***1/2
Previously I have reviewed the issue prior to this one. Feel free to check out my review of CAPTAIN AMERICA #211. Issue #212 was written and drawn by Jack Kirby as well and was released by Marvel in August of 1977. We pick up where the last one left off, in the living castle of Arnim Zola, the brilliant but evil geneticist who is responsible for preserving the brain of a high ranking member of the Third Reich. Zola has implanted the brain into a body built for speed and strength. The plan is to put Cap's face on the newly rebuilt Reich officer, who we find out in this issue is in fact Adolf Hitler.
Kirby throws the reader directly into the action in this one. The Cap and Donna Maria are doing their best to escape the clutches of Zola as they are in a castle that was genetically engineered by Zola as a living prison with the soul purpose of holding Captain America prisoner. We find Cap's girlfriend, Sharon, being escorted by the Red Skull to the castle to witness Cap's demise. However upon escape from the castle, the Captain and Donna Maria have to do battle with some more of Zola's creations. During this battle, Captain America is blinded by a chemical explosion caused by Donna. This blinding occurs just before the Skull shows up. Now Captain America has to do battle with Red Skull while blind.
A whole lot of action! Well done Kirby! Couple that with Kirby's great artwork, and you have yourself a pretty darn good comic book. Once more I think that this one deserves a three and a half out of five stars. Gotta love consistently good comics by the masters. Of course, I guess that's why their called the masters!
Kirby throws the reader directly into the action in this one. The Cap and Donna Maria are doing their best to escape the clutches of Zola as they are in a castle that was genetically engineered by Zola as a living prison with the soul purpose of holding Captain America prisoner. We find Cap's girlfriend, Sharon, being escorted by the Red Skull to the castle to witness Cap's demise. However upon escape from the castle, the Captain and Donna Maria have to do battle with some more of Zola's creations. During this battle, Captain America is blinded by a chemical explosion caused by Donna. This blinding occurs just before the Skull shows up. Now Captain America has to do battle with Red Skull while blind.
A whole lot of action! Well done Kirby! Couple that with Kirby's great artwork, and you have yourself a pretty darn good comic book. Once more I think that this one deserves a three and a half out of five stars. Gotta love consistently good comics by the masters. Of course, I guess that's why their called the masters!
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