The Daughters of Liberty stage a jailbreak in Captain America No. 11
By Alex Widen
They’re Not Plot Holes, It’s a Chaos Surplus!
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The point of the story is to tell a tale about how the line between heroes and villains is blurry, and often manipulated by even bigger menaces who enjoy financial and political advantage. This is hardly as unique and original a premise as many modern writers seem to believe it is, and one which has to be told carefully for it to not seem cliché, or convenient. Back in 1992, Venom more or less attempted the same plot, only his motivation was insanity and killing a corrupt prison warden. Cap and the Avengers opposed him because, it turns out, the ends don’t always justify the means.
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Plus, just what is Sharon’s plan? Wolfgang Von Strucker is an evil fascist creep but, at the moment, he has a clean record. Are they kidnapping him in the hopes of finding evidence to justify it later? Can neither she, nor Cap, see how they’re slipping closer to thuggish tactics to defeat thugs? Is this a part of Coates’ story or plot details which have gotten lost in the shuffle? Cyclops of the X-Men spent the better part of five years being considered worse than Sabretooth for less.
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The art by Andy Kubert (with colors by Matt Milla) is up to the standard readers would expect from this legendary legacy talent. He excels at the action sequences, whether depicting the jailbreak at the Myrmidon or the fight between Dryad and Foreigner. There are moments where his figures show a sign of rush, or some of his staging is a little pedestrian. But by and large, it’s a great turn for a volume of Captain America that has benefited from two legendary artists in a row.
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