Art by John Romita Jr. & Klaus Janson
Colors by Dean White
Cover by John Romita Jr., Klaus Janson, Dean White, & Alex Maleev
I can't believe John Romita Jr is able to get away with this art. I'm not one of his haters, I grew up reading his Amazing Spider-man work and it informed me as a young reader on different styles of art in comics. This latest material seems to be from a different artist, a lazy artist. The clearest sore thumb in this issue is the flashback art where Steve Rogers appears to have been a bobble head in his youth, his gigantic head swiveling from side to side on his pencil thin neck as he gets beaten up, again, by surly depression era youths.
And as much as it pains me to say it, this isn't the same Rick Remender who I've grown to love through Uncanny X-Force, Venom and FEAR Agent. The flashback story in this issue is trite and frankly quite boring and the current timeline story is just as unoriginal and downright silly. The reveal at the end I imagine was meant to inspire a "whoa" of surprise, all it got was an eye roll and one less subscriber.
Maybe in the hands of another artist this book could have worked but as long as Romita Jr. keeps phoning in this horrible art I won't be reading.
1.5 out of 5 stars
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