Damn this volume really stepped it up for me. The first volume felt a bit off balance. Trying to find it's way. Volume 2 plunges out favorite patriotic hero deeper into the abyss.

I love schemes. I love watching political thrillers and honestly that's what this is. Reading through how Cap, who by the way is my third favorite marvel hero of all time (Sorry Spidy and Daredevil get my number 1 and 2 spot) dismantle everything is just amazing. See Cap is strong, he's fast, but he's also real smart. Another thing he is? Very loyal.

So what happens when the reality is warped and Cap is secretly a Hydra agent. In the last volume we began to get clues on how he became who he is. However, we just saw the start of his mission. This volume we go further into Hydra. Not to get it mixed up with Nazi's like Red Skull. The original Hydra before that nonsense. However they used Red Skull/Nazi to expand. Now that's almost done with and they're ready to strike. Cap is planning to not only destroy the avengers and heroes but take out Red Skull too. However, he doesn't just go out and do this. He'd lose. So he plans, and schemes, and one by one builds into something horrifying.

See I love watching different takes, different motives, than what I'm used to. This story is building on themes of betrayal, of patriotism, of loss, and of fake symbolism. On the surface level you might cry and scream because this isn't the cap you grew up with. Sure, you can have that view point. I grew up with many takes on our hero (my favorite being Ed's run) and I LOVE this new take. It's fresh, it's interesting, and this day and age of so much backstabbing bullshit in our political day and age this is some scary truthful shit.

So I got to say, thanks Nick, for creating Cap in a new image and giving us something new. I will be picking up every volume from here on out.