This is an artist showcase series. Nothing more. After 8 issues if you asked me to explain the story to you I would not be able to.

Good to see Shade.

It’s flawed but enjoyable.

Best or second best issue of the run so far.

This storyline continues to dazzle and surprise the reader, not only with the great character work being done here, but also the big reveal on the final page, which I expect nobody saw coming!

Absolute Superman has continuously been my favorite out of all the Absolute series, it might even be my favorite current series. I like Jason Aaron's writing and voice for Absolute Superman. This really does feel like Jason Aaron's passionate about this series. The art was also very stellar.

Wow. One of the best issues thus far, in my eyes. First off, Giandomenico's art is fantastic here. Some really great pages. The story here was amazing as well. Pretty major spoiler alert right here, so don't continue reading if you haven't read the issue yet. Anyways, yeah, Talia being revealed as Primus was pretty crazy. Not where I thought they were going with the story, but I do really like it and I'm really looking forward to the next issue now. Oh yeah, the scene with Kal-El and Jor-El was really nice, as well. more

Continues to amaze

Just wonderful.

I'm sorry but Wonder Woman beating this (which I don't believe was even nominated) and Absolute Batman for the new series Eisner is a nonsense.

Good book. Slow boil. Hoping it will boil over into greatness.

I didn’t like this as much as the prior issues.

This book is so great! With a great twist for the final act.

How does Waid do it?
A plan, A set up, action, explosions, loss, grief, discovery, murder, betrayal, etc - all in one book.
Samnee is just awesome in every panel.

Waid's modern masterpiece.

What a beautifully written Alfred. They really must reverse his death in the main series. His lack of presence in mainline Batman is felt each passing year.

Padded issue.

Best issue of the series so far.

Wow.

Snyders storytelling is simply thrilling. I love these character variants. The experiments Batman went through? Does he have powers now or will he?

His friendship with Croc resonates with me. The brutality of the experiments are as fascinating as they are soul destroying.

Also, it seems this Batman gets up to mischief with Selina in a way Prime Batman seldom does.

The core cast cast is so well done. Enemies in normal continuety, now not only his closest friends...

They are actually in on the Batman gig. I've wanted a fresh Batman take for many years and Synder is delivering every issue.

I just find reading it exhilarating in a way that other comics can't replicate. It's Scott Snyder, the dude is just special. That he hasn't been tapped for Holywood proper is insane to me. I'm just glad he's still doing comics at all.

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Overall this arc could have been tighter and more consistent.
And Damian at times has seemed out of character.
But this is a great issue. And better than anything we’ve seen in the main Batman title in a long time. Looking forward to the finale.

Definitely things I loved about this. And it definitely subverted by expectations.

My bet is that this Ras Al Ghul is actually Vandal Savage.
The character seems much closer to Vandal Savage. He is the demons head in the absolute universe.

I enjoyed it. Some great fight sequences and storytelling. Can’t believe it took 8 issues to get here.

I am willing to give this a chance.
On the sliding time scale: I’ve read through Crises, a few year ones, an emerald dawn, a secret origin, a birthright…. I think I can get over it. If they fix the coloring and find the right balance in the storytelling.

I realize that having characters not age significantly over decades can lead to problems in a fictional universe, but in my opinion, the best way to deal with this strange phenomenon is to not address it at all. It's just not possible to reconcile every story with actual history, so why try at all?

The new Captain America series does try and boldly moves the reemergence of Cap from 1963 (or some vague moment in time in the early days of the Marvel universe) into the 21st century, which leads to many problems, especially for older readers. Am I really to believe now that all of Marvel history has happened after 09/11? My brain hurts from trying to think about what that means for the continuity in X-Men, the FF or Damage Control (who fixed the World Trade Center back in 1989!)

Reading CA #1 feels like my childhood is being erased, but I understand why Marvel is doing it - to appeal to younger readers, which is fine and necessary, if they want to matter in this day and age.

So with that minor mindf*ck out of the way, is Captain America #1 a good comic? Well... I think it was an okay comic. There are scenes and pages I enjoyed (the flashbacks look really cool - I wish the whole book was drawn in that style) and others that didn't. There were some weird transitions in the action scenes that didn't work well and the artwork was a bit inconsistent in quality. All in all, the issue was fine. However, I can't help but wonder what readers in 1963 or 1989 would think of it.
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There are a lot of service members that upset with parts of the story, and I think Chip is really pushing the envelope when it comes to trying to mirror the Steve Rogers story. However, it does start really well. Filled with action. I hate the design for the grey costume with he black star. It sucks. Hopefully we never have to see that again after next issue. I do like the conversation with Reed, but I just want a villain, not another clone of Steve. I'll give this another issue to see where it's going. After so many bad Cap writers, this comes off well enough.

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