Living Legend is a new four issue miniseries from Marvel about Captain America having to deal with shades of his past come back to plague him in present day.  The series features great writing from Andy Diggle and perhaps even better, breathtaking art from Adi Granov.  Each page is wonderful to behold as you turn them and you cannot help but be enthralled by what is in front of you.  Exactly what you would want from any comic book.

The tale finds Cap having to deal with an extraterrestrial entity that has inhabited the body of a Russian cosmonaut in the past whom he had previously saved during the war that of course, was even earlier.  There was a tiny hiccup with the story, and not through any fault of Diggle’s and company, which was the familiarity of the tale, having just read Endless Wartime recently.  Both have a comparable theme and while this story had fewer Avengers and a different monster and situation, they were too similar to not contrast against the other.  Certain other elements are different of course and Diggle certainly has a different style than Ellis does, but the déjà vu feeling is there and is a little distracting.

Other than that one little thing, the book is quite excellent.  It is fast paced and exciting, and Granov’s pages are bold.  This book proves he is one of the best in the business and if Captain America ever warrants a second ongoing title, this is the creative team that should be put in place.  Well written, drawn and executed.

4 out of 5