The Marvel Library continues its work of rescuing comic book history with Captain America Volume 6. This volume collects the issues published in 1969, a pivotal year where Jack Kirby bids farewell to the character and Jim Steranko takes the reins. For 16 euros and 160 color pages, fans gain access to a classic work with art and script by two legends of the Ninth Art. 📘
Kirby and Steranko: Two Ways of Storytelling in Panels 🎨
The volume showcases the technical contrast between two authors. Kirby closes his era with thick strokes and dynamic compositions that prioritize action over detail. Steranko, on the other hand, introduces a more experimental style, with perspective plays, photomontages, and a visual narrative that breaks the traditional grid. The reader finds in these pages a laboratory of techniques that marked the evolution of superhero comics.
Captain America and the Art of Changing Artists Without Warning 🛡️
If there's one good thing about this volume, it's that it proves even Cap can suffer an artistic identity crisis. Kirby leaves, Steranko arrives, and the shield goes from being a throwing weapon to a pop design element. Of course, readers in 1969 must have thought: And now who's drawing? Luckily, the final result is far from an office disaster, even though poor Steve Rogers wasn't asked for his opinion.