I can't even begin to list everything wrong with the plotting, dialogue, characterization, and art in this issue. Nothing fits together; it's a jumble of non sequiturs and random events. If I had to pick a theme it's the ongoing assumption in the writing that these characters and everything they do is super cool even when it's unearned.

i am disapointed with how they are writting her in this run, too. The archived 4chan review thread hits all my problems with this installment.

America is a great hero, but i am disapointed with how they are writting her in this run.

Despite not hooking me on the first issue, I gave the series a try because of the compelling and powerful character it has as its lead. But after this issue I'm considering wasting my time with anything else but reading America. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't that bad. But it feels like they are trying too hard to give the audience something they already had before starting. America is a relatable character on her own, before having her own series she was interesting enough to capture many people's attention. And here we are, one comic book series with nothing but a lackluster start. The plot isn't really clear, nor our main character's motive. And don't get me started on the forced latina archetype. We dont rub vipaporú on burns or mention chancletas whenever we are making threats, it doesn't feel relatable, it feels borderline stereotypical. Maybe I had really high expectations before this series came out, and now I'm bound to feel disappointed forever. One thing I know for sure? If Issue #3 is anything like this, I'm giving up on America. more

I really want to like this, so I picked up the second issue... but honestly it is hard to deal with this writing (not that the art is that great anyway). This had great potential to showcase a Latina-American superhero but not as some cliche whiny stereotypical child. Weak lines like "Not today, Basura", "caramba" and "ay Dios mio, Selena help us"... just made me cringe. I hope that one day we will get a good team to make an America Chavez book that is fun, real, modern and diverse alike Ms.Marvel's Kamala Khan. more

Esto es una mierda, no lo lean, esto me hace entender porque nos odian los gringos, si esta es la idea que tienen de los latinos.

Happily I ready this in a shop and didn't have to waste any money on it. This comic illustates why Marvel have got themselves into a bit of a mess. There is no interest in an exciting or interesting story, or well defined characters. There is only a desire to spew extreme liberal and feminist propaganda at the comic buying public.

the story though better paced than the first issue, has become boring though consistently bad. the art can't save the comic if it too looks just as dull as the story. dropping the series here. score 0.5 for effort. Marvel, if you're reading this.. WRITE BETTER STORIES! diversity isn't the problem and you can keep your political agenda if you can write really good stories with it, but the way it looks right now, you're more likely to blame readers who don't buy your comics than fixing the problem. more

(UPDATE)

I initially post rating for most books before writing reviews. In this case, I find myself disheartened looking back at America and the public. Again the most important point the professional critics list in its favor is politics. I do not care about politics. You are not paying four or five dollars per issue of a comic book for politics or an agenda, you are buying a piece of art. Of literature. Those things can be propaganda, but there merit as art/literature is removed from their value to any agenda.



The writing in America is fairly terrible. The author creates straw men for her POV characters to knock down. Never once will you feel a connection to the random antagonists that appear and disappear throughout #2. The plot continues to jump around, never achieving coherence. Being a visual medium, dialogue in comics absent a very narrow genre should be sharp, concise, and snap. That isn't the case in Amurica.



Artwise the book suffers as it can't decide what style it wants.



Overall America is a symptom of a larger problem. As comic companies attempt to listen to people who do not read comics or appreciate their history, they make bad decisions. One of those decisions is to hire artists and writers who neither possess an appreciation of the medium or an understanding of what does and does not make comics of a genre, here superhero, work.



Marvel isn't the first company to look to outside parties to write comics. It is however doing so to an unprecedented level. Lost in all of this is the consumer, someone that deserves better. more

Didn't buy it , Just a look and i lost an eye.Awfull !

David Gabriel is a moron for saying Diversity is at fault for the Marvel Sales slump; that's not the case, that has never been the case -- I blame bad writing and events, and this comic is a perfect example of bad writing.



Do you want to buy a comic that is basically 22 pages of "How do you do, fellow kids" and "YASSS QUEEEN"? Then this comic is perfect for you -- it's also perfect if you want to torture your brain cells -- because I'm sure some people get their kicks like that



But really, this saddens me. I like MAC, she was pretty badass in Young Avengers and is a total badass that stood up to Captain Marvel in Ultimates during the CWII event -- but this comic? This comic is terrible if you're a fan of MAC, unless you want anything MAC related, no matter how bad it is, then... I guess, have at it? Whatever makes you happy, I guess.

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