Ultimate Origins #2 (OF 5)

This is a major improvement from the premiere issue -- Bendis has a great hold on scenes of the past, and the slow unfold in Steve Rogers volunteering for the super-soldier program was well-explained and carefully maintained. It's as if the existing framework of Cap's origin is enlivening for Bendis, because there was a new energy here not present in the first chapter. On the art side, Butch Guice has done better work -- but the ’40s scenes were successful enough.