Isaac’s Reviews > Marvel Masterworks: Captain America, Vol. 8 > Status Update

#168 by Roy Thomas, Jenny Blake Isabella, and Sal Buscema

chained up above a vat of gargling green liquid with a laser pointed at you has gotta be THE most classic comic book situation to be trapped in. some neat character stuff from cap here as well

#167

wow that ending was RUSHED even by 70s comic book standards. holy moly. at least we're done with this story arc now

#166

lmfao cap has history with a cub scout leader

#165, Englehart and Buscema

the steve half of this book read like a golden age comic in a bad way. even outside of the insane racist villain it's just a total bore

#163

dave cox is the best kind of comic book civilian. he exists to show both how much steve has grown as a character, which is shown in how peggy reacts to his "modern" nonviolent sensibilities, and as a totem of a changing america. it's not subtle by any means (it's a comic book after all) but it proves the worth of this medium to present these slightly more complex political/moral ideas in a very accessible way.

#162

never was a huge fan of the peggy/sharon stuff but it is what it is i guess. some wild artwork in here

#161

some good stuff in here but it has a real bad case of "white-guy-writing-race-stuff" that is kinda lame. we'll see where it goes from here

Captain America #160 by Steve Englehart and Sal Buscema

hey now this is some interesting stuff! the falcon has an emotional arc now which is cool and it seems Englehart is commited to portraying these characters as full people. solarr is neat but his name and costume suck tremendously lmao