Captain America #4

Marvel's highly unlikely to make their books reflect reality too closely, but if you read this series from a contemporary lens, it's brilliant. And a nice poke in the ribs to the "leave politics out of my comics [that are actually about politics"]" crowd. Read Full Review

If you are among the throngs of fans that are turned off by hamfisted political commentary, I would urge you to readCaptain America with an open mind. If you want to see a liberal boogeyman here, I'm certain you can convince yourself of its presence, but the multi-layer narrative actually may be the most bi-partisan (or perhaps anti-partisan) text to be found in comics today. Read Full Review

The issue is another excellent entry from the team and Cap has been one that's a mix of action and exploration of today's America and the situations we face. It's a superhero comic that makes you think and is a prime example that you can easily mix politics with superhero comics. Read Full Review

CAPTAIN AMERICA #4 is a good effort to push the story forward, but Ta-Nehisi Coates needs to spend less time in Steve's head and more time in the world. The story needs to move. Read Full Review

As Captain America zeroes in on some very specific action, the series delivers its most limited and most exciting issue so far. Read Full Review

Leinil Francsis Yu has some great art in this issue and the use of shadows and the details in the backgrounds do a great job of conveying the dangerous nature of Steve's surroundings. Well done. Read Full Review

"Captain America" #4 carries fast, fluid fight scenes and the series' best script to date. Read Full Review

Captain America #4 was a strong read that furthered the plot that Ta-Nehisi Coates is crafting in a positive direction. After several issues of little development Coates finally makes Alexa a compelling character by tying her into a big event that happened during Ed Brubaker's run on Captain America involving Sharon Carter. That connection elevates everything that has been going on in this story, creating more questions for Captain America and Sharon Carter to have to deal with. If your a Captain America fan I recommend checking Coates run out as he is bringing in a lot of past continuity into in a great, logical way. Read Full Review

Despite a solid, interesting take on Captain America in today's world, the rest of the story leaves a lot to be desired. Read Full Review

tcobandag

Mar 15, 2020

alex ross is god your own job

Orcam03

Oct 11, 2018

Loved seeing task master in there, still curious about what’s to come. Side note: All the covers are been way too good, hope this trend keeps up.

Psycamorean

Oct 14, 2018

Cap's characterization is on point and I'm excited to see where this goes.

daddyT

Oct 13, 2018

from a base of 6, this gets a rating of: 8. +1 because: the Cap guilt thing is really working for me +1 because: so good to read a Cap book with at least decent art and he's not a nazi!

Kalaoui

Oct 15, 2018

It's all there from the creative team. Great script and art. It just has to be structured to flow better.

mrDovydas

Oct 16, 2018

It's well written, but it's so slow that I can barely remember what's happening.

thorstone

Apr 03, 2019

The thing with Ta-Nehisi Coates that I assumed was a one-time thing with Black Panther, but isn't the case because it applies here too, is that, while he creates interesting stories, he seems to have an issue with being vague about his ultimate goal. Yes, it creates a mystery, and ultimately, a hook, but it's somewhat irritating that each issue seems to repeat the same narrative as the one before it. That being said, although I made it seem like a big deal, it is only a small issue I have with this series, as Coates really understands Steve Rogers and is handling him quite well with the aftermath of Secret Empire. Almost everything about this series is compelling, the action, the story, the characters, and so on. It's enough that this will probably go down as a top-tier volume in the Cap library, but I can only hope that it can get somewhere near the scale of significance of previous runs. more

nec

Oct 11, 2018

Too decompressed for my liking and not being American the monologue did nothin for me

Spacey Medicine

Jun 02, 2019

I thought this was pretty good but it didn’t do anything to really push it over the edge into great.

Hislight

Mar 10, 2020

These Covers are fantastic. Thank you Alex Ross for this stellar artwork. Yu's interiors are also a delight and a real selling point for this comic in my eyes. The story is dragging. Captain America sad about his evil counterparts actions is not enough to drive this story and what happening with Carter and The Villains I find downright confusing and that's mostly because tis just not that interesting. Political dialogue is good but not great. This isn't as bold as Captain America Sam Wilson, for me this is the equivalent of getting by.

egonnn244

Oct 15, 2018

Zzz. This book had three issues to get its momentum and engage the reader. Now, after the issue #4, I can honestly say that it's kinda boring. This issue drags its feet for the most part. Things get a little more lively once the Taskmaster shows up, but then the issue quickly ends. It is a bit funny, though, since Cap is making his way through military base full of bad guys, so it should be entertaining. But Steve's constant narration, throughout the fight, about patriotism, flag, traitors and loyalty plus no dialogue, detracts reader's attention from what's happening on the page.

Bigbooty

Nov 03, 2018

Meh. The art is ok.