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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
I guess I never wrote a review for this.
This is the second time I've read this volume. I'm re-reading because I want a refresher on Bucky Barnes - as he's written in the comics, anyway. The films didn't really give him a lot of the same depth.
Anyway, this is really just a glimpse of the Winter Soldier. Whatever my complaints about the way this run chose to use Sharon Carter (poorly, lets just leave it at that), I like the way Brubaker set up the plot with the Winter Soldier. It's well paced, the story builds well with Red Skull's apparent death and Lukin.
Most importantly, I'm a sucker for any story that shows how grief has affected Captain America's life. This series takes place after the Avengers Disassembled storyline and it shows how losing the team and Hawkeye's death have affected Cap. He's meaner, he's having trouble sleeping and he's spending all of his time alone. All he has is the job and... that's pretty much always how Steve's life has been. He gets a new purpose (taking down Red Skull in the 40s, the Avengers in the 60s, SHIELD in the 70s, Avengers again later on) and then the rug gets ripped away from him (frozen in the ice, the team breaking up a few times, becomes disenfranchised with the government and becomes Nomad, the Avengers break up). Steve keeps having to start over and it's an intriguing thing to watch.
Anyway, if you're a Cap fan like me, you've already read this so I don't have to say it's a recommend. Admittedly, if you also hate seeing Sharon Carter get the short end of the string, this series becomes painful to read towards the end of this arc.
This is the second time I've read this volume. I'm re-reading because I want a refresher on Bucky Barnes - as he's written in the comics, anyway. The films didn't really give him a lot of the same depth.
Anyway, this is really just a glimpse of the Winter Soldier. Whatever my complaints about the way this run chose to use Sharon Carter (poorly, lets just leave it at that), I like the way Brubaker set up the plot with the Winter Soldier. It's well paced, the story builds well with Red Skull's apparent death and Lukin.
Most importantly, I'm a sucker for any story that shows how grief has affected Captain America's life. This series takes place after the Avengers Disassembled storyline and it shows how losing the team and Hawkeye's death have affected Cap. He's meaner, he's having trouble sleeping and he's spending all of his time alone. All he has is the job and... that's pretty much always how Steve's life has been. He gets a new purpose (taking down Red Skull in the 40s, the Avengers in the 60s, SHIELD in the 70s, Avengers again later on) and then the rug gets ripped away from him (frozen in the ice, the team breaking up a few times, becomes disenfranchised with the government and becomes Nomad, the Avengers break up). Steve keeps having to start over and it's an intriguing thing to watch.
Anyway, if you're a Cap fan like me, you've already read this so I don't have to say it's a recommend. Admittedly, if you also hate seeing Sharon Carter get the short end of the string, this series becomes painful to read towards the end of this arc.
It's weird reading this after seeing the movie because you can see what strings they pulled into the movie and what they left alone. I never followed Captain America, I was always an X-men fan, but I like how Steve is written in this series.
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is a really nice opening story to a creators run, establishes a lot of facts for a character that has had many different stories and centres Cap as a resident of the past and present. Wild it took me so long to get around to it honestly.
bought marvel unlimited so i’m gonna be reading comics for a while now
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Would’ve probably been a five if If I hadn’t known the reveal
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I was going to start this run in the later issues because I saw it has Buckynat but then the literal title of this volume?? Say less.
This was so much my kind of shit. I've been a fan of Captain America and Bucky for so long now thanks to the movies so I ate this UP. The story begins with Red Skull getting a cosmic cube (yo is that the damn tesseract???). Cap is having new horrible memories come up that he isn't sure if are even real. Sharon Carter is actually a full ass character which is great to see and dang I want to see more of her and Cap's relationship. Also Zemo's mask / helmet thing was SO funny looking every time he showed up with it I cackled.
The story seems pretty simple but this is again a lot of spy shit (and lowkey a murder mystery) but I was invested. Except for the last issue I was confused as heck though. But this was great, I really enjoyed.
This was so much my kind of shit. I've been a fan of Captain America and Bucky for so long now thanks to the movies so I ate this UP. The story begins with Red Skull getting a cosmic cube (yo is that the damn tesseract???). Cap is having new horrible memories come up that he isn't sure if are even real. Sharon Carter is actually a full ass character which is great to see and dang I want to see more of her and Cap's relationship. Also Zemo's mask / helmet thing was SO funny looking every time he showed up with it I cackled.
The story seems pretty simple but this is again a lot of spy shit (and lowkey a murder mystery) but I was invested. Except for the last issue I was confused as heck though. But this was great, I really enjoyed.
After binging Marvel movies, I decided to checkout my fav character's comics and here we are. Didn't expect that ending