America #6 Review

Writer: Gabby Rivera, Kelly Thompson / Artist: Ramon Villalobos / Marvel Comics Yoh! Things are as bad as they could get for America Chavez. She awakes to find herself in a boxing ring against Mags. She is getting the Mike Tyson Super Punch Out to the dome due to Midas having Mags’ father as a hostage. This entire underground Vegas fight club set up is hosted by Arcade who apparently is indebted to Midas. Midas is really getting their corporate take over on in Marvel 616. We see a cameo from a bunch of underworld villains (some low level some… higher-on-the-lower-level?) plus Mindless ones. Rivera is now tying the pieces together as to just how far the reach of Midas stretches. Mags is preparing to sacrifice herself in order to save her father as she feels she’s all out of options. However, as we know with America Chavez, ain’t no such things as being out of options.

We see Kate Bishop’s perspective two hours earlier from Chavez being kidnaped. Bishop meets Madrimar, the dimension jumping Lucha Libre warlock Chaves told her about. Madrimar interfers in order to help and Bishop is with it. Listen, when I tell you Madrimar stole the show this issue? I mean to say that beside the big reveal in just what her connection is to America, beside her unveiling another subset of powers that America has yet to unlock, aside from all that shit. Madrimar is out here giving muhfuckas the work! My god, she straight up JBL Clothesline From Hell’d a dude. Bishop got arrows flying in the …