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Captain America



A long time ago, I used to work at the library of the local community college. It was a really cool job and I really enjoyed working there. The library was a popular hub and we regularly had events. The most popular one was the game night we would trow every semester. We'd have food and drinks and gaming stations set up all over the library. We had extra TV's that we would set up so people could bring in their own gaming consoles and it was just a really cool event.

The clubs at the school were very active too. One club, the anime club, did this really cool thing. It got together and brought in all of their manga and graphic novels and donated them to the library, creating our highest circulating collection. It was a really cool thing to see. Anyway, ALL OF THAT to say I started to read graphic novels from the collection and got really in to them.

One series that I am currently reading is the Ta-Nehisi Coates written Captain America series. Here is the blurb from Amazon:

Acclaimed BLACK PANTHER scribe Ta-Nehisi Coates takes on the Sentinel of Liberty! For more than 70 years, Captain America has stood in stalwart defense of his country and its people. But in the aftermath of Hydra’s brief takeover of the nation, Cap is a figure of controversy carrying a tarnished shield — and a new enemy is rising! Distrusted by his own country and facing threats including the Taskmaster and an army of Nuke super-soldiers, Steve Rogers is a man out of time — and out of options! As things get worse, Cap finds himself wanted for murder — and the victim is a major figure in the Marvel Universe! The walls are closing in on Steve Rogers. Will he end up as Captain of Nothing? Or does the Living Legend still have some allies in his corner?

I absolutely love it and Coates is an amazing author. Like the blurb said he wrote a series of Black Panther, but is probably more known for his civil rights work and commentary in Between the World and Me and We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy. He also published a novel last year called the Water Dancer. Definitely check those out.

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  1. JessJuly 27, 2020 at 10:41 AM

    I am not gonna lie, I clicked on your post because it said Captain America and he is my favorite Avenger. I love the story behind him though and I think your post adds to the reasons I like him. Marvel and the authors have given him such a rich history and background and the connections of all the characters to more than just superhero stuff makes for interesting critical thinking and conversations.

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