Captain America by Ta-Nehisi Coates Vol. 1 Collection (Captain America (2018-2021)) Kindle & comiXology

These issues were originally collected in two paperback editions - reviewed separately below:Captain America – Winter in AmericaI waited 40 years for Marvel to bring Bucky back from the dead – I was there when the Avengers found that block of ice, and now they have brought Brubaker’s Captain America back to me after only a ten-year wait!This is not a put-down for Mr Coates the writer, for he is a superb comic-book writer as I discovered to my surprise when I started reading his Black Panther series and discovered a classic Marvel comic – this was a writer who knew how to write comic-books, but also knew his Marvel history down to the microscopic level.Captain America has had its highs and lows and Mr Brubaker’s run was one of the highs, and it ran for years; and now Mr Coates’ run is starting off with a similar feel and look, with Sharon and Bucky all up to date and standing just where they ought to be, and with all the fall-out from Secret Empire that everyone else has pushed under the carpet out in the open, where it collides with modern-day America in a rather uncanny way – the sort of way that you really couldn’t plan for.There are also plot threads that reach back to the Brubaker run tied up in the story, which also add to the feeling of continuity, but there are also a lot of new ones that Mr Coates is spinning for himself.One of the hallmarks of a Marvel story is continuity and a feel for its own history, and this opening episode has continuity woven all the way through, but showing in new patterns and colours.This really is an excellent comic, and Marvel’s – literal – flagship title is back on track once more.Captain America – Captain of NothingI wrote a rave review of the first volume of this series, and everything I said there still applies to this: I am reminded of Ed Brubaker’s Captain America at every turn, but not because of any repetition, but because of the quality.Every time you see a similarity to Mr Brubaker’s stories, you also get a sudden twist to it or something completely different appears, but everything is infused with continuity and an uncanny reflection of current America (and of Steve Englehart’s “Secret Empire” – I bet when they put Stevil in the White House in the most recent “Secret Empire” they didn’t realise that we’d be heading back there so soon!The superb artwork also reminds us of Mr Brubaker’s time, but only because he was blessed with artwork above and beyond the average also.Mentioning Steve Englehart also reminds us of some of the plot-elements that he introduced (occasionally referred to as “cans of worms”) and they also are coming back – not to haunt us, but to add to richness of the plot – but this is not a ‘greatest hits’ collection that a lesser writer would come up with – and be hailed for it, this is one of those “fourth Skrull” moments that come along once every couple of decade, when a writer who knows his continuity reaches into the back of Marvel’s wardrobe and find a handful of snow…THE SPOILER ZONEAnyway, Englehart and Brubaker play a big part in the ending of this volume also, as they both had a “Death of Captain America” storyline, and while one brought back a long-dead character, the other killed one off (though it didn’t take, this being comics), here we have not one but two cliff-hanger endings – one in Steve’s “Batcave” where this Captain America is laid to rest with all his predecessors, and then on the next page where Sharon welcomes who I thought was the Black Widow, but who she calls “Aunt Peggy”…

This book really redeems cap after that secret empire bull. And it also is the best Captain America since brubaker run. Not as good but it could easily follow that run. I'd say coates is better at writing cap then black panther. Definitely a must read.

If you liked Coates' Black Panther you are going to like the this just as much. Really enjoyable, Thank you.

The story is OK, the art by end of it is amateurish. Still a good read. I was expecting more.

I've been reading comics for a long time. This isn't Captain America. Not sure what Coates was going for but it's obvious he doesn't get the character or didn't care too. Very pretentious and joyless. Basically the antithesis of Cap and comics in general.

No real plot and no real fun or joy in the character.There should be positivity in Captain America that is the American Dream and that should be intrinsic inthe character -enough with navel gazing and self analysis.