Post by owene on Mar 12, 2011 8:35:34 GMT -5
I finally read the last few issues of this arc, and ended up quite enjoying them. It still doesn't read like an avengers book but as a side book to Captain America where he makes use of the various super human assets he has on hand to deal with the sort of threats he's always dealt with it worked quite well.
I guess in a book called Captain America you just want to see Cap; but it would make sense for a tactician who has the respect of all of the MU's heroes, is used to working in a team and faces villains who are worldwide terrorist threats to call on allies fairly frequently.
And that is really the book Brubaker is giving us here, it's a second Cap book where we are seeing the equivalents of say Englehart's Yellow Claw or Serpent crown stories or any of the Red Skull's larger than life schemes being played out while he Captain America title is dealing with all of the 'what does it mean to represent America' or 'I'm a man out of time' stuff.
And i guess it makes sense for Cap to call on help for the world changing stuff while only letting the inner circle of his closest friends into the soul searching stories. Its always felt a bit artificial that some solo hero with the other avengers on speed dial risked the lives of thousands of people so he could defeat the bad guy alone. I understand why it happens in a story but its nice to see Cap working with others as well.
of course those big villainous plot stories tend to feel a little shallow compared to the soul searching what it means to be Cap stories. There'll be another one along in a minute and the stakes will be just as high.
So it's hard to get too worked up about Secret Avengers and it is still nominally an avengers book not Cap and sharon and their amazing friends but I enjoyed the super heroics of the last few issues of the story and it's a better read than the actual avengers titles.
I guess in a book called Captain America you just want to see Cap; but it would make sense for a tactician who has the respect of all of the MU's heroes, is used to working in a team and faces villains who are worldwide terrorist threats to call on allies fairly frequently.
And that is really the book Brubaker is giving us here, it's a second Cap book where we are seeing the equivalents of say Englehart's Yellow Claw or Serpent crown stories or any of the Red Skull's larger than life schemes being played out while he Captain America title is dealing with all of the 'what does it mean to represent America' or 'I'm a man out of time' stuff.
And i guess it makes sense for Cap to call on help for the world changing stuff while only letting the inner circle of his closest friends into the soul searching stories. Its always felt a bit artificial that some solo hero with the other avengers on speed dial risked the lives of thousands of people so he could defeat the bad guy alone. I understand why it happens in a story but its nice to see Cap working with others as well.
of course those big villainous plot stories tend to feel a little shallow compared to the soul searching what it means to be Cap stories. There'll be another one along in a minute and the stakes will be just as high.
So it's hard to get too worked up about Secret Avengers and it is still nominally an avengers book not Cap and sharon and their amazing friends but I enjoyed the super heroics of the last few issues of the story and it's a better read than the actual avengers titles.