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Captain America: Now With 20% More Angst!
Zeromus
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CAPTAIN AMERICA:
The best Marvel book. Period.
I mean, he even has his own...
The best Marvel book. Period.
I mean, he even has his own...
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When The Dark Knight came out, every non-comics reader went all bananas and shit because it was all moody and dark. Well, you know, great movie and all, but you don't know brooding mystery men until you've read Ed Brubaker's Captain America. Relentlessly downtrodden (though perhaps not to the same extent as Brubaker's Daredevil or Criminal), this Captain America title is filled with action, espionage, and enough super-hero-time-traveling-soap-opera nonsense to sate even the most jaded of comic book fans.
It is awesome.
Issue #41 came out last Wednesday, the penultimate chapter to The Death of the Dream Act III: The Man Who Bought America. In it, Bucky Barnes, the new Captain America, kicks some major ass and basically all sorts of major shit is about to go down next issue. You should probably be reading it.
It is awesome.
Issue #41 came out last Wednesday, the penultimate chapter to The Death of the Dream Act III: The Man Who Bought America. In it, Bucky Barnes, the new Captain America, kicks some major ass and basically all sorts of major shit is about to go down next issue. You should probably be reading it.
How To Catch Up:
CAPTAIN AMERICA OMNIBUS
Packed with the first 25 issues of Brubaker's epic (and some special issues, like the House of M crossover), which leads right in to the "Death of Captain America" arc, this is obviously the best place to start, especially considering that Brubaker's run on the title is essentially one continuing story. You can get it for $40 from Amazon, which is totally a bargain!
THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 1
Issues #25-30
THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 2
Issues #31-36
Then, uh, just buy issues #37-41. You won't regret it!
CAPTAIN AMERICA OMNIBUS
Packed with the first 25 issues of Brubaker's epic (and some special issues, like the House of M crossover), which leads right in to the "Death of Captain America" arc, this is obviously the best place to start, especially considering that Brubaker's run on the title is essentially one continuing story. You can get it for $40 from Amazon, which is totally a bargain!
THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 1
Issues #25-30
THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 2
Issues #31-36
Then, uh, just buy issues #37-41. You won't regret it!
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So, I know I'm not the only one here that reads and loves this title. What do you guys think?
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Falcon is great too. He's really grown on me as the story has progressed.
Bucky coming into his own and all
such things are so sensitive.
Done.
Princess.
Same deal with Bru's Daredevil.
Because that seems like a natural breakpoint given that it wraps up the arc started with the first omnibus, plus people would buy it. But really, I'm am waiting for the next omnibus regardless and I'm just impatient.
It used to be "That dude is a dude who fought in WW2 but got frozen now he's in the present and kicking ass". Now it's all "Well there was this guy... but now he got shot because of this thing.... now his partner, who's not dead anymore but we thought he was, but he was in russia and now he's the Captain annnd..."
Which is a small price to pay for really amazingly well-done stories I suppose.
Hm. I wonder how many superhero origins you can sum up in a sentence?
Plus it looks ridiculous.
Edit: Damn it this was for Bale, not you, Salmon.
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I could, but I'm not a fan of the "premier hardcovers" that only cover 6 issues. So I force myself to be patient.
I think the new Cap suit looks cool. It is very much the Bucky suit. Bucky isn't Steve Rogers. As we've learned from the Winter Soldier storyline, Bucky was the one who could do the jobs that Cap couldn't. He was the one who could slip behind enemy lines and assassinate the sentries and do other "dirty jobs." His new Cap suit very much reflects the fact that he is not the same person that Steve Rogers was.
Also, I don't know if you've actually been following the storyline or not, but Bucky is still very much conflicted about wearing the flag. He's not comfortable with it, and he feels like he isn't living up to his mentor. Not to mention the fact that Bucky still has a strong presence as himself. You still see quite a bit of his metallic arm and all of that.
I think the new suit is fine, and I think that Brubaker has done a great job of distinguishing the new Cap from the old.
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Rushed it? Man, Brubaker spent like a year getting Bucky into the suit. That'd be the one thing I would say against an otherwise awesome book, that after Cap died the story went practically nowhere for like 12 issues. Plus, wasn't there a plot thread involving Lukin/the Skull trying to get working some device belonging to Dr. Doom? What happened with that? Seems like it's been more or less forgotten now with the whole senator whatsisface thing.
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Captain America: Winter Solider, Book 1
Captain America: Winter Soldier, Book 2
Captain America: Red Menace, Book 1
Captain America: Red Menace, Book 2
Captain America: Civil War
So what you're saying here is you haven't read the most recent issue
In order of plot:
Winter Soldier Vol 1
Winter Soldier Vol 2
Red Menace Vol 1
Red Menace Vol 2
Civil War: Captain America
Those books cover issues 1-24
Essentially, yes.
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