Captain America: The Fighting Avenger #1

Revisit Steve Roger's Golden Years as younger viewers witness the birth, or rebirth, of a legend. That legend is Captain America! With Steve having the Super Soldier Formula flowing through his blood, does he have what it takes to be the WW2 hero and stop the Red Skull's plan? Find out in this One-Shot written by Brian Clevinger and artwork by famed Power Pack artist Gurihiru.

The Good

 Sometimes I don't really bother with reading a One-Shot, recommended for children, story. However, every once in a while I will make an exception and read a one-shot story like this one. In this story Steve Rogers has just become Captain America, and he also doesn't have the title or name "Captain America." In that case, America's Soldiers Earl Hollister, Roy Warner, Joe Morris and Bill Riley all have a problem with the Super Soldier "new guy." Thinking that America doesn't need Super Soldiers to win battles, the team begin to give Steve a hard time in the beginning. However, with time, and Steve wanting to be excepted within his peers, the group eventually goes to take down Johan Schmidt, who doesn't become Red Skull until the very end. The writing by Brian Clevinger was clever and he always kept things fresh with his humor in the story....(picture below)

While Brian writes a really great story on how Captain America came to be, Gurihiru does an amazing job at the artwork. Having seen his work on Power Pack and other titles, he seems like the only person who can make a iconic hero look comedic and heroic at the same time. While this book is pointed more towards children 4-10, Gurihiru should look into doing more modern and aimed for a different audience kind of artwork. To me Gurihiru's art can be compared to the artwork of Ryan Ottley whom works on the artwork for Invincible. I know that seems weird come to think of it, however when Ryan isn't drawing disemboweled body parts and what not, his artwork looks a lot like Gurihiru's. However I like the color's that Ryan uses in his art, better than Gurihiru.

The Bad

 The action and violence in the comic seemed to me a little generic. Seeing that when people got shot or hit they looked really weird when they hit the ground and the violence was really boring. However, this is a children's book so it is aimed for them an not the modern Comic Book reader. Overall the action displayed in the book was a little less than what you would witness in Marvel Cartoon Series.

The Verdict

 Pick it up if you want to, but this is a child's book (as I keep mentioning). Med core story, terrific artwork and in general a 4 out of 5.