A review by acarman1
Captain America: Forever Allies by Paolo Rivera, Matt Hollingsworth, Marco Santucci, Roger Stern, Dean White, Nick Dragotta, Lee Weeks

4.0

I was late to the comic book game (other than funnies like Calvin and Hobbes or Peanuts) so as an adult having experienced the MCU I am starting to enjoy reading the stories that spawned it. In this case, the new Captain America (the former Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes) is tracking down Lady Lotus a mind-bender who survived World War II and is now threatening the world again. Interspersed through the story are flashbacks to when he and his friends (known as The Young Allies during the 2nd World War) faced this danger before. In addition to being a gripping story in the present, it also has the benefit of allowing Marvel to examine and admit its own history of casual racism in how they portrayed Asian and African-American characters in their earlier editions. They allow "Wash" the Tuskegee airman who was part of the Young Allies to break the fourth wall and express his frustration with the way he was drawn in the comics. The second half of the book is a reprint of these earlier adventures so you can see for yourself. Even the good guys in WWII weren't always so good. Facing it squarely is a good start.