ahhhh, '80s Cap. This is the good stuff. Mark Gruenwald is an excellent writer who takes a somewhat basic and simplistic idea: (What defines Captain America-The costume, or the man wearing it?) and extrapolates that into a brilliant run of issues that are well plotted and have some great moments. '80's Marvel is really interesting to me right now, for a couple reasons. Some of the dialogue is goofy, and the villains are equally as corny (Flag-Smasher, anarchist supervillain with a cape.) The story is great though, and it brings John Walker, former Super-Patriot and future USAgent, as the new Captain America. They juxtapose his troubles living up to the Cap role as Stever Rogers goes on a vision quest with his close friends (Nomad, D-Man, and Falcon) to discover himself and re-evaluate his role in things. One thing that really intrigued me is the mention that Stever Rogers, in his spare time, was an ARTIST FOR MARVEL COMICS. They neglect to focus on that in the current storylines, and I always forget that Steve Rogers Is an artist. This is good stuff, i loved it
P.S. I just remembered, one of the funniest scenes is when Lady Viper poisons Washington DC's water supply, turning Ronald Reagan into a snake-like creature who battles a reluctant Steve Rogers. It's kind of awesome. The Serpent Society were a group of bad guys who were all snake themed, and they appear in many issues in this saga. I feel like there were so many snake themed villains in the '80s...like GI Joe as well. Diamonback was one of these characters, a woman who has pink hair and wears all pink, which is totally '80s. She's a bad girl, but she instantly wants to be Steve Rogers girlfriend as soon as she sees him in action. I'm not sure,but i think they go on to date in later issues, which is also awesome. Steve Rogers=Pimp Juice.
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