America #8 shows a social conscience, which has been in much of the series but is more emphasized here. The titular character remains an engaging protagonist with a likable supporting cast, and this issue definitely worth a read. I highly recommend it. Read Full Review

The biggest appeal of this series is that it feels fresh and takes us to a setting we haven't explored much. America proves there are still places in the Marvel universe to visit and does so with the perfect character. America Chavez should have no problem solidifying a permanent fan base with this ongoing series if it continues to stick to its guns. Read Full Review

The Exterminatrix throws on a platinum blonde wig and goes undercover as Sotomayor University's new Dolores Umbridge-type dean. SU's supposed to be a school for the multidimensional best and brightest, but since Gabby Rivera's actually peopled it with notably dumb versions of America and Prodigy, a painful self-insert character (X'Andria), a single professor without real characterization, and a faceless herd of non-entities, the Exterminatrix's dictatorial upheaval and persecution of America go practically unopposed. A functional plot and some excellent art by Joe Quinones are the silver linings; against them, you've got some eyeball-searing costume choices and some of the dumbest dialogue ever published in Marvel Comics. There's dense, multi-layered stupidity packed into every ☠☠☠☠ line uttered by America and her pals; this script is truly a blooming onion of dumb.

Hilarious bonus: This issue has Legacy pages by Robbie Thompson and David Lopez that function *perfectly* with the assumption that America's solo series does not and never did exist.
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This is Gabby at her best, doing a shitty job with horrible art. That's what we are here for! Keep it up Gabby!

1) America refers to herself as latina, again, even tho Gabby made it clear she's from a planet that has no concept of latinamerica. So... it's ok to do cultural appropriation if you're brown?



2) Gabby doubles down on the self-inserts, with a mary-sue backstory about how her mom and grandmom were intergalatic valedactorians... whatevs, you can't even do spanish properly, but, as they say in spanish, no es mi pinche pedo.



3) Comic basically confirms that Gabby had America break with her established gf because the gf was white -- because now, all of the sudden, America and Magdalena are an item yet also in a long-distance relationship, which was the excuse for the break up with Lisa



4)Back to the Gabby self-insert, she teams up with America to kick mindless-ones'ass... Another Mary-Sue check!



5) The whitest character so far is, of course, the evil one.



6) Sotomayor University has the most useless liberal arts degrees in the multiverse; can't even use them to get hired as a barista.



7) Insert a unironic "What do you mean, you people?"



8) Obvious reference to police state.



9) Unironic reference to America adding to diversity.



10) The Gabby self-insert is the key to solve the plot! Mary-Sue strike NUMERO TRES!



I love this comic... it's so bad it's hilarious! It's actually the first Marvel comic I read on NCBD because it just makes me laugh so hard with how bad it is.


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Nauseatingly extreme liberal propaganda. This 'comic' sums up everything that is wrong with Marvel.