Once again, the 3 back-up stories are far more superior than the cover tale.
In the one-and-done stories, we've got Captain America and a character referred to as the Arabian Knight.
With Cap, he's at a VA hospital doing a physical demonstration for some vets. For some reason, a bunch of terrorists decide to invade the facility. The cool thing about this story was how it showed that despite age and disability and discharge, vets can still be heroes!
The Arabian Knight is a Bedouin prince named Abdul Qamar who first appeared in pages of The Incredible Hulk in 1980. Somehow with his moniker and harem of Arabic beauties, I don't think this character would fly in today's comics. At least not with Millennial and Gen Z readers.
Anyways, a demon has possessed the prince's tribe; including his bevy of wives and his infant son. As with any devil, there's a twist decision that regardless of his decision will result in Adbul Qamar living in a tormented inner hell till the end of his days. The Arabian Knight must either kill his son and save his people or kill all his kin to protect his progeny.
Speaking of devils, the hero Devil-Slayer is down in Central America. His most recent bout with a pack of soldiers of fortune led by the ghost of a pirate captain, has caused Devil-Slayer's costume to be damaged beyond repair. Only his magic cloak seems salvageable. That's all well and good as the cloak can still provide the hero with an arsenal of machine guns, grenades and bazookas. The magic mantle seems to also be able to dress Devil-Slayer up as a 3rd-rate Rambo...
The only thing of note about the fourth and final story in this book is that Wolverine's battle with white and black shadow demons comes to a close. Once again, it ends tragically. Big surprise there!
Worth Consuming!
Rating: 7 out of 10 stars.
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