Review: AMERICA CHAVEZ: MADE IN THE USA is a Great Start #1
Writer Kalinda Vazquez and artist Carlos Gomez are looking to tell a new adventure for the superhero America Chavez in their 5-part miniseries America Chavez: Made in the USA. The first issue released this week and it’s great so far. You can get your copy from local comic stores or other vendors including comiXology (affiliate link). Marvel Comics was kind enough to provide me with a copy for this review. I’ll do my best to not spoil major plot points of the comic.
WHO IS AMERICA? America Chavez is incredible – her origins, her strength, her dimension-shattering star portals! But when the foundation of everything she believes is shaken, America will stand up and face the parts of herself she’s been running from. From writer Kalinda Vazquez (Marvel’s Runaways) and artist Carlos Gomez (Amazing Mary Jane) comes an explosive, brand-new story all about what made America Chavez who she is – and what she’ll do to protect the ones she loves.
The comic starts with America helping Kate Bishop deal with some mutant moles in LA, but she’s running into a problem. This causes her to go back to her home in New York where her family and others are in trouble. She and Spider-Man help the people and we’re given the hook for the series. That is quite a bit for a 26-page comic.
First, I love Gomez’s art. It is absolutely stunning. Jesus Aburtov also gets huge points for their work on the colors. These two could work on any comic together and I’d probably be automatically sold. Vazquez also does a great job of building the story. We get to see America kick butt, we get to see her be heroic, but we also get to see some slight vulnerability. This has everything that a first issue should have. I have no complaints except that the next issue isn’t out yet.
What did you think of Made in the USA #1?
