COMIC REVIEW: FTN reviews Winter Soldier #1

I won’t lie. I know very little about the Winter Soldier aside from the couple of books I’ve seen him featured in. I figured with the upcoming Cap movie, now was as good a time as any to familiarize myself with him!

We start out with Nick Fury (sporting his old school look) and S.H.E.I.L.D. Agent Ran Shen on a mission to acquire two Nazi prisoners whom the book dubs ‘the two most important people on Earth.’ You see, these two have unlocked a secret that would make the Full Metal Alchemist lose his mind over; they can create any type of material they want…gold, adamantium, whatever they desire, they can make it a reality. Unfortunately for Fury and Shen, they aren’t the only people after the two VIP’s. Enter the Winter Soldier.

I haven’t read a ton of Remender’s stuff but it seems that these spy/Cold War type stories are right in his wheelhouse. After reading the first issue of WS I can see why! I was always a huge fan of James Bond as a kid and this enough of that ‘trust no one’ espionage to keep me hooked. As I said before, I’m not familiar with the Winter Soldier as a character, but I know that Rick Remender is the perfect writer to keep me engaged in this series enough to learn more about him!

This was one of the few All-New Marvel NOW! books that I didn’t really catch any previews for beyond the cover so I wasn’t really sure what to expect from the art team. I love the decision to use the old school Nick Fury as a device to make the story take on the feel that it’s something that happened in the past. There are a few really great panels of some of the action sequences in this book; based on that alone I’m really excited to see how this creative team adapts to each other as the story moves forward!