Scott's Take: Captain America Vol 1: Our Secret Wars by Chip Zdarsky, Valerio Schiti (Illustrator), and Ben Harvey (Cover Art)

Captain America Vol 1: Our Secret Wars by Chip Zdarsky,  Valerio Schiti (Illustrator), and Ben Harvey (Cover Art) is a prequel story set shortly after Captain America has just woken up from the ice. Captain America, who feels lost and alone in this new country, has been reactivated by the U.S. Army to join a rescue mission to save hostages in Latveria. The country has recently been taken over by the dictator, Dr. Doom. Alongside a new version of the Howling Commandoes and another new Captain America that had not been referenced before, they and the reactivated Captain America are to link up with the resistance. Then get the hostages. Then get out.

 

At least, that was the mission that Steve was told. Of course, the real mission is not that. Not even close to that.  The government knew that Steve is too honorable for the real mission.

 

This is an action-packed thriller with plenty of violence and character development. The physical volume won’t be out until late er this month, as of right now, you can read the whole volume plus more on the Marvel Unlimited app.

 

There will be a second volume set in the present time of the Marvel Universe and that has not been titled yet. It will tie into the One World Under Doom and Armageddon events. According to various interview on Marvel.Com, as since Doctor Doom has left this reality, Latveria has fallen to pieces as various factions seek to control what Doom has left behind. Red Hulk and the U.S. Army will clash with the Avengers and Steve over what remains. Doom has left nukes and even worse things behind. Not much is known about this Armageddon event other than it is going to have massive ramifications and see a new Avengers team assembled to save the world again as the Jed Mackay team has been disbanded.

 

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As noted, I read this enjoyable book as the individual issues appeared on Marvel Unlimited.

 

 

Scott A. Tipple ©2026

Scott's Take: G.O.D.S. by Jonthan Hickman and Valerio Schiti (Illustrator)

 

G.O.D.S. by Jonthan Hickman and Valerio Schiti (Illustrator) and others collects the eight-issue miniseries which ends on a cliffhanger. There is no word on if or when this series will continue. So, it is a hard volume to review since the story feels unfinished. This book is supposed to shake up the cosmic hierarchy of the gods in the Marvel Universe and there are a lot of big ideas thrown around in the book. The read mostly features new characters even though there are cameos by multiple heroes. The only familiar face that sticks around for long is Dr. Strange and he has a line that is said which does not fit him.

 

So, there are two main factions that basically control the universe and keep it running. They don’t get along. There is the magical side led THE-POWERS-THAT-BE which has one main guy named Wyn. The other side, THE-NATURAL-ORDER-OF-THINGS, has several hundred science types with the main one that is focused on being Wyn’s ex-wife, Aiko. Then there are several secondary factions that want to tear everything down and start over. There is also the rogue entity, behold to no group or person, named Cubik Core who is committing sabotage and murder to destabilize the cold détente. He is the main reason that things escalate.  

 

Each issue is widely different. New big ideas are thrown out without a lot of time being done to finish setting up. The final issue is a time skip issue where time travel is used and things get potentially very messy.

 

Wyn is our cynical romantic while Aiko is our logic-based character who regrets her actions. Of course, they have sidekicks, and there is a lot of new characters introduced. There is supposed to be a tie into the One World Under Doom project, but that is not collected here.

 

I read all eight issues through the Marvel Unlimited App through the basic way. There is another version supposed to be formatted specially for electronic devices, but I don’t like the way those are displayed, so I did not do that version. The art is great and it is an interesting read. I just wish it was longer. I can’t say enough good things about the art.

 

The ending is abrupt and, as noted stops on a cliffhanger. There is no return date planned at this time because Hickman’s Ultimate Universe is a major hit and this did not sell as well. Hickman is also busy writing Imperial which is a Marvel event that is shaking up the galactic seating of all the alien factions out in the cosmos.

 

Readers might just be stuck in limbo forever. I still think its worth reading if you can accept that fact that there might be no resolution anytime soon if ever.

 

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As noted, I read this through the Marvel Unlimited App.

Scott A. Tipple ©2025