A strong issue albeit a elseworlds story you may not expect or even want. Read Full Review

This was a great showcase for some classic Cap moments in an issue dealing with Steve Rogers legacy. Read Full Review

While Romero's art occasionally falters -- largely in gratuitous shots of a female character -- there's still enough for readers to enjoy. Read Full Review

If you're looking for a clinic in visual storytelling, this is your book. But if you're looking for a good Captain America story, sadly, you'll have to look elsewhere. Read Full Review

Unless this arc takes a shocking turn somewhere along the way, I doubt it will go down as something fans will be talking about years, or even months from now, but not all comics need to be groundbreaking. I have hopes that, as Promised Land develops, it will get better, but if it stays the course, it will still be a fun, although throwaway, story. Read Full Review

Captain America #701 is a lengthy setup for an underwhelming finale. While the book isnt quite bad, it comes dangerously close to becoming dull, and thats the worst thing a story can do. The artists turn in great work, and I can still recommend the book, but its not required reading. Read Full Review

By placing the entirety of his final Captain America arc in a disposable future timeline, absent of the protagonist, Waid is signaling that his remaining issues are nothing more than fluff meant to fill pages until Ta-Nehisi Coates takes the reigns and soft-reboots the series in July. Read Full Review

Welcome to the Oblivion Bar where the first round is on me and the pretzels are free! Be warned: like the pickled eggs at the bar, this issue is going to get SPOILED rotten.

Mark Waid is killing it with Captain America. His last arc was fantastic, fun, and original. His arc seems to be on track for the very same thing. We open a story in the past with Bucky and Cap chasing down Hydra, which just so happened to steal some of the Super Solder Serum to create their own Super Soldiers (common theme I know). While Cap takes on this Nazi looking brute of a woman, Bucky chases down the serum and gets it before it was too late.

We then fast forward to the far future of Earth where we see a young Steve Rogers, which turns out to be Cap’s great-great-great grandson. He’s sick and they are using the Super Soldier serum to try to heal him. But it’s not working. Turns out; Earth and the Kree made an alliance and built a Utopian Society together in this future and used Cap’s dead body to synthesize the Super Soldier serum to extend everyone’s life, eliminate disease, and make everyone a bit stronger. Pretty cool idea if you ask me. But again young Steve’s dad, Jackson Rogers, is upset that it works on everyone else but his son.

Jackson goes to talk to the President to see if he will help him out and let him look into more research on his great-great-grandpappy. He’s declined the opportunity by this General so Jackson sneaks into the office of the General after hours to find the formula and notes on it to help his son. He uses this cool lens, which Tony Stark made from the Time Gem, that can see about 10 minutes into the past to help him sneak into the office. So, the lens shows Jackson where people were so he knows where to look for notes and evidence on the formula. This part was also pretty original and awesome! Loved it! more

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Dispatchdcu - May 3, 2018

We end the issue by seeing that the General made a deal with the Kree and manipulated the Super Soldier formula to create Kree Super Soldier sleeper agents that are mind controlled without there knowledge. Anyone who has ever had the formula is a sleeper agent for the Kree. The General finds Jackson sneaking around and now he’s on the run!

Dispatchdcu - May 3, 2018

Personally, Waid is doing a great job of telling Captain America stories in a way that pays tribute to the classic Cap while moving it forward into the future with these great ideas. They aren’t just stories about WW2 and Nazis all the time but they tie in those elements that make Cap who he is and progress the character through hope and inspiration. Cap influenced and entire civilization, transformed people physically even in his death,

Dispatchdcu - May 3, 2018

and Waid shows us all his importance in this issue as well as the entire last arc. Waid shows us Captain America is more about hope and heart than anything else and makes me come back each month for more. If you like what you heard, love talking all types of comics, and are interested in joining a comic chat group, hit me up at dispatchdcu@gmail.com or @dispatchdcu on twitter. Catch you all later! Peace

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Nice little story spanning past and future by Waid and a good combo of artists to illustrate it. Romero made it look like Samnee never left..almost. Hughes was a pleasure to see!

Several centuries in the future, Cap's descendant confronts dangerous secrets lurking just beneath the surface of his shiny happy world. It's a thrilling story, but it's surprisingly exposition-heavy for an arc that'll reach four issues. Stellar usage of stellar guest art for the historical flashbacks counterbalances the somewhat weak characterization and scene-setting. The second flashback is Cap working for SHIELD in 1968 and I LOVE how flagrantly it flips the bird at the sliding timescale.

This was an interesting book that no one really asked for or needed, but definitely a worthwhile read with a fun concept.

This whole story arc has been terrible and the wrap up was even worse.