This issue is a very good example of what you want from Captain America. There's plenty of the action, interpersonal relationships, and intrigue that people have been looking for since the Captains inception. Once again the duo of Coates and Yu knock it out of the park. Read Full Review

Lastly, Coates and Yu aren't wastingany time playing their big joker as it appears that issue #3 will feature the crossover we were all hoping this series would lead to. Read Full Review

There's not a lot of action in this issue past the first few pages, but Yu does a great job of keeping the pacing of the story moving with the visuals. The complement each other well and seem to be working in tandem to tell an increasingly complex story. Read Full Review

Captain America #2 shows more promise and intrigue for the future of this book. Coates is showing the talent that made Black Panther one of Marvels powerhouse books once again, and Leinil Francis Yu, Gerry Alanguilan, and Sunny Gho knock it out of the park on the visuals. This one comes strongly recommended. Give it a read. Read Full Review

This is a complete package of a comic that has lots of action on the surface and so much more below. While things are still being set up in Coates' signature style, the ending leaves us questioning what's next in a “I didn't see that coming sort of way.” When a soldier and a patriot doesn't have a country or government that believes in him, who might he turn to? What roads may he walk down? Are there others who better embody his ideals he can fight for? These are all questions we're about to find answers to in what is an amazing run so far. Read Full Review

CAPTAIN AMERICA #2 seems to reuse the storytelling model from CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 a bit too much and definitely has a fair amount of artistic hiccups. However, it's still a solid continuation of this new chapter for Steve Rogers. Read Full Review

While the plot progression in Captain America #2 is nominal, Ta-Nehisi Coates contemplative writing gives Steve Rogers immense depth, engages the reader, and sets the stage for an intrigue-filled dive into the conglomeration of the mysterious and nefarious Power Elite in the next issue. Read Full Review

Strong story and art that plays with some real-world hot potatoes successfully, making for a balances issue with a surprising final page. Read Full Review

Ta-Nehisi Coates comes out of the gate swinging in Captain America #2, a soulful and melancholic second chapter that smartly ties super-soldiers and modern warfare to toxic masculinity. Read Full Review

Coates' story is unfolding at a leisurely pace, with little in the way of action or plot development in this issue. Despite this, it's a fantastic character study of Steve Rogers and has a lot of little touches that build Steve up wonderfully. Read Full Review

It's a smart take that utilizes the history of Captain America well, carefully raising complexity and resisting any urge to deliver trite answers or resolutions. Read Full Review

Every new writer/ creative team needs at least an entire arc to see where they are going and what they plan on doing. That said; I'm in for the first arc. I feel like we should be farther along in Coates' story by now. Read Full Review

In Captain America #2, Coates demonstrates how the core focus of his narrative remains rooted in dissecting the aftermath of the "Secret Empire" story when Steve Rogers, thinking to himself, says how he is "tired of Supreme Commanders and Grand Directors." Read Full Review

Overall Captain America #2 is a solid issue. I like the story Ta-Nehisi Coates is telling with the public not trusting Steve, and his self-doubts. I do wish we learned more about this Power Elite group though. The art is bold and dynamic and definitely delivers that “superhero” look to Captain America. It is very dark and gloomy but it fits the mood and tone of the story well. Captain America #2 has a pretty good cliffhanger that has me interested to see where Coates is taking this. Read Full Review

"Captain America" #2 is a strong continuation of the series, but doesn't pack quite as much of a punch as the first issue. Read Full Review

Coates tells, but does not really show, the drama in his new series. It's interesting enough drama to stick around, but I'd like to see him sink his teeth into his own material already. Read Full Review

Captain America #2 follows the same path as the first issue, with almost no deviations. The art is good and Coates understands Cap, but the story itself doesn't go anywhere. Read Full Review

The art is nice and the cliffhanger intriguing, but it's too little to keep your interest in this slog of an issue. Read Full Review

For me this issue was more interesting than the first. I like that Cap has secrets he's unwilling to let us in on. Yu feels kind of generic here which is sad considering he's one of my favorites. It just feels a bit uninspired. I can't really tell where this is all going but it's an interesting enough ride so far.

I'm into this introspection and all that, so yeah, I'm liking this.

While I get the reviews of boring, because it isn't the most exciting book out, but the fallout of Secret Empire on Steve is being addressed and I loved Secret Empire. The art is really fantastic. One of the best drawn Cap's I've seen.

Lots of deep storytelling with barely any action, but still a very good read.

It's really a hard pill to swallow that there is evidence all over the world that Captain America was not responsible for Stevil's hostile takeover as part of Hydra, but some conspiracy theorists have a big enough voice to make it a problem. I just find it all very unrealistic, there would definitely be a small percentage of the population who is crazy and believes it was actually Cap, but conspiracies usually are a vocal minority at best and don't really have any power in the grand scheme of things. I won't hold this wacky writearound for Hydra drama on the current writer though, it isn't his fault Nick Spencer decided to make two Caps and therefore make it much more difficult for Cap to have to rationally deal with the aftermath of something he personally isn't responsible for.

I know this sounded really negative, but my problems are more with Secret Empire's cop-out ending, more than this issue itself, and that is why I am still giving it a positive score. more

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DVE - Aug 3, 2018

The President is a conspiracy theorist. This is so believable now.

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I liked this. Some deep stuff going on and I like how Coates isn’t ignoring Secret Empire, which I actually didn’t read. Art is good too. Going to stick with this to see where it goes.

All in all, I think that this issue ends up having it's strengths in the characterization of Steve Rogers. A lot of the dialogue itself is almost screaming, "I'm a Captain America comic, watch me be political!" rather than smoothly injecting politics into the story like the Russo Brothers did in Civil War. Other than that I really liked the art and it really made the action scenes feel epic. Steve Rogers' internal dialogue was really well written too. I think that Sharon Carter could use a lot more characterization and importance in the story as right now she feels like she's merely there as a love interest. But still a good issue, and a series that I still want to follow!

Cap fights another pack of Nuke terrorists, Sharon booty calls him (go Sharon!), and the surprise twist ending is Black Panther. Throughout it, Cap's narration makes the point, "Funny how so many of my baddies share my 'I wanna be a strong guy' backstory, huh?" It sounds purdier coming out of Cap, but my version's faster. This issue does more rock-solid character work, but the repetition (not so much the additional Nuke fighting but following it up AGAIN with an inconclusive Cap/Ross spat) and the visuals are holding it back for me. Even though I KNOW it takes talent and effort to do art like this, the finished product leaves me cold.

I felt like this was a repeat of the first issue. This was good but I don't need a repeat of a discussion with Ross

it was OK.

I guess it sums it up that I read the book the night before this review and I had to look at it again to remember what happened, which was nothing really. Marvel still on the everybody hates me, sulky version of Captain America. Also, something that makes it worse is the Avengers title Cap and this Cap don’t jive at all.

i'm sorry ta'neshi coates my be a good writer objectively speaking and he may have some good points, but i don't think his extreme ideologies are healthy

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MKW69 - Aug 2, 2018

I think that you have a problem.

The-MJP - Aug 2, 2018

@MKW69 I didn't say his ideologies are a problem in and of themselves, just the extremes he gost with them

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