Captain America Epic Collection: Hero Or Hoax?

Reprints Captain America and The Falcon (1968) #139-159
Written by Stan Lee, Gary Friedrich, Steve Englehart, Gerry Conway and Steve Gerber.
Penciled by John Romita, Sal Buscema, Gil Kane and Gray Morrow.
Inked by John Romita, John Verpoorten, George Roussos, Joe Sinnott, Gray Morrow, Jim Mooney, Frank Giacoia and Vince Colletta.

Summary: New York City's police commissioner has a special assignment for Captain America. He needs Steve Rogers to join the NYPD and investigate the disappearance of seven officers. The commissioner isn't sure what's going on, but he says it's "something deadly--something strangely powerful out there."  

On his first night walking the police beat, Steve spots a shadowy figure, changes into his Captain America costume and chases it down. Cap discovers it's the Grey Gargoyle, a super-villain who battled Thor and Iron Man in the past. A lab accident turned his skin to stone and gave the Gargoyle the power to turn others to stone for one hour.  

Captain America's partner the Falcon tangles with Grey Gargoyle. The criminal tries out a new power.  When Sam is turned to stone, Gargoyle also has control over Falcon and forces him to fight Cap! Grey Gargoyle's primary objective is to steal Element X from SHIELD. It's a very dangerous element that will enable Gargoyle to conquer the world. Can Cap and Falcon stop him?!

Subsequently, when Falcon returns to Harlem, he is stung by criticism that he's an "Uncle Tom" in his community due to his partnership with Captain America. His girl friend Leila invites him to a meeting of the People's Militia, a revolutionary political organization.  

The militia's leader is a masked figure known simply as "The Man". He stirs the crowd into a frenzy and leads them in an attack on a local boys club. But things aren't quite as they seem. Captain America and Falcon intervene and attack the militia. The Man unmasks and reveals that he is actually Cap's deadliest foe, the Red Skull!

After a brief fight, the Skull imprisons Cap & Falcon in a deathtrap and it looks they're goners. The only one who can save them is Sam's pet falcon Redwing!

Sometime later, there is some tension between Sam and Steve. Falcon feels unique pressure being African American superhero. Working with Captain America makes him an outcast in Harlem. He breaks up their partnership and says he's dedicating himself to protecting his neighborhood. Sam breaks out a new costume to signify his new direction.  

In his first "solo" mission, Falcon takes down a drug dealer and turns him over to the police. This makes Sam a hero to Harlem and he's carried through the streets. Cap is happy for his friend but also saddened that he's lost another partner.  

Shortly after that, Nick Fury has a new mission for Captain America. The terrorist organization Hydra is back in business. Fury knows the new Hydra base is located in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip and assigns Cap to find its exact location. Captain America will be accompanied to Vegas by SHIELD's Femme Force, an all-women squadron led by Steve's girlfriend, Sharon Carter (AKA Agent 13).  

Femme Force's second-in-command is Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, known as "Val" to her friends.  Val was romantically linked to Fury until he moved on, but she now appears to have feelings for Cap.  This creates a problematic dynamic for everyone.  

Unfortunately for Captain America and his team, Hydra has infiltrated Femme Force and have been monitoring SHIELD. When Cap arrives in Vegas, Hydra's agents are expecting them and a battle ensues. When Sharon is shot, Captain America is furious and more determined than ever to take down Hydra. Fearing the worst, Fury contacts Falcon and sends him to Las Vegas. Sam is reluctant at first, since he wants to take care of Harlem, but eventually accepts the assignment.

When Cap tracks down Hydra's Supreme Leader, he's shocked to discover that the terror organization's real leader is the Kingpin Of Crime! Falcon and Captain America go toe-to-toe with the gangster and defeat him.

However, everyone is shocked to learn that Cap's deadliest foe, the Red Skull, has been running Hydra behind the scenes. He's using it as a decoy to buy time for him to build a Nazi Fourth Reich!  

The Skull activates a giant "Sleeper" robot that will destroy all human life in its path. If Captain America and Falcon want to beat Red Skull, they will need to team up with the Kingpin and his criminal empire in order to prevent Nazism from taking over the world!

Back in New York, children are disappearing from Harlem. Falc and Cap discover it's the work of their foe Batroc The Leaper! The French mercenary is working for an alien named Jakar who intends to take the souls of the children to space in order to restore life on his home dimension. How can Captain America and the Falcon defeat a being like Jakar who has otherworldly super-powers?

Sometime afterwards, the super-villains known as Scorpion and Mr. Hyde are out for revenge. They were placed in an experimental SHIELD prison and will exact vengeance on any SHIELD agent they can find. They kidnap Sharon and use her as bait to get SHIELD to rescue her. Hyde and Scorpion may regret their plan when Captain America and Falcon show up instead. 

Following that, Steve and Sharon take a vacation in the Bahamas. At the same time, Sam is shocked when his girlfriend Leila tells him that Captain America is beating people up in Harlem. Falcon doesn't believe her. While patrolling, he sees Cap attacking an innocent man and intervenes. Sam has the upper hand until he's attacked from behind by...Cap's old sidekick Bucky! 

We learn that these two are duplicates who took over the roles during the 1950s, when the real Captain America was missing. They've gone insane and accuse Falcon and Cap of being Communist sympathizers. How can Captain America win a battle against a copy of himself?

Finally, the advertising executive-turned-super-villain known as the Viper attacks Cap and Falcon. He hits the heroes with venom-tipped darts, which puts their lives in jeopardy. In exchange for his freedom, Viper gives cap a vial of antidote and runs off. Captain America later learns that when the antidote interacts with the Super-Soldier Serum in his blood, it gives him super-strength. 

Steve later learns that Viper is connected to the police corruption he was investigating. Viper and the bad cops work for someone known only as the Cowled Commander. Falcon is able to capture Viper, only to have him freed by a team of villains led by his brother, the Eel. 

Who is the mysterious Cowled Commander? Can Cap and Falcon defeat five super-criminals and simultaneously uncover the corruption in the police department? 

Review:
Captain America Epic Collection: Hero Or Hoax? contains another mixed bag of Cap & Falc stories, but it's mostly enjoyable.  

Story:
I'll start with the best parts of this book. Steve Englehart wrote the last seven issues reprinted here. The conflict with the Cap and Bucky of the 1950s is a high point of the tpb. Englehart shows how a great idea and symbol like Captain America could lead to dangerous racist jingoism and nationalism and Steve is shown to be terrified of this possibility. It's also just an exciting and dramatic story!

I also enjoyed the way Englehart wrote the Viper. The villain is a former ad man and talks like one, quoting popular commercial catch-phrases of the 1970s. Viper's advertising skills are later put to use in Englehart's famous "Secret Empire" story.  

Gary Friedrich wrote the stories in the middle of the book, including the Hydra/Kingpin/Red Skull saga. It's important because Kingpin, prior to this storyline, was strictly a Spider-Man villain. Friedrich introduces Wilson Fisk to the rest of the Marvel Universe, which opened the door for Frank Miller to later turn him into an arch foe for Daredevil.

Other storylines don't work as well. Stan Lee wrote the stories at the beginning of the tpb which focus on Steve going undercover as an NYPD officer. This is presented as a major change of direction for the character and the series. But after that, it's dropped for the most part, only popping up again once or twice. Englehart wraps up the police corruption storyline but it feels more obligatory than anything else.  

Friedrich also writes a "love rectangle" of sorts for Cap, Sharon, Val, and Fury. It doesn't add much to the story and the women (who are supposed to be professional secret agents) are written like they just fell out of one of Marvel's "Romance" series.  

Gerry Conway wrote the tale that features Batroc and Jakar. I feel like this is a case of writer and artist not communicating. Jakar is penciled to look like the Stranger, an earlier alien who made several appearances in other Marvel titles. Jakar says he disguised himself as the Stranger, then drops the premise...because Cap and Falcon never heard of the Stranger? It's an odd story. Conway does a better job with the story that  pits the heroes against Hyde and Scorpion.  

Art:
Hero Or Hoax? is penciled by some of the greatest comic book artists of all time. Sal Buscema pencils the bulk of the book. He draws lots of great fight scenes and these pages from the Scorpion/Hyde fight are a nice example:

John Romita penciled the the early part of Hero Or Hoax? and his work is also excellent. Gil Kane, for his part, provides about half an issue's worth of solid art.

Gray Morrow, who rarely drew Marvel's superhero stories, pencils ten pages in the tpb. However, they're an important ten pages, since Morrow is the first to draw Falcon's red and white costume, which Sam would wear for several decades.  

How Does It Look?:

Here's a scan from Captain America and The Falcon #149:

And here's how the same pages appear in Hero Or Hoax?:

Extras:
In the back of the tbp, you'll find the cover to Captain America Annual #2 (which contained reprinted Silver Age tales), a house ad for Captain America #139, and ten pages of original art.

Rating:
Captain America Epic Collection: Hero Or Hoax? features great stories and art that's full of action and character development. Its weaker moments prevent me from giving it my highest rating, but it's fun and recommended for fans of Falcon, Cap, and comics of the 1970s.

J.A. Morris' rating:

.5

3 and a half Sals.

Captain America Epic Collection: Bucky Reborn

Reprints Captain America #120-138
Written by Stan Lee.
Penciled by Gene Colan and John Romita.
Inked by Joe Sinnott, Dick Ayers, Frank Giacoia, Bill Everett, Tom Palmer, Wally Wood and John Romita.

Summary:

A carnival hypnotist who goes by the name Suprema decides to use her hypnotic abilities for a life of crime. She captures SHIELD agent Dum Dum Dugan and forces him to reveal the location of SHIELD'S secret base.  Captain America happens to be at the base, instructing agents in hand-to-hand combat.

Suprema hypnotizes SHIELD agents to do her bidding, including its director Nick Fury. Only Cap stands in the way of Suprema and world domination!

Later, Captain America tells Fury that he wants his girlfriend, agent Sharon Carter, taken off field duty and put on a desk so that she is not putting her life on the line. If Fury refuses, Cap will no longer help SHIELD fight crime. Sharon complies, because she loves Cap. At the same time, Cap's enemy MODOK is concocting a scheme to destroy Captain America. He directs his AIM scientists to create a cyborg whose only purpose is to kill Cap!

Even though she's no longer a field agent, Sharon intervenes and helps Steve fight the cyborg. He mistakenly believes she and Fury have reneged on their agreement and breaks up with her. Sharon is devastated by this turn of events.

Feeling distraught over his breakup, Steve is looking for action to take his mind off Sharon. He hears about the capturing of Doctor Robert Hoskins in Vietnam and heads over there to rescue him. Cap isn't sure who is behind Hoskins' capture, since the doctor is an advocate of peace and respected by both sides in the conflict. It turns out to be the work of an unexpected super-villain!

Back in the states, a Harlem-based gangster named Diamond Head frames Falcon for murder. Sam will need Captain America's help if he wants to clear his name and take down Diamond Head.

Sometime after, a SHIELD scientist named Dr. Ralph Ryder creates a battle suit that will enable SHIELD agents to battle super-powered beings. Fury tries out the suit in a sparring session with Cap.  However, SHIELD's headquarters are raided by AIM agents who intend to steal the suit and duplicate its technology.

Nick Fury says that anyone could have betrayed him, including Captain America himself. So he asks Tony Stark to build a new android that is capable of defeating Cap. Can the star-spangled Avenger defeat Android X-4?

Subsequently, Steve is feeling out of place and time in New York City, so he gets a motorcycle and hits the open road. Steve overhears members of the Satan's Angels biker gang talk about causing a riot at a rock festival. Only Captain America can prevent tragedy at the festival!

Steve keeps riding his motorcycle, getting as far as the Midwest. Unbeknownst to Cap, he's being tracked by his arch-nemesis the Red Skull! The villain plans to attack King Hassab of oil-rich Irabia, whose motorcade is close to Captain America. An attack on the king could plunge the world into a state of total war! Cap must keep the King Hassab safe and find a way to defeat Red Skull.

Shortly after that, Cap breaks up a riot on a college campus and encourages both sides to engage civilly with each other. A TV producer notices this and asks Captain America to speak on television about peaceful solutions to domestic conflicts.

Unfortunately for Cap, it's a setup and he's attacked by his old enemy Batroc the leaper, master of Savate! Batroc is accompanied by Whirlwind and Porcupine, who form Batroc's Brigade. The criminals are being paid by a mysterious figure known as the Hood.

Steve keeps riding westward and winds up in the San Francisco Bay area. The Hood is also in the same area, working on a scheme to defeat Captain America. He finds a very agile amnesiac who bears a striking resemblance to Cap's deceased partner Bucky Barnes. The young man is taken to the Hood's lair to be treated for amnesia.

The Hood is revealed to be Nazi war criminal Baron Von Strucker, master of weapons. He leaks news that Bucky is alive and under his care, hoping Captain America will pay him a visit. Cap takes the bait and is shocked to discover that the Hood's real identity. Strucker attacks Captain America with a crossbow, a mace, and a spear and has Cap on the ropes. However, Strucker is thwarted by Bucky, who turns on the baron and saves Cap.

With Bucky alive, his partnership with Captain America appears to be restored and Steve is overjoyed to learn that Bucky is alive. This is depressing news for Falcon, who thought he would become Cap's partner. But Captain America's joy is short-lived when Bucky attacks him!

Barnes' return was part of a plot orchestrated by MODOK. When Steve returns to New York, the villain sends a robot called Bulldozer to destroy tenement buildings in Harlem. When Falcon and Cap intervene, the citizens of Harlem by cheering on Bulldozer! Falcon and Captain America go to Tony Stark for technological assistance in taking down Bulldozer.

Following the Bulldozer incident, a new super-duo is born when Steve and Sam decide to fight crime together! But Falcon's frustrated when he learns his nephew Jody is running numbers for a Harlem gangster named Stoneface. Jody tells his Uncle Sam that it's the best way to make money and says Stoneface's lawyers will help him if he's arrested.

However, when the police catch up with Jody, only Captain America shows up to vouch for him. It's up to Cap and Falc to bring Stoneface to justice and protect Jody and his family from the gangster's hired guns.

Next up, SHIELD scientist Dr. Erik Gorbo creates a super-strength serum out of blood cells taken from an ape. Gorbo turns into an ape while retaining his intelligence, plus the ability to telethapathically control animals. He uses this new power to rob banks and interfere with SHIELD efforts.

When Captain America and Falcon try to capture Gorbo, they all wind up underground. This places the heroes in between a battle between Gorbo and the Moleman, ruler of Subterannea!

Finally, Falcon sees Spider-Man swinging through Harlem. When Sam notices Spidey is fleeing from the police, he decides to capture the webhead himself. This will help cement his crime-fighting reputation and get him out from under Cap's shadow.

Falcon eventually catches up to Spider-Man and a battle ensues. Sam gives Spidey all he's got, but Spider-Man's super-strength proves too much for him to handle. Spider-Man swings away, leaving Falcon unconscious. He leaves a Spider-Tracer on Falc, so he can track Falcon and figure out why he attacked.

Sam is later hit by a car and captured by Stoneface! Only Spider-Man and Captain America can save Falcon from the gangster!

All that, plus, we learn the secret origin of MODOK!

And a cameo appearance by comicdom's #1 super-villain, Doctor Doom!

Review:
I should mention here that most of thes contained in this tpb were new to me. Captain America Epic Collection: Bucky Reborn is a fun book with good stories and great art. However, it's not perfect.

Story:
Stan Lee writes all of stories reprinted in this tpb and they cover a wide variety of adventures. We get  "street level" tales set in Harlem, Cap and Falcon fighting robots and a quick detour to the Vietnam War.

Perhaps the best (and most important, from a historical perspective) is Lee's decision to make the Falcon Captain America's partner. Maybe some of Lee's attempts at "urban" dialogue haven't aged well, but it represents a quantum leap in terms of diversity in comics at the time. Sam Wilson is a strong, well-written character who makes a great partner for Cap.

Lee also does a nice job establishing MODOK as one of Captain America's greatest foes. The AIM leader is responsible for the fake Bucky, Bulldozer, and the cyborg's attacks on Cap. I also appreciated seeing MODOK's origin, something I'd heard about but never read in comic form.

Sending Steve to fight Satan's Angels at a rock festival makes for an interesting topical tale. This story was published only a few months after the disaster at the Rolling Stone's Altamont Concert, where Hell's Angels acted as "security" and physically assaulted the concertgoers.

Other parts of Bucky Reborn don't work as well.  Bucky's return is a bit silly. Unless he was supposed to have been in suspended animation, Bucky should've been depicted as being much older. Maybe this is a case of writer and artist not communicating? Strucker has a throwaway line about how Cap will be "so overjoyed, he won't think to question the contradiction of their ages," but it's not mentioned any other time.

The portions of the story that focus on Steve's relationship with Sharon Carter are a bit hard to get through. It sort of makes sense that Cap, being a "man out of time" isn't crazy about Sharon having a dangerous job. But there are too many scenes of Steve whining and brooding about their breakup.

A mixed bag of stories, but the good parts outweigh the lesser material.

Art:
This is where Bucky Reborn truly shines. Gene Colan is one of my favorite artists of all time. Colan (embellished by six different inkers) gives us lots of great action scenes that feel like they could jump off the pages at any time. This page, featuring a battle between Cap and Batroc's Brigade, is a great example:

And on these pages, the top left panel is bordering on 3-D:

Very nice work by Colan.

The final issue reprinted features excellent art by John Romita Sr., which is appropriate, since the issue features Spider-Man as a guest star.

How Does It Look?:
Here are two pages from a copy of Captain America #131:

This is how the same pages appear in Bucky Reborn:

Extras:
The book opens with two stories published during the end of the Silver Age (which I don't review here). In the back of this tpb, you'll find the cover for Captain America Annual #1 (which consisted of reprinted Silver Age stories), two Marvel house ads, and nine pages of original art.

Rating:
Captain America Epic Collection: Bucky Reborn gives us some (mostly) fun stories and fantastic art.  The tales that feature the Falcon and Gene Colan's art make it worth purchasing for any fans of Bronze Age comics.

J.A. Morris' rating:

3 Sals.

Thing: Liberty Legion

Reprints Invaders #5-6, Marvel Premiere #29-30, Fantastic Four Annual #11, Marvel Two-In-One #20 and Marvel Two-In-One Annual #1
Written by Roy Thomas.
Penciled by John Buscema, Don Heck, Sal Buscema, Frank Robbins, Rich Buckler & Dick Ayers.
Inked by Vince Colletta, Sam Grainger, Jim Mooney, George Roussos & John Tartaglione.  

Variant cover.

The Bronze Age meets the Golden Age in this World War II era time travel epic!

The Invaders have turned evil! The World War II era team of Captain America, Namor, Human Torch and Toro have destroyed a defense plant in the Midwest. It appears that the Invaders have allied themselves with their arch enemy, the Red Skull, and joined forces with Nazi Germany! But looks are often deceiving.

We later learn that the Invaders have been brainwashed by the Red Skull's Nulla Ray. But the general public believes the Invaders are traitors.

The Invaders ransack a defense plant.

In any event, the United States will need new superheroes to protect her from the Invaders and other domestic threats.

Captain America's sidekick, Bucky Barnes, takes it upon himself to organize a new super-team. He goes on the radio and calls for any hero to step up and defend Uncle Sam.

Bucky gets plenty of replies from various crimefighters:

Blue Diamond: Super-strong hero with skin as tough as his namesake!
Miss America: Wears a costume that gives her super-strength & power of flight!
The Whizzer: Super-speedster who is also Miss America's husband!
Thin Man: Possesses the ability to stretch his body into any shape!
Jack Frost: The mythological spirit of winter! 
The Patriot: World-class fighter in peak physical condition!
Red Raven: Wears anti-gravity suit made by the Bird People that allows him to fly!

R: Miss America, Blue Diamond & Jack Frost take out Nazis;
L: The Liberty Legion makes its first public appearance.

They form a new team and call themselves the Liberty Legion! They will act as America's Homefront Heroes, defending the U.S. from saboteurs and other Nazi sympathizers.

Thin Man & Red Raven take down some American fascists.

But the Red Skull is undaunted. He takes over the airwaves and challenges the Legion to fight the Invaders at Yankee Stadium. A battle ensues and the Human Torch destroys the Skull's dirigible. It explodes, freeing the Invaders from Red Skull's control. The villain disappears for the time being.

Liberty Legion accepts the Red Skull's challenge at Yankee Stadium.

Back in the "present" (1976), the Fantastic Four are attacked by Nazi soldiers! They wonder what they're doing in New York, so many years after the war. The Watcher shows up, saying nothing (he was not allowed to speak at the time), but his presence alerts the FF that something isn't right.

It turns out the Nazis won WWII and it was the FF's fault! They accidentally sent a cylinder of vibranium into the past. Hitler used it to deflect missiles and ultimately won the war because of the Fantastic Four's mistake. Reed Richards decides they must go back to 1942 to fix this. When they enter the war, they're joined by the Invaders.

The Fantastic Four fight the Invaders until cooler heads prevail.

After recovering the vibranium, the FF return home to their time. But the Thing feels there is still something wrong. Newer buildings start disappearing from New York's skyline! The Watcher appears once more and Ben decides he must go back in time to finish the battle with the Nazis.

The Thing tries to get the Watcher to help him, but the Watcher can't speak.

Grimm (correctly) theorizes that a small piece of vibranium was left behind in 1942. The Thing knows that he must go back in time once again.

The Thing finds himself in 1942. Nice drawing of the Flatiron Building!

When he appears in New York of the past, he encounters the Liberty Legion. They fight at first, but then realize they're on the same side. The city is under attack from a Nazi pilot called Skyshark. Ben and the others quickly stop Skyshark and his squadron of stukas, but Skyshark escapes.

The Legion takes on Skyhawk.

At the same time, a military base is attacked in upstate New York. The Legionnaires check into it and learn that it was work of the Nazi strong man Master Man and Merrano of Atlantis, better known as U-Man. These two have battled the Invaders in the past.

 

But these baddies aren't the real menace.  The literal and figurative brain behind the operation is Braindrain, the living Nazi brain! Braindrain attacks New York in a swastika-shaped aircraft. Will the Thing and the Liberty Legion be able to stop the threat of Braindrain, U-Man, Master Man and Skyshark?

Review:
Thing: Liberty Legion contains some ridiculous stories that are very contrived, even by comic book standards. But as silly as it is at times, it's lots of fun! Any book that features a Nazi brain flying a giant swastika can't be all bad!

Thing faces off against Braindrain and his minions.

Story:
Roy Thomas wrote everything in this book. It gets off to a good start, with the Invaders "betraying" the United States and the Legion forming to combat them. I liked the depiction of the radio show that featured Bucky and the Patriot. Thomas loved to write World War II stories and he does a nice job showing what the homefront was like.

Anthropologist Elton Morrow is attacked by Nazis & changes into Blue Diamond.

I should mention that this is an odd and little-remembered period where the Thing was turned human for a short while. When Ben felt superfluous, Reed Richards built a "Thing suit" so that Ben could still fight crime.

Red Skull is used well in this story as the "Big  Bad". Braindrain is ridiculous, but lots of fun. I always thought U-Man (that's "U-Man" as in "U-Boat") was a cool villain when he fought the Invaders, it was fun to see him battle the Thing.

During the Fantastic Four portion, it gets a bit convoluted. The FF go back in time because Nazis stole their vibranium, changing the outcome of WWII. Fine, they defeat the Nazis, the world is back to the way it should be. Then the Thing has to go back by himself because they didn't bring back all the vibranium? It feels a bit forced. There is no good reason for the Fantastic Four to be left out of this tale.  But it was nice to see Ben Grimm use his brain and take a leadership role.

I'm a fan of time travel stories in general, so I appreciated that aspect of these stories.

Art:
The art here is a mostly good but never great.

Rich Buckler and Dick Ayers give us some good Kirby-esque art in the first part. Theirs is the best art in the book. I've written here before of my general dislike of the work of Don Heck and Vince Colletta during the Bronze Age. But I thought they made a decent art team here.

Heck and Colletta's work has a decidedly Golden Age quality, which suits the WWII setting. The pencils from Frank Robbins are par for the course for his Bronze Age work, meaning they're not very good. John Buscema is one of the all-time greats, but his art is a bit over-inked by Sam Grainger. John's brother Sal Buscema is embellished by multiple inkers, so his art sometimes changes from page to page.

How does it look?:
It looks good. I don't own all these issues, but I found a scan online from one of them. Here's the original page, from Marvel Premiere #29 (borrowed from the excellent Diversions of the Groovy Kind):

The reprinted version can be seen on the left side of the image below:

Nice splashpage from Don Heck & Vince Colletta.

Looks very close to the original page, no recoloring here.


Extras:
Two essays from Thomas about the Golden Age appearances and origins of the characters that make up the Liberty Legion. These were originally published in the pages of Marvel Premiere #29-30.

Rating:
Thing: Liberty Legion might seem a bit silly to readers who haven't read many Bronze Age stories, but it's undeniably fun and fans of time travel and WWII era stories should enjoy it.

J.A Morris' rating:

3 Sals.