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Marvel Masterworks: Captain America #4
Marvel Masterworks: Captain America, Vol. 4
Collects Captain America #114-124
232 pages, Hardcover
First published March 19, 2008
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Stan Lee
7,563 books2,353 followersStan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) was an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
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December 23, 2017
Ugh. Without Kirby or Steranko, the pencils, while solid, can't elevate the stories. And the stories are bad. Horrible. And incredibly sexist, even for the time period. Cap comes off as a manipulative ass.
November 7, 2025
A mixed bag after the excellent (if nostalgic) tales of volume 3. Here we get Cap moping a startling amount: about Bucky, about Sharon, about being a man out of time. He acts surprisingly selfishly to Sharon about her role in SHIELD and overall it's not a good look for him.
Superimposed on this are some curious stories, the longest run of which is the Red Skull locating the good old Cosmic Cube again. This leads to a crazy story, with the Skull playing sadistic games, ID swapping, dumping Cap as Skull on the Exile island (where he meets the Falcon for the first time). The art is very different to the Kirby then briefly Steranko replete in prior volumes, and we get some Buscema and Gene Colan, an artist whom I never loved as a youngster but as an adult appreciate far more, here as in Dr Strange.
As well as the Red Skull we get AIM, MODOK, and even the Scorpion from Spiderman! SHIELD feature heavily too, which is great fun, and even the silly stories (like the campus mind control daftness) read well enough.
It feels a little like it's searching for an identity, which may have been the case for the US in this era, and may be a soft prelude to Cap's eventual abandonment of the role and Nomad? Or just the writers struggling where to take the character.
Looking forward to volume 5
Superimposed on this are some curious stories, the longest run of which is the Red Skull locating the good old Cosmic Cube again. This leads to a crazy story, with the Skull playing sadistic games, ID swapping, dumping Cap as Skull on the Exile island (where he meets the Falcon for the first time). The art is very different to the Kirby then briefly Steranko replete in prior volumes, and we get some Buscema and Gene Colan, an artist whom I never loved as a youngster but as an adult appreciate far more, here as in Dr Strange.
As well as the Red Skull we get AIM, MODOK, and even the Scorpion from Spiderman! SHIELD feature heavily too, which is great fun, and even the silly stories (like the campus mind control daftness) read well enough.
It feels a little like it's searching for an identity, which may have been the case for the US in this era, and may be a soft prelude to Cap's eventual abandonment of the role and Nomad? Or just the writers struggling where to take the character.
Looking forward to volume 5
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October 25, 2019
Gene Colan and Cap
Classic run, with Gene Colan drawing Steve Rogers. I don't remember these issues being filled withe amount angst that they do. Cap mopes . . . A lot! It's still classic stuff Maynard.
Classic run, with Gene Colan drawing Steve Rogers. I don't remember these issues being filled withe amount angst that they do. Cap mopes . . . A lot! It's still classic stuff Maynard.
July 18, 2023
A lot of value, and cheap prices
Good color artwork. Captain America meets and trains Rick Jones to be Bucky, and meets and trains the Falcon. Gets transformed by the cosmic cube. Fights red skull, modok and Dr faustus.
Good color artwork. Captain America meets and trains Rick Jones to be Bucky, and meets and trains the Falcon. Gets transformed by the cosmic cube. Fights red skull, modok and Dr faustus.
May 11, 2021
Lot of good stuff in these stories: Gene Colan's art, the Cosmic Cube, the Red Skull, and the origin of the Falcon. I did find the flip flopping Sharon and Cap storyline to be a bit tiresome, though.
September 18, 2020
This is a milestone set of issues because it gives us Sam Wilson, The Falcon. I was all in for the Red Skull/Cap Freaky Friday scenario, and really enjoyed seeing Sam's origin. The rest of the books that make up this collection were forgettable filler, but worth it for the main arc.
We discussed this series more in Comic Book Coffee Break:
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We discussed this series more in Comic Book Coffee Break:
https://youtu.be/bN7fqZdCoqc
February 13, 2016
Excellent collection of the first silver age Captain America stories. These stories of the relaunch of Captain America into the modern era are must reads for fans of early Marvel Comics. Very recommended
January 31, 2017
The falcon storyline is good, the Sharon Carter "I can't be with you if you're a secret agent" one is gross. What the Joan Jett, Cap! Ugh.
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