I tried to give it a chance, but I'm getting tired of these comics where every person not living in a major metropolitan area is some sort of hillbilly with the inability speak English. To me, this was the biggest turnoff in this book.

I also didn't like the fact that Walker has a sister all of a sudden. I don't seem to recall that in his appearances during Captain America. He had the older brother who died in the war, but as far as I can recall, no sister.

The artwork was okay but not great. I really expected a better story from Priest, though I will admit that USAgent is a tough character to write because he's been changed around so much.

I mean, it is a Priest book. I always pick up the first arc rather than the first issue of his books because the pattern/patter/viewpoint never really hits until the end of the first arc.

- l.k.

I didn’t like the first issue, and I’m a big fan of both Priest and USAgent. I posted my thoughts about the issue on the Marvel Universe board.

One minor nitpick, though. We did know about Walker’s sister. Battle star tried to locate her way back in the Captain America back up stories, to find out what happened to Walker.

Dang, I don't even remember that. I will have to go back and read those ones. I'm assuming it was somewhere between #350 and 400...? I remember Battle Star trying to find Walker's body after he'd been shot in the press conference, but that was about it.

Somewhere in there. In Cap #372, Battlestar tracks USAgent down to the Avengers West compound, so it must be before that...