Captain America: The Chosen #6 (of 6) – Review

By:  David Morrell (Writer), Mitch Breitweiser (Art)

I’ll start off by saying Mitch Breitweiser’s got a long comic book career ahead of him. This guy not only knows how to draw Captain America, but he knows how to draw great action. The art in this series has always been top notch, and this oversized issue is packed with some great sequences and splash montages.

How’s the story? Eh, I was hoping for more – especially from David Morrell (author of First Blood and creator of John Rambo). The first five issues chugged along and felt decompressed. This issue finally gives us a pay off but the first two-thirds of the issue are overly preachy and, dare I say it, sappy. It’s the same redudant Captain America speech we’ve heard before. It’s his idealism, his hopes, his dreams. We get it; we know what Captain America’s about.

By issue #5 I thought I had the story figured out. Captain America is dying from his wounds from Civil War and is grooming his replacement. It seemed like the story was veering towards Corporal Newman somehow getting Cap’s strength and taking the mantle as the new Captain America. Instead, Morrell gives us a whole new story – an “elseworlds” story, if you will. It’s not a bad thing, but the story no longer fits into Marvel continuity!

The end of the issue wraps things up nicely. I like the general premise of this story and the art is beautiful, but it could have used less preaching. It also could have been told in three or four issues. It sucks when stories are drawn out for the sake of selling a trade paperback later on. (Grade: C)

– J.Montes