Like many people, I bought Captain America #25 because I wanted to have myself a copy of the “death” issue. I picked up the Fallen Son miniseries, and the funeral/autopsy issue, and the next couple just to see where it was all going. Suddenly, for the first time in my life, I realise I’m a regular reader of Captain America, more by accident than anything. That right there is the best endorsement I can ever give Brubaker’s writing.

The comic, these days, is mostly basedaround the supporting cast that Brubaker was using prior to Cap’s, er, passing. That is, Sharon Carter, the Winter Soldier, Tony Stark, Falcon and the Black Widow. Although a new Captain America is actually due to turn up soon, the old one still remains a heavy enough presence in the title to justify it bearing his name even after the best part of a year without him actually being alive in it.

At this point, you probably know whether you like the direction the series is going or not, though. For months it’s been the same deal - plot advancement, revelationsm the slow unfurling of the Skull’s plot while the heroes rush around trying to figure it all out. If there’s any fault you can accuse it of, it’s that it seems almost too choreographed. In any case, I’m loving it and it’s not too much to describe it as a legendary run in the making.

Tags: Captain America
Publisher: Marvel