Finished reading Captain America: Sam Wilson: Standoff, writer Nick Spencer brings together the current and former Captain America's for the main story of Marvel's Standoff event. The book opens up with a S.H.I.E.L.D. debriefing former Captain America, Steve Rogers on an attack by Bucky Barnes who has recently returned to Earth and left a napkin for Steve to find so he can meet Bucky at an old dinner. Meanwhile current Captain America, Sam Wilson gets a message from hacker, the Whisperer who turns out to be Rick Jones to meet with him. Once both Sam and Steve find out about a secret program involving the Cosmic Cube that Maria Hill has been overlooking and continued with even after it was revealed to the world, S.H.I.E.L.D. arrives at Ricks home in hope to arrest him and only escapes thanks to Sam's help, while Steve is picked up by Maria Hill who takes him to the town Pleasant Hill where he meets a young girl named Kobik who happens to be a sentient Cosmic Cube who has helped change super villains into normal citizens with her abilities, only for the appearance of Steve to cause a few of the towns prisoners who have recently rediscovered who they are to beginning a prison break lead by Baron Zemo due to being extremely angry with what S.H.I.E.L.D. did to them. There is also an additional three stories to celebrate Captain America's 75th anniversary which are mostly silent pieces and are all incredibly amazing. Overall this was a amazing book as it brings together the three current and former Captain America's back together again which brings about some interactions and characters moments with the three meet each other again especially when Steve reverts back to his younger self. There are some great comedic moments coming from the interactions between the villains and how they execute their plan to find and retrieve Kobik is incredibly hilarious especially with it being an idea of Kraven the Hunter. Additionally the book does a great job in setting stories to be revisited in the future, from the situations that Maria Hill and Steve Rogers find themselves in with having to deal with the aftermath of the whole Pleasant Hill incident and how new characters like Kobik and the newest Quasar go on after being introduced within the story. The book's artwork is great as it accompanies the each part of very well while the change of the art styles to fit the character who is taking centre stage at the time is a nice touch. 9/10.
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