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This entry is part 4 of 8 in the series Scenes from the Sex Wars

Rob Liefeld strikes an unexpected blow for sexual equality with his “reimagining” of Captain America.

The Avengers

by Joss Whedon, Zak Penn ; Marvel Studios, Paramount

if flawed, this film’s as good as anyone could realistically expect. It’s told by people who understand the team’s nature and appeal, and can bottle that and serve it to audiences new and fannish alike. It’s been a five-film wait. And it’s pretty much been worth it.

Captain America: The First Avenger

by Joe Johnston, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely ; Marvel Comics

Tony Keen — 12-Sep-11

I’ve spent a good few years being quite cynical about Marvel’s ambitious plans for their superhero franchise in the cinema. Even if they did get made, they wouldn’t be any good. What is very pleasing about Captain America: The First Avenger is that none of these fears are realised.

Captain America: Sentinel of Liberalism?

Tony Keen — 12-Sep-11

In the window of the old location of Gosh Comics there was a cartoon that depicted a bloated Captain America serving the needs of US agribusiness. I think this idea of Captain America is completely wrong.

Captain America 1

by Ed Brubaker, Steve McNiven, Mark Morales ; Marvel Comics

Martin Skidmore — 21-Jul-11

I am a huge admirer of Brubaker, and he’s done a lot of his best work with Cap, so I had high hopes for this, but I am slightly deflated after reading it. It does a great job of introducing the essentials of the character, thankfully eschewing a millionth showing of the origin, but flashing back to WWII, showing him with the Avengers, bringing in Nick Fury, Dum Dum Dugan and Sharon Carter, giving him some action as Steve Rogers and finally as Cap.

All-Winners Squad: Band of Heroes 1

by Paul Jenkins, Carmine Di Giandomenico ; Marvel Comics

Martin Skidmore — 13-Jul-11

This strikes me as a total disaster area of a comic. First, purge your mind of any previous knowledge of the All-Winners Squad, more or less the same as the Invaders: this lot has no Torch (though is that supposed to be him on the cover?) or Sub-Mariner or Whizzer, though it does have Cap and Bucky. We see them from 1944 in mostly army uniform with a bunch of other soldiers who wear masks.

Essential Captain America 6

by Jack Kirby, Sal Buscema, Misc. ; Marvel Comics

Martin Skidmore — 06-Apr-11

My god the slump in standards some way into this is painful. I’m not sure I can think of another Essential volume where it’s so precipitous.

Captain America 615.1

by Ed Brubaker, Mitch Breitweiser ; Marvel Comics

Martin Skidmore — 29-Mar-11

This is certainly the best of the .1 issues I’ve seen so far, which actually isn’t saying much. It tells a story, complete in one issue, which along the way tells us where Steve Rogers is right now, and sets up a key emotional theme for the immediate future.

Captain America & Crossbones 1

by William Harms, Declan Shalvey ; Marvel Comics

Martin Skidmore — 23-Mar-11

I am thoroughly sick of these pointless one-shot comics from Marvel – though despite saying ‘ONE-SHOT’ on the cover, there is a ‘next issue’ ad at the end, that being for Cap & Batrock, who apparently has a ‘k’ now. I know there’s a Cap movie this summer, so I figured that that must feature Crossbones, but not according to the IMDB cast list, so I’m at a loss to know why this comic exists.

Ultimate Captain America 1

by Jason Aaron, Ron Garney ; Marvel Comics

Martin Skidmore — 12-Jan-11

This seemed a good randomish pick this week: I like most of the Ultimate line, and Aaron seems to be building a reputation, so I’d meant to try him. He confuses the hell out of me, to be honest.

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