Kirby trips over himself trying to makes things over the top explosive. When I read this, I see Kirby past his prime as an artist, with occasionally nauseating dialogue, going batshit crazy. I imagine if you were 8-12 when these issues were originally released then these are some of your all-time favorite comics. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this run on the title is not very good. Until then, those same folks who utter statements like this were still busy bashing his work. This only became a way of thinking after he died, of course. The point of this statement is that it is considered sacrilegious to utter that something that Kirby did, anything that Kirby did, was not art of the highest order and unparallelled creative genius. It wasn't until I got a Fantastic Four Marvel Treasury Edition in 1985 (which collected '60s FF) that I began to appreciate his work. Indeed, looking at his then-current work I thought that he sucked ass when I was a kid. I recall many comics fans bashing Kirby in the '80s. I wouldn't have given them shit if I were as mistreated as Kirby claimed he was. He came back to Marvel and freely created even more characters for them after his perceived mistreatment the first time around. I won't even go there, but I will say that Kirby was a terrible businessman. People get passionate, tempers flare, Internet arguments ensue. It's almost impossible to mention Jack Kirby without fandom blowing a gasket over how he was/was not screwed over by Marvel, or how Stan Lee did/did not help co-create the characters which served as the foundation of the Marvel Universe. If the Fourth World comics are Kirby at his most ambitious and personal, these Captain America stories are Kirby at his rawest and wildest. Kirby is gifted with both a seemingly bottomless well of zany ideas, and the skill to bring them to life with his astonishing artwork. From there, Captain America gets unstuck in time, befriends a gang of interdimensional shoplifters, fights a being made of pure energy, and busts up Arnim Zola's top secret monster factory. The first story arc involves a bomb that drives people violently insane, detonated by an evil group of King George III cosplayers. Not everything works (if you don't skip every scene where Sharon begs Cap to stop hero-ing and settle down with her, you're a more patient reader than I), but when things click, the result is some of the strangest, most fun action comics of all time. Agent, so that he can break free of Captain America’s legacy and no longer be dragged down by comparisons to Steve.The title page of every issue here proudly states "written, drawn, and edited by Jack Kiby." This is Kirby working with no editorial oversight or interference. Once he loses the title, it’s possible that he’ll get a chance to shine as U.S. He will help illustrate to viewers why Steve was so unique, and why it’s Falcon – and no one else – who has earned the right to wield the shield in the MCU. It’s true that he isn’t the best pick to replace Steve Rogers, but he was never supposed to be. Walker failing to be a sufficient Captain America didn’t mean he was undeserving of a place in the superhero community, it just showed that being Captain America is a job that only rare and extraordinary individuals can pull off.īased on what Marvel has done so far with The Falcon and the Winter Solider, it seems likely that the show will take a similar route with John Walker. Being a symbol of righteousness and dignity to millions of people is not an easy thing to do, as it comes with an enormous amount of pressure. His arc in the 1980s demonstrated to readers how special Steve Rogers really is. That being said, he was shown to be a good person at heart. The story made it clear that John Walker was not fit to be Captain America.
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