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Captain America: The Death of Captain America, Volume 2: The Burden of Dreams by Ed Brubaker
dantastic's review
3.0
Dr. Faustus tries to break Bucky and return him to his role of Winter Soldier but Bucky escapes with the "help" of Agent 13 and is taken into SHIELD custody by the Black Widow. Bucky and Iron Man finally butt heads and Bucky takes up the mantle of Captain America. But can he measure up?
In the second Death of Captain America volume, Bucky steps up and tries to fill Captain America's shoes. While he didn't roll over the bad guys, he did pretty well for himself in his first outing, all things considered. Shooting bad guys in the leg and stabbing Crossbones was a nice touch. I like that Bucky realizes he's not Steve Rogers and fights a little dirtier than Cap ordinarily would.
Brubaker sows seeds for countless future stories in this volume.
There's not a whole lot else to tell. I'm rating this volume a little lower than the second one since it felt more like setup than anything else. While I know Steve Rogers is already back in the costume in comics currently being published, I'm still looking forward to reading about his former sidekick trying to fill his shoes.
In the second Death of Captain America volume, Bucky steps up and tries to fill Captain America's shoes. While he didn't roll over the bad guys, he did pretty well for himself in his first outing, all things considered. Shooting bad guys in the leg and stabbing Crossbones was a nice touch. I like that Bucky realizes he's not Steve Rogers and fights a little dirtier than Cap ordinarily would.
Brubaker sows seeds for countless future stories in this volume.
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Sharon Carter pregnant with Cap's child? Steve Rogers floating in a tank in the Red Skull's headquarters? Romantic feelings between Bucky and the Black Widow?There's not a whole lot else to tell. I'm rating this volume a little lower than the second one since it felt more like setup than anything else. While I know Steve Rogers is already back in the costume in comics currently being published, I'm still looking forward to reading about his former sidekick trying to fill his shoes.
abinthebooks's review
5.0
Winterwidow is one of the best things to be crafted by the comic book gods.
gohawks's review
3.0
Honestly, I was quite disappointed with this. I like Brubaker and for all the Eisner nods this series got, I expected to be more wowed. I guess I miss the original character, rather than someone running around in a Cap suit. And the Zola robot and Red Skull were just weird villains to me. I wanted to revisit the WWII origins, but that's obviously not what Brubaker is going for here.
totalhenry's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
iffer's review
4.0
I'm still loving this, and it pulls me along with glee, but I can't help but think, when I do step back, "No wonder people say comics are like soap operas!" Mind control, people coming back from the dead, unplanned pregnancies. It's all there, except better, in my opinion, than a soap opera because there's some serious butt-kicking and political social commentary.
My only bone to pick with this run is that, despite being a strong female character in her own right, Agent 13/Sharon is eye rollingly the subject of typical comic book fan service, since there are always butt shots, changing shots, etc. That, and I find it mildly annoying that the thing to break her mind control, a mind control that was strong enough that she, was the idea of protecting . I guess it's better than instances of comic book fridging, but bleh.
My only bone to pick with this run is that, despite being a strong female character in her own right, Agent 13/Sharon is eye rollingly the subject of typical comic book fan service, since there are always butt shots, changing shots, etc. That, and I find it mildly annoying that the thing to break her mind control, a mind control that was strong enough that she
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killed Steve/CapSpoiler
her unborn childzephyrsilver's review
4.0
Seriously, this series is great. Absolutely loving it so far.
This might just turn in to me gushing about how much I love Bucky, so forgive me.
Finding out that Bucky still mentally sees himself as he was during WWII is sort of heart-breaking. But it's also a really interesting look into his psyche. He still seems himself with both arms, still seems himself sort of as a kid, in his uniform.
Speaking of kid, it was really interesting to see that a lot of characters call him 'kid'. How old is Bucky supposed to be? 25-ish, right?
Anyways, I really liked Bucky and Tony's interactions. And of course, Bucky and Natasha's. (Finally seeing Bucky smile sort of ripped my heart out).
I think my only problem with this book was the treatment of Sharon. A lot of people kept referring to her as "Steve's Girl". Now in Bucky's case, it's very likely that he just legitimately does not know her name, but I think there were some other people who also referred to her as "Steve's Girl", as if she's not her own person. Luckily, Natasha put her foot down and said "She does have a name", so that made me feel a bit better. But I'm not sure how I feel about her situation. It's on a tightrope, where it can either be a good storyline or a bad storyline. I guess I'll find out.
Overall, still really enjoy this series.
This might just turn in to me gushing about how much I love Bucky, so forgive me.
Finding out that Bucky still mentally sees himself as he was during WWII is sort of heart-breaking. But it's also a really interesting look into his psyche. He still seems himself with both arms, still seems himself sort of as a kid, in his uniform.
Speaking of kid, it was really interesting to see that a lot of characters call him 'kid'. How old is Bucky supposed to be? 25-ish, right?
Anyways, I really liked Bucky and Tony's interactions. And of course, Bucky and Natasha's. (Finally seeing Bucky smile sort of ripped my heart out).
I think my only problem with this book was the treatment of Sharon. A lot of people kept referring to her as "Steve's Girl". Now in Bucky's case, it's very likely that he just legitimately does not know her name, but I think there were some other people who also referred to her as "Steve's Girl", as if she's not her own person. Luckily, Natasha put her foot down and said "She does have a name", so that made me feel a bit better. But I'm not sure how I feel about her situation. It's on a tightrope, where it can either be a good storyline or a bad storyline. I guess I'll find out.
Overall, still really enjoy this series.
veethorn's review
4.0
I speed-read through this because I was so anxious to find out what happened that it's all a bit of a blur. Still marvelous, though. Damn, Brubaker. I'm not loving the Sharon storyline and I hope they get her the hell out of there soon, but everything with Bucky and Natasha and doing what they can and working together and thinking about Steve, oh my heart.