Infinity Wars: Soldier Supreme #2

Writer: Gerry Dugan // Artist: Adam Kubert // MARVEL Strange Soldier Flex, but Okay Now, in this issue of Infinity Wars Soldier Supreme, we continue where we left off with Cap’n flexing with his strange super soldier abilities. At this time, he still doesn’t know he was merged with Doctor Strange and something bigger will arise. (You know, like everybody else in the Infinity Wars timeline at the moment). I went in hoping to feel moved and excited to see his reaction about what happened. Uh, I was underwhelmed? I mean it was cute while it lasted. At the beginning, I saw multiple directions this could have went. I saw the possibilities of emptiness vs self-actualization, grief vs expectations, even a possible underlying metaphor as using religion as a form of self-reflection and openness to the universe. It feels like all of those things were going on at once, but it was dispersed in short bursts. I love the openness to metaphors and multiple ideas going on at once. There’s a way to control them and make them useful for the story at hand. But honestly by the time I got to the ending, I was like, okay so that’s it? We’re just going to solve this in a slightly stereotypical format? Weird flex, but okay.

Diabolical Color Wheel Ah! But I will say this art caught me. I initially thought it was on purpose to use art as a method to push forward self-actualization. (When you become aware and then the colors brighten around you. Essentially moving from black and white to full service 1…