Secret Empire: The Whiskey Dick of Comic EventsGoes on past the point of comfort with zero satisfaction at the end...Dear Marvel,You took a character I looked up to and trashed him to prove a political point. Not to mention, just like all your recent events, all of the information necessary to the storyline isn't even contained in this fucking book.I almost feel like registering as a Republican just as a fuck-you for this dry hump of a comic.Almost.I like Nick Spencer as a writer, so this is rea...

When Nick Spencer and Marvel first unveiled Hydra Cap, I was among the naysayers. In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, the rise of a racist authoritarian in the form of a bloated sack of orange-tinged chemical waste given erratic sentience and a China-made red hat, and our very real-life white supremacist problem, resurgent and freshly emboldened by the said normalization of bloated orange chemical waste sack, I was appalled at what appeared to be Marvel's decision to give them their v...

I think I’ve ranted enough about major Marvel crossovers from the past several years elsewhere on GR, so I’ll just say this about Secret Empire: you know how everyone hated the Dream Season on Dallas because it cheated viewers and was just kind of annoying? This is just like that, only not as good, and there’s no Patrick Duffy shower scene. Okay, I’m being a little harsh—as an alternate history-type story, it’s fine, I suppose, if way too sprawling (it could have been far tighter and much less r...

(READ AS SINGLE ISSUES)I think this moment says everything about why I loved this book so much:"I've been fighting facists my entire life. And I promise you, there is nowhere you can run or hide that will keep you safe from them. There is only one thing you can do. You stand and you fight."- Steve RogersSome may say it's boring, awful, and lots of other things but I enjoyed this book a lot. This is (hopefully) the redemption of the Marvel Universe and it's comeback to what it used to be, with lo...

3.5*I honestly expected a little better, to give more wholeheartedly a full 4* but if I do think the overall plot is good its execution is not flawless.I always thought the Hydra Cap stint was good, well designed within the 2 previous Standoff and CVII events. Spencer quietly built his scheme through both Captain America series before coming up with THE event.An event that's probably 2 issues too long and suffers from too wordy sequences when others feel rushed up and somewhat confused. The omni...

You can sell a really bad idea and turn it into a genuine and sincere literary material. Secret Empire forced a really bad idea in a really bad story. Captain America being Hydra is something you can move on with if it is justified by a well-written story and good dialogue. But unfortunately Nick Spencer's Marvel crossover event fails big time.What I really dislike the most about Secret Empire is how it relies heavily on the much more successful MCU. Literally all characters from the movies and

i don't know how this even exist! like it's so surreal to me. how could they do this to my favorite character?and just for the record, there's no way in hell that nat say those things about steve or want to kill him that bad, and just completely gave up on him like that, i'm sorry but NO!

I hate this so much. It’s got about everything that makes modern comics hard to invest in, both emotionally and financially. An expensive, agenda-pushing, bloated mess with inconsistent art and storytelling, all with “shocking” revelations that will have no long-term weight. Not even sure why this exists.This made me feel dumb for liking comics.

I'll let Johnny Cash explain to you what I thought about this book.Of course, this book could also be considered one big F.U. from Marvel to all its readers. Before I even get into the merits of the story, lets talk about how badly this was planned. It's been in the works for at least 2 years when Assault of Pleasant Hill came out. Yet, Marvel couldn't get one artist to draw the miniseries. They couldn't even get one artist to draw a complete issue. Even though there are some great artists on th...

I bought this in single issues, saved them, and then binged over a couple of days when the final issue dropped.Apparently, this event was in planning for two years, and then the actual event itself took a year in the telling.My big take away at the end of it all was that none of it mattered.That's kind of a shitty feeling to have at the end of a story you have dedicated a year of your life in following. I mean, some of it was pretty good. The beginning few issues were solid, the middle sagged, a...

A good story with good art work that fits the story and style of the comic perfectly. However there were issues with this.Start rant:One thing I really hate is when a character is featured prominently on the cover and is not in the comic. I hate that. Now using my favorite character in that way pushes my annoyance level to 11. The Spider-man on the cover is Peter Parker, the Spider-man in the story is Milles. Peter is in possibly 10 panels, and contributes nothing to the story.Rant over!!The one...

I liked the action, the story itself. Some issues had Fantastic art. I Feel not everything was explained Well enough. Maybe in the tie-ins. I also felt the ending result came out of nowhere and felt too simple and lackluster.

Well that was very...readable! So reading through this, partly just to see what all the fuss was about, I was gonna rip this book a new, you know what. But towards the end the story redeemed itself a bit, not a lot but, enough for me to not hate it as much as many people on here. So the story is Hydra has taken over America and guess who leads them? (Hint, his name has America in it). All the heavy hitters like Captain Marvel were tricked into going out into space to deal with a Shitari invasion...

[Read as single issues]Reviewing this story is difficult. We all know the premise - Nazi Captain America takes over the country and wrecks the shit out of everything. But the story itself is...difficult to talk about.One of my friends nailed the problem with Secret Empire quite well, about six issues in - Nick Spencer does a lot of telling rather than showing. The story has an epic, sweeping feel that just doesn't seem to be reflected in the tie-in books, which address smaller conflicts and don'...

So, I’m sure many of you who follow my reviews know that I think Nick Spencer writes some great stuff at times. For example, The Fix is probably the funniest comic I’ve read... so why in the fuck does this mess exist?What’s it about?HYDRA takes over the U.S. as a series of dumb shit happens.Pros:The artwork is fantastic. There were a few panels that... no, just no... but for the most part it was wonderful art.There’s a lot of action in this book and it’s very exciting.Spencer frequently adds com...

This one just didn't work for me on so many levels. It had a few nice moments but not enough to sustain such a long story. It didn't even work very well as allegory, which left it feeling like a bloated 'What If-?' story with little real point.A shame, as I'm usually a fan of Nick Spencer's work.

Much like Spencer's entire Captain America run, this finale turns out to be underwhelming. I mean, it's got a good core: evil Captain America takes over world, multiple problems face heroes, who must finally come together against impossible odds. But the actual writing just isn't that great.The biggest problem is pacing. The story is dragged out over 13 issues (0-10 + a Captain America + an Omega) and most of those issues seem overly long. Meanwhile, the center of the comic is a big MacGuffin hu...

So probably the biggest "event' in terms of controversy. Captain America is part of Hydra! Is this the real cap? It this a lie? Who is who? The end of our heroes is here? Well no, this is a event, of course it'll all go back to normal with some new storylines for a few months. So Hydra Cap has made the ultimate plan. The strongest heroes are stuck outside of earth thanks to a shield built by the greatest minds. So now that Cap Marvel, Guardians, and more are trapped there, the street level heroe...

Wanna find out how bad Marvel comics on general currently are? Then read this mess.

I've tried reading it twice and never made it to the end, easily one of the worst events of the Marvel universe, tedious, excessively meta, and designed with the sole purpose of generating as much headlines as possible, the only thing going for it is the cover art by Mark Brooks.