The Chinese conspiracy
Breaking and entering. A space ship hovering around the world. A net of operatives from all the globe. A threat from the past, long dead and forgotten. A secret council from the depths that just assumed a major role (trying to replace AIM, Hydra and others). A Kung Fu master that fights to make it up for his fathers´sin. A group of heroes that save the world and can´t get the credit for it. These are all the elements of this book and it´s working fine. You see a Steve Rogers that is commander of all the network of spies, agents, heroes and army in the USA, so he´s got a lot of power. You expect that he´s going to have his plate full and deal with it, since he has the expertise for that. And this is what happens, we see Rogers in command of things (interacting with Beast and Shang-Chi) and still has some free time to relax with Sharon. It seems that Brubaker has this thing under control, and he´s adding great stuff in this new arc, continuing to explore the Shadow Council and their plans. Mike Deodato´s art is still amazing, but I didn´t like how he portraited Rogers´without uniform: he´s a bulk of muscle, almost deformed, and when he puts his uniform on, it appears that he shrinks a little. But other than that this issue has great art, beautiful colors, action scenes and good panels.
4 out 5
