10 Thoughts Review on The Heroic Age Steve Rogers: Super Soldier #1 by Ed Brubaker and Dale Eaglesham

10 Thoughts, Reviews

1. So, a decedent of Erksine, the man who created the super soldier serum, has recreated the process and Captain America– oh oops- Steve Rogers, feels personally obligated to stop him, which necessitates an espionage mission. It’s a very straightforward Cap story, but it’s handled well.

2. Right from the start I want to love this comic as Pete Wisdom, British Superspy, is the one who brings the news of Erksine to Steve. The head of the American intelligence community meeting a top dog of the British makes perfect sense, and Wisdom is one of those marvelous, very-Warren Ellis characters that’s always great to see. I miss Captain Britain and MI-13.

3. I like that Rogers handles this issue himself. He’s the head of SHIELD and has people to do it for him, but this is personal… and the best Nick Fury stories were usually those were he did stuff like this, as well, so it isn’t even without precedent.

4. Eaglesham delivers nothing fancy here, but still, it’s all very good, clean superhero action, even the spy parts.

5. I said this in my Secret Avengers #2 Review, but Steve’s energy shield is super awesome. Him beating on other super soldiers with it is also extremely awesome.

6. Erksine wanted to use the serum to cure cancer? That’s dubious even by comic science standards. Oh well, it won’t be an issue by #2. If he wanted Rogers attention, calling SHIELD would have been a good start. Steve might have called back a guy with the last name Erksine. Sheez.

7. I like that Rogers’ friend in the super soldier testing didn’t become some bitter psychopath. It’s always nice when stories realize that people beyond superheroes can still be successful and help out.

8. The Joe Simon story in the back up is over the top greatness, but the real star is Jack Kirby art. Screw Lebron, there’s only one King.

9. Steve Rogers is a fine character for internal monologue. Brubaker gets him and that’s what really holds the issue together. Steve’s outlook on events is the real meat of the story. This is a good deal better than what Brubaker is doing with Bucky over in Captain America.

10. Rating: 7/10 – This is a good comic. It doesn’t do anything fancy, nor does it need to. Steve Rogers gets a good portrayal and a personal story. This is just what’s needed for a character recently back from the dead.

Glazer is a former senior editor at Pulse Wrestling and editor and reviewer at The Comics Nexus.