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    Ultimate Captain America #2

    Ultimate Captain America » Ultimate Captain America #2 - Covert Cap... released by Marvel on April 1, 2011.

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    An Ultimate Comics groundbreaking miniseries!

     Captain America has met his match, but just who exactly is this nemesis? And what does he want? Superstars JASON AARON (PUNISHERMAX) and RON GARNEY (WOLVERINE: WEAPON X) bring you a gripping tale about what it truly means to wear the flag.     
     
     
    Captain America wakes up in an infirmary where Carol Danvers is standing over him.  Carol explains that they are in Paris & Cap's assailant is a man named Frank Simpson.  The U.S. Governments most succesful replacement for Captain America during Vietnam.  After years of service he went AWOL and disappeared into the jungle never surfacing again.  Danver's wants Steve to go rogue and hunt down Simpson.  He accepts and punches her in the face before leaping out the window. 
     
    Steve travels to Cambodia in search of Simpson.  There he finds a village and is met by gunfire.  Cap reaches down into a foxhole, pulls out one of the gunmen and demands some information.  "Saloth" is the name of the town he's after.  He finds it only to be met by old men and children who beat him with the strength of super soldiers.  Cap's beaten to the ground when the group clears.    Ultimate Nuke... Frank Simpson stands over a bloody and beaten Captain America...once again.

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    Review: Ultimate Captain America #2 0

    Still smarting from the ambush in North Korea, Cap heads to Cambodia on the trail of Frank Simpson, his disenfranchised successor.  The Good It's a a brilliant move to re-envision Nuke as one of the interim Captain Americas who unsuccessfully tried to follow Cap's example - - and the surprise about the new super-soldiers ties that all up with a clever bow. Really, this is one of those rare superhero comics you can enjoy as much for its conceptual themes as you can for its tight storytelling. An...

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    As Captain America learns the tragic story of Frank Simpson from Danvers, he starts to plan how to find him, so he can teach a lesson or two about what true America means - in this torturuous road that Aaron decided to travel, there´re lots of misconceptions, oversized patriotism and plenty of america gibberish (no offense, but this issue was Join the army, please, USA is flawless - Captain America in the middle of a Cambodian village asking if anyone speaks "American"? Come on now), what made t...

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