All-New Captain America #6 Review

writer: Rick Remender/ artist: Stuart Immonen / Marvel Comics Marvel’s All-New Captain America has always made sense. But now that we know what Marvel has in mind for the future of the universe, post-Secret Wars, it makes even more sense. By the looks of things, when all of the dust settles after Secret Wars, we’ll have a new main cast of Avengers. One that I admit I may be partial to given that it’ll feature two of my favorite characters, Miles Morales and Sam Wilson as Captain America. With this being the case, I finally get it. The All-New Captain America run was all about getting us used to seeing Sam Wilson in the red, white, and blue. Mission accomplished. Issues 1-6 of All-New Captain America did all they needed for Sam Wilson to be taken seriously as Captain America. We got to know the character more intimately than we would most. We saw his weakest moments, which prepared him for his strongest. We saw how he handled everything he cared about being put in danger. We saw him sacrifice his chance of a happy future to save that of the world. If someone out there still isn’t a fan of Sam Wilson as Captain America after reading this series, there’s probably a deeper issue at work there.

After biting Redwing at the end of issue #5, Baron Blood is trying to make his escape high enough in the atmosphere where he can detonate his explosive waist belt and contaminate the entire planet with his blood. If successful, this would make everyone on the planet, besides select members…