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Best-selling Cap writer Ed Brubaker and superstar artist Steve McNiven bring you the next huge chapter in Steve Rogers' life, and it's a perfect jumping-on point for fans of the Cap movie! A funeral for a fallen friend turns into a race against time as the original Captain America makes his explosive return! Find out the secrets of the mission that went wrong in WWII, and why old friends are now old enemies! It's all-out Cap action and history the way you like it,in a cage match for your comic-reading pleasure. COLLECTING: Captain America (2011) 1-5
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Another good Brubaker episode, Mar 9 2012
By Gareth Simon - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Captain America by Ed Brubaker - Volume 1 (Hardcover)
This volume reprints the latest series of Captain America, issues #1-5. It is a `new start', with Steve Rogers back as Captain America, and SHIELD disbanded (though with no reference to when this happened - the last Captain America volume I read was `Prisoner of War' and `Captain America and Bucky', which was a `flashback' story, so somewhere I missed the resolution to the Winter Soldier/Bucky as Capatin America storyline.Anyway, here we start with a funeral in Paris, with Steve, Sharon, Nick Fury and Dum-Dum Dugan come to say goodbye to Peggy Carter. This leads us into a flashback adventure in the 1940s, featuring Jimmy Jupiter, a Golden Age character (who will debut in the next Golden Age Marvel Comics Masterwork) and a `now' story featuring the current Baron Zemo and the Ameridroid, tied in with a group trapped in a parallel world since their mission failed back in the 1940s in the flashback story. Throw in a new Madame Hydra for luck and you have an exciting new episode in the all-new Brubaker Captain America series.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Cap returns to his Kirby-esque roots, Feb 5 2012
By Ian - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Captain America by Ed Brubaker - Volume 1 (Hardcover)
If you've been reading Ed Brubaker's memorable run on Captain America, this new volume can seem a bit jarring. Gone are the stories that were heavy with espionage. This new volume seems to harken back to the Cap of the 1960's. By that, I mean the stories are a bit surreal and heavy on sci-fi action. This first volume tells the tale of Bravo, an ally of Cap's during WW2 who was trapped in a dream world and believed to be dead. He's now back with a vengeance, and looking for revenge on Cap for allowing the country to "go to hell." If that weren't strange enough, there's also a battle with a giant Cap-android. Trippy. I honestly miss the old Brubaker tales, but he seems to be going in a new direction with this new series. I have faith in Ed, because he's earned it with the phenomenal work he's been doing with the character. I guess if you want the spy stories Ed is known for, you'll have to read his new Winter Soldier series. As a lifelong fan of Steve Rogers, I would recommend this; it's just going to take some time to adjust to the change in tone. However, you're guaranteed to love the excellent artwork here from superstar artist Steve McNiven. That guy is amazing!
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A Decent Offering, But Is Brubaker Losing Interest?, May 14 2012
By BTM Reviewer - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Captain America by Ed Brubaker - Volume 1 (Hardcover)
As others have mentioned, this five-issue arc from the relaunched "Captain America" title represents a departure from the character's status quo of the last eight years. Writer Ed Brubaker's work on Steve Rogers has leaned heavily on the trappings of spy and conspiracy fiction, while this hardcover incorporates more outlandish, SF concepts from the stranger corners of the Marvel universe. As a fan of Jack Kirby's 1970s run on Cap, I have no problem with this new direction. As usual, Brubaker does a flawless job of integrating elements of Cap's past (in this case, the ridiculous Ameri-Droid) into a contemporary setting. His storytelling is aided by artist Steve McNiven and (especially) colorist Justin Ponsor, who provides a much brighter and colorful palate than had been featured in "Captain America" over the past several years; these lighter hues go a long way in helping the reader accept bizarre concepts like Jimmy Jupiter and his Dreamworld. Overall, however, I found this volume to be merely serviceable. Despite the addition of weird elements like Dreamworld, a good deal of this arc covers topics Brubaker (and other Cap writers) have already explored. How many times has Cap faced a revived enemy from WWII in the past few years alone? Even Bucky got to experience this trope in "The Man Without a Face". Similarly, Codename Bravo is a character type readers have seen many times before, most recently in the form of the resurrected 1950s anti-communist Cap. The end hints at the idea that Steve may be questioning his dedication to the American Dream, a story that, again, has been told time and again (Steve has given up the mantle of Cap many times - Nomad, The Captain, Man Without a Country, etc.). Obviously, only so many original stories can be told with a character as old as Captain America, but I get the feeling Brubaker is running out of things to say about the character. As a final comment, the art in the final issue shifts suddenly between McNiven and Guiseppe Camuncoli, who has a radically different art style. It makes for a jarring reading experience; it's too bad Marvel couldn't allow McNiven the extra time to complete the remaining few pages. Ultimately, this story is an entertaining yarn, but one that does not feature many surprises for long-time Cap fans.
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