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Captain America: Marvel Knights
Avengers Disassembled: Captain America
Captain America and Diamondback are reunited after all these years - but their reunion is bittersweet, as Cap is consumed with remorse over recent cataclysmic events involving the Avengers. Meanwhile, all is not right within the S.H.I.E.L.D. organization. How is it that Nick Fury is completely unaware? And what does all this have to do with a certain Red-Skulled villain who's been lurking in the background? Plus: Finding himself a fugitive from justice, the Falcon must battle his way past elite naval operatives - even as Cap is forced to choose between his partner and his principles while suffering an enigmatic battle fatigue that replays his worst failure and presents the Scarlet Witch as his only refuge.
Collecting: Captain America 29-32, Captain America And The Falcon 5-7
Collecting: Captain America 29-32, Captain America And The Falcon 5-7
168 pages, Paperback
First published December 29, 2004
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About the author
Robert Kirkman
2,778 books6,966 followersRobert Kirkman is an American comic book writer best known for his work on The Walking Dead, Invincible for Image Comics, as well as Ultimate X-Men and Marvel Zombies for Marvel Comics. He has also collaborated with Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane on the series Haunt. He is one of the five partners of Image Comics, and the only one of the five who was not one of the original co-founders of that publisher.
Robert Kirkman's first comic books were self-published under his own Funk-o-Tron label. Along with childhood friend Tony Moore, Kirkman created Battle Pope which was published in late 2001. Battle Pope ran for over 2 years along with other Funk-o-Tron published books such as InkPunks and Double Take.
In July of 2002, Robert's first work for another company began, with a 4-part SuperPatriot series for Image, along with Battle Pope backup story artist Cory Walker. Robert's creator-owned projects followed shortly thereafter, including Tech Jacket, Invincible and Walking Dead.
Robert Kirkman's first comic books were self-published under his own Funk-o-Tron label. Along with childhood friend Tony Moore, Kirkman created Battle Pope which was published in late 2001. Battle Pope ran for over 2 years along with other Funk-o-Tron published books such as InkPunks and Double Take.
In July of 2002, Robert's first work for another company began, with a 4-part SuperPatriot series for Image, along with Battle Pope backup story artist Cory Walker. Robert's creator-owned projects followed shortly thereafter, including Tech Jacket, Invincible and Walking Dead.
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August 21, 2021
An outrageously incorrectly named volume starts of with the second half(!) of a Captain America & Falcon conspiracy story that would be a lot better, if I'd had access to the earlier episodes - it incudes a very weird Scarlet Witch romance;. and this volume is finished off with an OK SHIELD-Diamondback-Red Skull four-parter. You probably need to be a Captain America completist or fan to appreciate these stories, which I am not. This volume has almost zero connection to Avenger Disassembled. Tsk tsk Marvel 4 out of 12.
May 17, 2019
Glad how much better Kirkman got after this because this...was not good. Now I can finally move on to Ed brubaker re-read!
August 27, 2019
I read this when it first came out (as single issues) years ago. I didn't know much about Robert Kirkman at the time and wasn't particularly impressed by this particular story. It felt just kind of thrown together. Looking back on it with my post-Walking Dead (among a few others) eyes I feel like Kirkman was either phoning it in or was struggling under some editorial mandate or some such. It feels as if he threw together an outline to try and include the who's who of Cap's supporting cast then never bothered to develop it any further and sent it off to his artist (or however it works). Major things happen to Cap here with little to no emotional repercussions which means there was little to no emotional response from me either.
I am obviously a big comic book geek and happily so but I don't like them just to look at the pretty pictures, I feel as if the combination of reading and visual art create something that can say and do so much more than words or pictures alone. This story arc failed to capitalize on that, despite a talented writer and some good art.
I am obviously a big comic book geek and happily so but I don't like them just to look at the pretty pictures, I feel as if the combination of reading and visual art create something that can say and do so much more than words or pictures alone. This story arc failed to capitalize on that, despite a talented writer and some good art.
May 5, 2021
Los dibujos están bien, y la historia igual, supongo
Me di cuenta que en este volumen en especial, el Capitán América necesita de otros personajes para sobresalir, o al menos para ser interesante; su beso con Wanda y su historia con Bucky fueron lo único memorable de esto.
Por otro lado Falcon me pareció inconstante, en algunos momentos sumamente aburrido, en otros interesante y dinámico.
Voy a continuar con la storyline, por que todo el mundo dice que "desunidos" es un evento muy bueno y tal, solo espero que se ponga mejor
Me di cuenta que en este volumen en especial, el Capitán América necesita de otros personajes para sobresalir, o al menos para ser interesante; su beso con Wanda y su historia con Bucky fueron lo único memorable de esto.
Por otro lado Falcon me pareció inconstante, en algunos momentos sumamente aburrido, en otros interesante y dinámico.
Voy a continuar con la storyline, por que todo el mundo dice que "desunidos" es un evento muy bueno y tal, solo espero que se ponga mejor
May 10, 2020
More than one instant of lazy writing and a twist to get out of complex situations rather than making the characters face real consequences. The drawing was good on some of the issues.
October 11, 2021
Honestly don't understand why these two separate series are grouped together here. The two writers of the separate series obviously have had no contact because they contradict each other at every turn and write quite different versions of Cap.
Personally I preferred the Kirkman story in Captain America. It was self contained although really had no bearing on Avengers Dissembled (apart from the occasional comment about having had a bad week).
And yes, I did say the Kirkman issues, because despite being blamed for this whole mess, he wasn't responsible for C&F. That mess was all Christopher Priest (and various co-writers). Not only was it a confusing story that had started in the previous issues, but I felt all the characters were acting really OOC. And there was no conclusion. I really don't understand where this fit in with AD.
Art was pretty good on both.
Captain America - 3*
Captain America and Falcon - 2*
Personally I preferred the Kirkman story in Captain America. It was self contained although really had no bearing on Avengers Dissembled (apart from the occasional comment about having had a bad week).
And yes, I did say the Kirkman issues, because despite being blamed for this whole mess, he wasn't responsible for C&F. That mess was all Christopher Priest (and various co-writers). Not only was it a confusing story that had started in the previous issues, but I felt all the characters were acting really OOC. And there was no conclusion. I really don't understand where this fit in with AD.
Art was pretty good on both.
Captain America - 3*
Captain America and Falcon - 2*
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October 25, 2021
This collects two "Disassembled" stories from two different writers working on two separate books. The overall feel makes Cap seem schizophrenic. The Cap and Falc story sees Cap suddenly pining after Wanda, which makes no sense in any context for either character. The whole thing feels weirdly half-assed, even as it's bending over backwards to be complex, it only succeeds at being convoluted.
(Spoiler: even in the context of Disassembled, say that Wanda is manipulating Cap into having feelings for her, it doesn't make any sense.)
The other storyline, from Cap prime, is better but still fairly bland. Red Skull gets a cool suit that lets him beat ass. He tries to get Diamondback, who is having a thing with Cap, to kill Cap but eventually she refuses because love. Red Skull kills her, but actually she's a robot and SHIELD saves the day. It literally reads like this. So...yeah, not my favorite Cap effort.
(Spoiler: even in the context of Disassembled, say that Wanda is manipulating Cap into having feelings for her, it doesn't make any sense.)
The other storyline, from Cap prime, is better but still fairly bland. Red Skull gets a cool suit that lets him beat ass. He tries to get Diamondback, who is having a thing with Cap, to kill Cap but eventually she refuses because love. Red Skull kills her, but actually she's a robot and SHIELD saves the day. It literally reads like this. So...yeah, not my favorite Cap effort.
May 26, 2019
This was a very period in Captain America's life and he's made subject to a lot of strangeness as part of yet another conspiracy theory being orchestrated around him. This particular volume is a grab bag of encounters with different classic Captain America villains including the Hydra, the Serpent Society and even non-comic relief Batroc the Leaper. We have Cap being a lot angrier than usual and even Falcon also being similarly angrier. Throw in a few unusual romantic encounters for Cap and you have quite the quirky story indeed.
October 15, 2024
Despite being a spin-off of the Brian Michael Bendis banger, Avengers Disassembled: Captain America was a disappointment. The art style of Scot Eaton was incredible, but Robert Kirkman must have had an off day cuz this one was a rough read. This got 2 stars b/c of the art.
March 29, 2021
don't see entirely how this is related to the main disassembled event outside of causal references
April 19, 2021
Sexta parte para el evento: Avengers Disassembled.
May 10, 2021
This was before Kirkman was good and on the Walking Dead.
July 16, 2021
Nada memorable
August 1, 2021
2.5 stars
I was confused the whole time. It wasn’t terrible, but I really like Steve in the MCU...... this made me like Steve less.
I was confused the whole time. It wasn’t terrible, but I really like Steve in the MCU...... this made me like Steve less.
April 8, 2024
3.5-
March 23, 2016
Continuing with the Diassembeled storyline- I come upon Captain America written by Bob Kirkman of Walking Dead fame. That was an interesting surprise. I enjoyed Kirkman's writing. It has a very nostalgic feel to Cap. Sometimes it is almost borderline cheesy, but never makes that fatal leap. It stays true to his "good as apple pie" persona. So while usually not my style I did enjoy it. Cap is sent to save a US Senator by SHIELD, except that some guy named Corporal Nolan is attempting an overthrow of SHIELD. Cap and Diamondback rescue the Senator from Hydra and then he fights Batroc and the Serpent Society. Meanwhile it seems the rogue SHIELD Corporal is actually in league with the Red Skull. The Red Skull has also compromised Diamondback, who has rekindled her relationship with Cap and plans to kill him. But during their fight against the Serpent Society Diamondback reneges on her mission to kill Cap and is in turn killed by the Red Skull. Then for some weird reason she isn't dead because of "new found powers" and she and Cap team up to defeat the Red Skull and Corporal Nolan finds that, for all his plans..Nick Fury is just smarter than he is and get himself and his rouge band of SHIELD agents arrested. It is a fairly simplistic story and didn't have the flair I expect from Kirkman (though I judge him off his tremendous Walking Dead series). But, for the simplicity of the tale it has a very Captain America "feel" to it that really does harken back to the olden days of Cap. So in a fit of kindness I think this one is deserving of a 3/5. It has none of the darkness and grittiness of Avengers Disassembled though.
Included in this was a run of the Disassembeled story through Captain America and the Falcon. This one was really complicated and without really knowing the past story it was hard to judge. The gist? Well Cap and the Falcon find out that the Office of Naval Intelligence is running an operation with the Rivas drug cartel. When the ONI finds out that they know they send a Navy SEAL with their own version of the super soldier serum to take out Falcon while dressed as Cap. But once he was defeated- Cap realizes that ONI will eliminate him to cover their tracks. So they stash him in the Waknda embassy and try to find some more serum or the sailor goes into withdrawal. ONI decided to charge the falcon with kidnapping the sailor and then the rest of it is Cap and Falcon evading the ONI. In the middle of this Cap hooks up with the Scarlet Witch (and while the timeline was confusing-there is near the end a hint that this happens right before the events of Avengers Disassembeled, since Stark hadn't given his disastrous UN speech yet). The Falcon is way more bad ass in this series than I am used to seeing him be. Cap keeps having some weird flash backs. Its is not a bad story-just confusing since it's like I was brought into the middle of the story..shown a few scenes and then ejected. I assume the only thing this has to do with the Disassembeled story is Scarlet Witch? That was an awful lot for a timeline even that doesn't occur near the end and am a little confused as to why it was thrown in here. But, if it helps-it seemed like a really good story-if I had started from the beginning of this complicated plot.
Included in this was a run of the Disassembeled story through Captain America and the Falcon. This one was really complicated and without really knowing the past story it was hard to judge. The gist? Well Cap and the Falcon find out that the Office of Naval Intelligence is running an operation with the Rivas drug cartel. When the ONI finds out that they know they send a Navy SEAL with their own version of the super soldier serum to take out Falcon while dressed as Cap. But once he was defeated- Cap realizes that ONI will eliminate him to cover their tracks. So they stash him in the Waknda embassy and try to find some more serum or the sailor goes into withdrawal. ONI decided to charge the falcon with kidnapping the sailor and then the rest of it is Cap and Falcon evading the ONI. In the middle of this Cap hooks up with the Scarlet Witch (and while the timeline was confusing-there is near the end a hint that this happens right before the events of Avengers Disassembeled, since Stark hadn't given his disastrous UN speech yet). The Falcon is way more bad ass in this series than I am used to seeing him be. Cap keeps having some weird flash backs. Its is not a bad story-just confusing since it's like I was brought into the middle of the story..shown a few scenes and then ejected. I assume the only thing this has to do with the Disassembeled story is Scarlet Witch? That was an awful lot for a timeline even that doesn't occur near the end and am a little confused as to why it was thrown in here. But, if it helps-it seemed like a really good story-if I had started from the beginning of this complicated plot.
April 2, 2016
Cap & Falc (5-7). This is a bit of a mess of a story. The Anti-Cap story from Vol. 1 continues, but mainly treads water without any forward momentum. Falcon continues acting strange and edgy. Then Captain starts acting weird too, with full-out hallucinations of Bucky and the Scarlet Witch alike. None of it is explained, which is deeply unsatisfying (though the first two points will presumably get closed out in the last volume and the Wanda problem is assumedly a tie-in to Disassembled ... which is hopefully closed out there). But as of now, none of it forms a complete story. [5/10]
Captain America (29-32). Rarely have I seen a comic as much of a mess as this early Robert Kirkman offering. There's a SHIELD conspiracy, and it's mostly dealt with off-screen. There's Diamondback, and she's acting totally out of character compared to the Gruenwald Diamond. There's a major revelation about her that comes out of nowhere and then is shuffled off screen almost immediately. Meanwhile, the arc never goes in one direction, as it constantly jumps from one topic to another. This is just a mess, and by the end not that interesting as a result [4/10].
As a whole, this is also a pretty bad collection. As with most of the Disassembled cross-overs, it's not obvious what has anything to do with anything. But there's also a lot of discontinuity here. Cap's macking on the Scarlet Witch in C+F, then on Diamondback in Cap, and that's never really explained. Meanwhile it's not obvious that Disassembled happens right in the middle of this volume, nor is an explanation of the event offered. This is really an example of how not to organize an event crossover.
Captain America (29-32). Rarely have I seen a comic as much of a mess as this early Robert Kirkman offering. There's a SHIELD conspiracy, and it's mostly dealt with off-screen. There's Diamondback, and she's acting totally out of character compared to the Gruenwald Diamond. There's a major revelation about her that comes out of nowhere and then is shuffled off screen almost immediately. Meanwhile, the arc never goes in one direction, as it constantly jumps from one topic to another. This is just a mess, and by the end not that interesting as a result [4/10].
As a whole, this is also a pretty bad collection. As with most of the Disassembled cross-overs, it's not obvious what has anything to do with anything. But there's also a lot of discontinuity here. Cap's macking on the Scarlet Witch in C+F, then on Diamondback in Cap, and that's never really explained. Meanwhile it's not obvious that Disassembled happens right in the middle of this volume, nor is an explanation of the event offered. This is really an example of how not to organize an event crossover.
May 26, 2018
So far, Avengers Disassembled has proven a great starting point for Marvel comics. That wasn't the case here.
This book contains two story arcs. The second, Captain America's solo arc, was a great starting point, taking place after the events of Disassembled, dealing with the fallout thereof for Cap. Cap felt off, though, being way too violent, under the excuse of "I've had a bad week!"
The first story arc, Captain America and the Falcon, leads directly into Disassembled, and would make a great prologue to it, if not for the facts that it's the sequel to an already established story. Hopefully the first volume of Cap and the Falcon will make sense of this one.
I'd suggest reading half of this before, and half of it after Avengers Disassembled. And even then, the art is pretty horrendous.
Upon reread, I felt much the same as before, and also realized that the two stories are mutually exclusive, which is kind of dumb.
This book contains two story arcs. The second, Captain America's solo arc, was a great starting point, taking place after the events of Disassembled, dealing with the fallout thereof for Cap. Cap felt off, though, being way too violent, under the excuse of "I've had a bad week!"
The first story arc, Captain America and the Falcon, leads directly into Disassembled, and would make a great prologue to it, if not for the facts that it's the sequel to an already established story. Hopefully the first volume of Cap and the Falcon will make sense of this one.
I'd suggest reading half of this before, and half of it after Avengers Disassembled. And even then, the art is pretty horrendous.
Upon reread, I felt much the same as before, and also realized that the two stories are mutually exclusive, which is kind of dumb.
February 27, 2012
Any insightful review I had for this story was washed away by the ridiculousness of Diamondback's costume. Why do I keep reading comic books when there is such a clear "no girls allowed" sign on them?! The first time she appeared on panel, Rachel looked like she was sitting naked on Cap's stairs, and because I wasn't at all familiar with her character, in a lot of the 'action' scenes I just couldn't fucking figure out what ridiculous contortionist position they were trying to put her body in. I would be staring at a panel full of just miscellaneous flesh and suit, awkwardly trying to find the underlying skeletal structure to see if it was even remotely humanoid.
Anyway, always nice to see the Red Skull get cocky and hear about the inner workings of Cap's financial woes when it comes to renovations and repairs.
Anyway, always nice to see the Red Skull get cocky and hear about the inner workings of Cap's financial woes when it comes to renovations and repairs.
December 14, 2014
Captain America gets the Disassembled treatment - and just like with Iron Man, it is completely incidental to the overall event. So yeah, another (rather familiar) big bad is out there targeting Cap at the same time as the Avengers, Thor, and Tony Stark all have mortal threats to deal with.
This tale plays out as cliched and has as contrived an ending as the Iron Man story did - which subtracts from the event itself (which I will review separately and was actually quite nice). The Serpent Society and Batroc bit parts/ cameos were also rather meh, I must say.
The art - again - was not impressive for me. All in all, an average read. Some of the complex political machinations hinted at in the Cap + Falcon issues early on (which were a bit confusing and ultimately came to not much) were intriguing, but as I said - came to nothing. Sigh.
This tale plays out as cliched and has as contrived an ending as the Iron Man story did - which subtracts from the event itself (which I will review separately and was actually quite nice). The Serpent Society and Batroc bit parts/ cameos were also rather meh, I must say.
The art - again - was not impressive for me. All in all, an average read. Some of the complex political machinations hinted at in the Cap + Falcon issues early on (which were a bit confusing and ultimately came to not much) were intriguing, but as I said - came to nothing. Sigh.
January 14, 2014
The two stories in this collection were pretty weak, especially in the writing.
Supposedly, this was to be a supplement to the events of "Avengers Disassembled"; but other than a couple scenes with the Scarlet Witch, this collection adds little to the main crossover storyline.
The Falcon portion of book is particularly tedious, a real slog to read through, and the second story, featuring the return of Diamondback (and Red Skull in a new suit of armour) is cliche and terribly storyboarded.
Plus, Diamondback looks ridiculous in her painted-on, purple fetish gear.
A real let-down.
2/5
Supposedly, this was to be a supplement to the events of "Avengers Disassembled"; but other than a couple scenes with the Scarlet Witch, this collection adds little to the main crossover storyline.
The Falcon portion of book is particularly tedious, a real slog to read through, and the second story, featuring the return of Diamondback (and Red Skull in a new suit of armour) is cliche and terribly storyboarded.
Plus, Diamondback looks ridiculous in her painted-on, purple fetish gear.
A real let-down.
2/5
November 28, 2010
I skimmed this one since I'd just read Avengers Disassembled, but I must not know enough Captain America lore to understand what's going on... or care.
August 5, 2015
Hmm, apparently Captain America is not my cup of tea. I didn't particularly like his prominent role in The Ultimates, and didn't get too excited for this story. As a last try I'm going to try Brubaker's Wintersoldier run which is touted as 'the best ever', because I want to like Cap!
April 6, 2015
This was a decent story. The end was a bit rushed, and felt unsatisfying, however. And there were a few too many things that popped up, and then disappeared again, without much consequence. But still a fun read.
March 6, 2023
Great Marvel Readthrough, pt 49
July 26, 2013
Pretty forgettable all the way around. And only marginally related to Disassembled--this book is certainly better read as part of the longer Cap mythology than the Disassembled storyline.
January 24, 2015
Not much of an actual tie-in to the Disassembled story but it was great fun and had a quick appearance by the Serpent Society...one of my favorite group of bad guys...even if they are on the D-List.
January 26, 2017
This is the worst Disassembled tie-in. It's not the worst comic book event I've ever read, but it's extremely close.
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