All-New Captan America #5 Review

writer: Rick Remender / artist: Stuart Immonen / Marvel Comics Issue #5 of Marvel’s All-New Captain America continues the well-established trend of the series, which is exceptional pacing and powerfully insightful monologues delivered by Sam Wilson, a.k.a. Captain America, b.k.a. Falcon. But this glimpse into the Marvel Universe shows how it continues to pull tricks out of its sleeves. In this month’s issue of All-New Captain America, we see another of Steve Rogers’s former adversaries underestimating Sam’s ability to fulfill his new role and presenting an obstacle for him to overcome to prove himself. Picking up where we left off, Baron Zemo has his steel sword mere inches away from breaking through Sam’s chest and puncturing some vital organs. Proving that, although he’s new to the red, white and blue spandex, he’s no wet-behind-the-ears rookie, Sam sacrifices short-term pain for his long-term survival. Sam shows amazing mental fortitude and, once again, pushes on when everyone counted him out. [divider type=”space_thin”] To continue his rally, he shows how he brings another facet to Captain America that no one else could. Sam summons all of the birds within range in the Florida Everglades to swarm and eat the millions of fleas that were just released with the intent of infecting the world’s population. On top of that, they took down the ship that was carrying the source of the infection who shot Sam a few issues back at point-blank range. To make matters ever better, we se…