Although we’ve now reached the penultimate chapter of The Death of Captain America, Ed Brubaker’s intentions for the series are still something of a mystery. Elements from the writer’s entire run, even predating Steve Rogers’ shooting, are being called in, but an unexpected twist means that the conclusion of this epic may not be as [...]

Brubaker’s epic “Death of Captain America” story has been moving smoothly over from issue to issue now since the first, fatal comic in which Cap was struck down. While the plotting has always been masterful and the twists carefully engineered, something about the story in the final part of the trilogy (The Man Who Bought [...]

After last months’ reveal of Sharon discovering a Steve Rogers-looking dude floating in a tank in the Red Skull’s hideout, it was impossible not to put the new issue right to the top of my reading pile. Luckily, Brubaker knows not to string this kind of thing out, and almost immediately gives us some advancement [...]

To this day, I remain surprised that Brubaker has made me into a Captain America fan. I swear I’ll stop mentioning it soon. This issue sees the final part of the second part in Brubaker’s “Death of” epic, entitled “The Burden of Dreams.” With Bucky now firmly in the Captain America identity, the series finally [...]

Well, here we are. Captain America is officially back. And yes, it’s not Steve Rogers, but his former child protege, Cold War brainwashing victim and the most unlikely badass in Comics, James “Bucky” Barnes, aka, the Winter Soldier. As if you hadn’t heard that by now.
I have to say, I find Brubaker a bit hit and miss. [...]

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 [...]