Issue(s): Team America #5
Cover Date: Oct 82
Title: "Triple cross!"
Credits:
Bill Mantlo - Writer
Alan Kupperberg - Penciler
Vincent Colletta - Inker
Linda Grant - Assistant Editor
Tom DeFalco - Editor

Review/plot:
With the most interesting (ha!) characters out of the way, we are now down to the doldrums of Team America's solo period. This one's about Honcho. He's ex-CIA, so his story has him investigating some rogue government agents that are trying to kidnap and ransom a Soviet defector.

One thing in the villains' favor is they are very diligent. It's not enough to capture Honcho, tie him up, and leave him in a building that's going to explode. They have to drown him at the same time, too.

Actually, i guess "very diligent" would mean shooting him. So i guess i should have said "insane".

Can you guess what happens next? Did you guess that Honcho passes out and the Marauder shows up to save the day, and then the rest of Team America shows up just in time for us to wonder if one of them might be the Marauder? No? Are you even reading these things? Oh. You're not? Very wise, my friend. Very wise.

To spice things up, this issue has some naked Wolf...

...and naked Honcho.

But not even a naked Marauder could make this interesting.

Quality Rating: D

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: Pushed back in publication time to account for a sober Iron Man's appearance in Team America #9.

References: N/A

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A