Normally, I hate cross-over events in which
after you read Book A you then must buy Book C and then to finish up you’ve got
to buy Book B. It’s a tricky ploy by publishers to increase sales and to force
readers to buy lower selling (and usually lower quality) titles in order to
complete a storyline. But in the 80s and 90s, Marvel and DC would often link
their annuals into a summer-long storyline bonanza!
Maybe I am biased but I loved those events!
There’s several reasons why- 1: reading was one of the few joys I had during
the summer. 2- The publishers did a great job with checklists and putting the
part numbers on the covers. And 3- the grocery stores and pharmacy near my
house were more likely to carry the annuals and that meant I could stock up
every week my mom went grocery shopping.
In this ‘event’ Captain America is on the hunt
for fellow Avenger the Vision. Vision recently discovered during a diagnostic
run that one of his circuitry parts were from 1939, years before he was even
built. But during his mission to uncover the anachronism, the Vision went missing.
So, Cap is hoping to discover what happened to his friend and teammate. But one
wrong turn in the small town his is visiting’s only factory means that the hero
of WWII has been thrust into pre-biblical times! Now hoping to return to his
home time, Cap must team up with another fellow Avenger, Gilgamesh- only this
Gilgamesh is from a time prior to becoming an Avenger and doesn’t speak
English!
Along with this thrilling adventure, we get a
look at Cap’s top 10 villains of all-time. Also, there’s the beginning of an ‘oral
history’ of Kang the Conqueror’s. Plus there’s a couple of great pin-up, though
if you were to clip them out of this annual your comic’s value would sink like a
stone in a lake.
This is a really enjoyable issue that I would’ve
loved as a kid to have had in my grubby mitts. The art is a little to 90s for
my taste but it’s not the worst offering I have seen. There are 3 more parts to
this storyline and I am looking forward to them as well as learning more about
the most confusing character in the Marvel Universe- Kang!
Worth Consuming.
Rating: 8 out of 10 stars.
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