Rating: 
Summary: With regrets I could not give lower
Review: This book truly and sincerely insulted my intelligence.
It preaches to you and shills for Bush Administration policies. The attempt to bring some sort of morality into Captain America merely brings him to the level of Ultimate Cap: a thug.
I love John Cassaday's artwork (I rank him essentially neck and neck with Frank Quitely for best artist in comics) and he does osme great things on this title and I loved Rieber on Book of Magic but I almost lost all respect for both after this.
This turned me off Captain America for a while and only the stuff on New Avengers is bringing me back.
Unless you think that the propaganda presented by Fox News is really fair and balanced journalism and that Rush Limbaugh is anything other then a fat, loudmouthed drug addicted hypocrite then I highly recommend that you avoid this at all costs.
Sorry Marvel but you really missed with this one.
Rating: 
Summary: Three Cheers For The Art, Inconsistent Story
Review: This HC compiles the first six issues of the new Captain America series. It begins with Steve Rogers (AKA Cap) sifting through the rubble of the World Trade Center, and follows his efforts to come to grips with a new kind of enemy for the 21st century. The terrorists he faces are the product of America's own dealings in foriegn countries. The wars we have fought have left seeds behind which come to fruition in the present in the forms of young suicide bombers and fanatic killers -something the smiling Joe Simon character and his faithful pal Bucky could never have concieved of in the forties. While the writer does script some very great moments (particularly in one scene where Cap literally deflects the attack of a grief-charged white man on an innocent Muslim American -seeing Cap's shield make its first appearance here will give you chills), I think the strong start he has in the first part of the book kind've peters out in the second. After some great ethical/moral issues are considered, the plot pits Cap against terrorists which seem more like Hydra agents. Boys who have lost their arms and legs to leftovoer mines in their own country have cybernetic implants now that allow them to attack Cap, there is a plot about terrorists taking over a small town to bate him, and finally an all out brawl in Dresden with a kind of super-terrorist. The baddies are all equipped with state of the art gear, which I think is a little misleading. The truth is, the suicide bombers aren't a match for Captain America (considering also that he IS a metaphor for America itself). They don't have sophisticated weaponry and laser sights and fighter aircraft. They are simple, usually poor men pushed to a mental/emotional extremity by their own economic and political oppression. Depicting them as superspies kind've negates the message I got from the superior first half of the story. In the end, the enemy becomes as cardboard as the Nazis, Fifth Columnists and `Japs' Cap was pummeling in the 40's. In the end the drama is lessened. However, there are some fantastic moments scattered throughout the book -evidence of good writing, but bad plotting.The art is fantastic. Captain America has never looked better. The detail is admirable. The artist has thankfully remembered Cap's shirt is composed of scale male - and we see each individual scale as he moves and fights. When he leaps off a rooftop, we see the breeze flapping the cuffs of his boots. There is a lot of realism in the art. We believe these characters exist. When Cap unmasks, the look in his eyes conveys solid emotion. When the Lieutenant at the army base salutes Cap and Cap tells him `I'm not an officer, son,' and the Lieutenant says `I know who you are, sir.' We can almost feel the admiration resonating from the younger man's face. When Cap and Nick Fury have a brief tussle, Nick has to readjust his eyepatch. Little details like this (wether specified in the script or solely the work of the artist) make this well worth the read for any Captain America fan. The extras in the back of the book provide some good insight into the creation process, both in application and conception. Overall worth the price, but I wish the story had been more consistent.
Rating: 
Summary: beautiful
Review: This is a collection of the first 6 issues of Marvel's new Captain America series and it is a beauty. John cassady's art is breathtaking, I want to see his work alot more. His version of Captain America is perfect down to each individually drawn scale on caps armored shirt. John Ney Riebers writing is also spot on the money. I won't spoil it for you but the first page of issue 1 sent chills down my spine! You know after the first page this is not a normal Captain America comic book. This book covers all sorts of big issues brought up by the 9-11 attacks and Cap tackles them head on never ducking the issue. When a rescue worker asks cap where he was during the attack caps only answer is "I wasn't there" echoing the helplessness we all felt. The writing style is sparse at times but it definitely makes an impact on you and it is a case where less is more. Cassady's artwork itself almost tells the story at times, the sign of a truly great artist. Captain America is not usually one of my favorite heroes but this book made me love him. Captain America is a leading character in the Marvel universe and John Ney Rieber and John Cassady have done him proud.
Rating:
Summary: An Excellant Comic, for everyone!
Review: This was just fantastic, it had great art, though with a story like this you won't be caught up gazing at the pictures. The artwork is just amazing (though I thought they made the chainmail in Caps shirt too overstated,) the story keeps you turning the pages. It begins on Sept 12th, Cap is obviously upset, and a little lost, but he battles through and beats up some terrorists, and he does it without being jingoistic and laughable (because I've read Cap comics where he's just a joke.) Overall though, this is a great comic which everyone will get a kick out of.
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Summary: US Soldier
Review: TO begin with: great book. Here, not only do we see a slightly different side of Cap, but we also see him reacting to a very real occurance which we all had to deal with not too long ago. In dealing with the catastrophe we commonly refer to as 9/11, cap is there, at the site, and he refuses to leave, to the point where he slams Fury into a wall and basically tells him where he can stick his mission. From the POV of a soldier...we see a very cool Cap here...this is definately one of my favorites
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Summary: A Politically Correct Captain America?
Review: You might have thought that in a world of rampant cynicism and anti-Americanism, at least you could turn to Captain America for a little relief from the ubiquitous "blame America first" crowd. Not anymore. Political correctness has truly infected everything, even Cap. I'm sure the leftist writers of this revisionist storyline were giggling the whole time as they subverted the last bastion of old-fashioned jingoistic patriotism. The storyline is as boring as this: post-9/11 terrorists convince Captain America that we had it coming. But that's not the worst part. I would forgive them the revisionism if they at least turned out an exciting story. But they get way too preachy, with lengthy, sleep-inducing lectures on the evils of America punctuating the action. It's nothing we haven't heard before. But we only get one side of the story, as Captain America merely scratches his head in response to the terrorists' propaganda. This wasn't the case in the '40s or '50s, when Cap had a clever retort for every attempt by the Nazis or other foes to convince him to switch sides. No one in these comics ever offers a word of rebuttal to the stream of lefwing cliches. Al-Tariq tells Cap: "I am not a terrorist. I am a messenger - here to show you the truth of war. YOU ARE THE TERRORISTS!" The old Cap would have uttered a witty reply, and then kicked his rear. Instead, the new Cap actually takes the terrorist's tirade to heart. There's nothing more dull than a one-sided debate. Instead of "Crossfire," we get a Noam Chomsky lecture. Yawn.
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