Now that’s what I’m talkin’ about. The first issue of The Cape 1969 went too light on the actual content involving the cape, but here writer Jason Ciaramella -- along with The Cape creator Joe Hill acting as a creative consultant -- gets it just right. Captain Chase is stuck in a Vietcong prison and gets the strangest of cellmates: the naked tattooed man we saw floating across the sky last issue. This time around he plays an integral yet peculiar role that promises to deliver an origin story for the cape that defies all expectations.
Ciaramella’s dreary setting and pitch-perfect dialog go a long way to give this book its realistic feel, and Nelson Daniel’s excellent artwork helps emphasize the downright depressing nature of the plot. He excels on a page with only a word of dialog that features the harsh relationship between a boy and his Commander father. There are no words being spoken, but you can feel a connection being formed between the boy and Captain Chase as he looks on, powerless to help.
A notable point of interest for the first Cape series was its penchant for unexpectedly gruesome violence. A bear hasn’t been dropped on anyone yet, but this issue features a tense scene that earns its disturbing-factor through the pure obscurity of the situation. Even better, Ciaramella’s writing somehow makes the use of an F-bomb feel like the most genuine response Captain Chase could have to his weird predicament. It’s that little piece of magic that I was hoping for, and the creators have delivered.
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