Captain America #47
By Hervé St-LouisMar 1, 2009 - 0:38
Captain America, dressed as the Winter Soldier goes to Taipei, hoping to provoke the Taiwanese into capturing him so they can lead him to the secret location of the body of the first human torch. His back up plan involves the Submariner. However, the ruler of Atlantis may not be strong enough to help.
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Sometimes a comic book’s cover will make one not want to read what’s inside. And that’s a shame when it comes to Captain America #47. Epting is a strong artist that captures the Cold War feel of Captain America, but his cover this issue didn’t enhance the interior art by Guice. But beyond that, this is great comic book adventure captured once more by a master artist.
In this issue, we get some Bourne-like remorse from Captain America. What really happens is that it highlights the fact that the current Captain America is a criminal and murderer, a wanted felon in much of the world. Granted he wants to do well and improve now, but this is far from what the original Captain America stood for. I’m not complaining though. One issue that concerned me was the use of the word China to describe Taiwan, that is, if according to the writers, Taipei is still located in Taiwan and not Communist China.
Rating: 9.5/10
Last Updated: Jan 7, 2012 - 7:41
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First, do I have the issue numbers right? Did 46, 47, and 48 all deal with Taiwan? Were there any others?
You say that Brubaker described Taipei as being located in "China." Could you please give the exact quote, with page and panel number? (This was from your review of issue 47.) Who was the speaker? (Or was it narration?)
Were any details specific to Taiwan? In other words, would it have made any difference to the story or art if they had changed the location to "Singapore"?
To your knowledge, has "Prof. Zhang Chin" appeared before this? I gather that he was the villain, and that he is Taiwanese. Is this right?
Thank you very much for whatever you are able to tell me. (Please e-mail me if you can.) Incidentally, I see that Fin Fang Foom also has a Taiwan connection. Perhaps there are others...
