Reviews
I strangely really liked Remender's bizarre run on Cap'n in Dimension Z, so naturally I dug the All-New Captain America. Rick Remender’s basic premise in this volume is legit. This story is about everyone, including Sam Wilson, the new Captain America, questioning the legitimacy of Sam taking over the role of the star spangled shield thrower. In many ways, Wilson is an average man - he didn’t get juiced up on super-soldier serum to fight the Nazi hordes and punch Hitler. Remender gives Sam a genuine backstory, one that makes a compelling case for him to be called Captain. The pulpy nature of Remender writing tends to bring this story down a little bit for me - every villain in Captain America's history seems to be targeting Sam - and trying to crush his confidence while trying to destroy the world. Sam, of course, earns his stripes but not before fighting a rather silly vampire super villain. I did love that Steve Roger's son from Dimension Z lives and fights beside of Sam!
