Heads up to Captain America and/or Agent 13 fans: an anti-rec

[eliyes]

Got the Captain America one-shot about the original Agent 13 and hated it. Peggy is awesome, but the people who put this together decided that instead of her just being flat out awesome like she was, they had to make Cap into an asshole and her all mad at him in order to build her up. This pissed me off because Cap's not an asshole -- he is especially not an uncontrollably violent and hormonal, unmindful jerk like in this book -- and also Peggy does not need building up, she was already totally awesome on her own!

Fans of Cap and Mademoiselle 13, I don't recommend this book.

Comments

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

I actually find filling in these stories from his early days as something of a balm in that respect, but I can definitely see your point. Still, maybe keep it in mind for when/if the fury subsides?

[krillia.livejournal.com]

Will do. I have to eventually, since Ed Brubaker is one of only two active writers that I trust to tell proper stories right now. It's become a very short list in the past few years. With Matt Fraction and Gail Simone being suspended until further notice as of Fear Itself and the DCnU, that leaves Ed Brubaker and Peter David.