Captain America vs. Red Skull shows us the Liberty Sentinel against evil incarnate.
The Great Battles is a collection of ten volumes, edited by Panini Comics, each of them dedicated to epic battles between a hero and one of his usual villains. In this way, we can find volumes dedicated to The Avengers vs. Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy vs. Thanos, massacre vs. Slaughter, Patrol – X vs. magnet, Spiderman vs. Mysterio, Wolverine vs. Sabertooth, poison vs. Spiderman, Thor vs. Loki, Iron Man vs. Latigazo and Captain America vs. Red Skullwhich is precisely the volume that analyzes this article, whose full cover you can see below.
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Captain America vs. Red Skull compiles the confrontations between both characters that took place in the header Tales of Suspensebetween numbers 65 and 68 (1965) and 80 and 81 (1966) and in that of Captain Americafrom which copies 298 (1984), 350 (1989) and the saga between 445 and 448 (1995-1996) are selected.
Although to Captain America vs. Red Skull many positive points can be found, such as the fact that it contains the copy that narrates the origin of the villain or that of the reappearance of Sharon Carteralso has some drawbacks, since it skips over memorable numbers, like the one where Bucky Barnes seemed to die (something that we now know did not happen), in addition to leaving some of the adventures hanging, specifically the one that happens in issue 298, a story that lacks the beginning and the end.
Another aspect that is worth mentioning is the graphic section, since Captain America vs Red Skullby compiling adventures from different decades, shows us different drawing styles, each of them belonging to its time, but all of them with their well-defined and recognizable characters.
Without a doubt, Captain America vs. Red Skull It is a read that will please all fans of Marvel in general and of Liberty Sentinel in particular, despite having the inconvenience that we have mentioned before.
The volume is completed with the history of the two main characters, a content index, an introduction, which contains the sections Captain America vs. Red Skull and Captain America’s worst enemiesthe original covers of some of the comics contained in the volume, such as the one shown in the image below this paragraph, and the biography of the authors.
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Captain America vs. Red Skull is correctly published by Panini Comics, in hardcover format, with flaps and in full color. Its measurements are 20 x 27 centimeters, it consists of 240 pages and its price is 14.90 euros
Stan Lee is considered the creator in the shadow of the Marvel Universe. He invented many characters, invented hundreds of stories and held great positions within the House of Ideassuch as President and Editorial Director.
Jack Kirbyiconic author of Marvel and known by the nickname “Rey«, is responsible for memorable adventures of characters such as Captain America, The Fantastic Four, The Patrol – X O Hulk.
JM DematteisOriginally from Brooklyn, he started out as a musician and journalist before getting into the world of comics. Spider-Man: Kraven’s Last Hunt (1987) is his best-known work. He has also been seen by the worlds of cinema and television.
Mark Gruenwaldwhose name will always be linked to that of Marvel, has been a writer, cartoonist and Editorial Director. Despite not having had a long career, he has surprised the treatment of him with characters with headers such as Spider-Woman (1978 – 1979), Squadron Supreme (1985 – 1986), Quasar (1989) or The Avengers (1990).
Paul Neary debuted in Marvel UKinside the magazine 2000 AD (in force since 1977). Among his works stand out having drawn Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. (1988) and being the inker of Excalibur (from 1988 to 1997, a task for which he won an Esiner), The Ultimates (2002 – 2007) and Fantastic Four (2008).
Kieron Dwyer, of American nationality, became famous in the late eighties as a cartoonist for Batman. For Marvelalso took care of characters like Captain America, Avengers and Daredevil.
Mark Waid spent three decades as a comic book writer. With just over twenty years old, he was Editorial Director of DC Comics, a company in which he has been in works such as Action Comics (1985 – 1987), Batman (1987) or Flash (1992 – 1994). Within Marvelhas taken over titles like X – Men, Kingdom Come (both 1996), Fantastic Four (2002), The Amazing Spider-Man (2009), The Avengers (2016) the Hulk (2018).
The name of Ron Garney is fully associated with Marvelwhere he has been in charge of drawing headers as Daredevil (1991 – 1992), Ghost Rider (1993 – 1994), Captain America (1995 – 1998), Hulk (1999 – 2000), The Uncanny X – Men (2004) and The Amazing Spider-Man (2006 – 2007).
Steve Rogersthe famous Captain America, has always fought against Nazism. One of the worst enemies he has ever faced is Red Skulla despicable individual in the service of Hitler, determined to deprive men of their liberty. Today, although the Second World War is over, the fight against Living legend keep going. The most famous superheroes face their worst enemies in the Great Battles of the Marvel Universe!
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