interesting to see how he goes about being the heroic kind.
Captain America and Crossbones #1 is one issue that shouldn’t be overlooked within your local comicbook store. Aside from my opinion on the storyline, Crossbones really took the show with his unique display of character and the situation that he’s currently in to where the issue almost reached a full five-stars with my rating. Funny, entertaining, serious, and a bit sad, there should be no reason to miss out on this comic.
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