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A review by captwinghead
Captain America: Winter Soldier, Vol. 2 by Ed Brubaker
4.0
2nd time reading this arc. I'd forgotten about some the changes made in the film.
I like the way this story showed Steve struggling with trying to save Bucky when everyone else was convinced he was someone to be stopped. Interestingly enough, 616 Sam was on board with trying to save him when MCU Sam thought he was too far gone. I liked seeing the flashbacks to Bucky's life before he became Cap's sidekick.
The decision to have Steve use the cube to give him his memory back is something I actually like that the film changed. It was a little too easy. While they ultimately didn't show us the work put into Bucky getting his memories back (and they also sort of gave us an annoying magical fix), The Winter Soldier film made us believe we might get Bucky working out his past on his own. I find it much more compelling to see the leg work vs just showing us a magical object solved all of his problems.
(Although, if this was a story from the 60s or 70s, that most likely would've happened the same way).
Anyway, if you're a Cap fan or a Winter Soldier fan, you've probably already read this. It was nice going back and reading this arc again.
I like the way this story showed Steve struggling with trying to save Bucky when everyone else was convinced he was someone to be stopped. Interestingly enough, 616 Sam was on board with trying to save him when MCU Sam thought he was too far gone. I liked seeing the flashbacks to Bucky's life before he became Cap's sidekick.
The decision to have Steve use the cube to give him his memory back is something I actually like that the film changed. It was a little too easy. While they ultimately didn't show us the work put into Bucky getting his memories back (and they also sort of gave us an annoying magical fix), The Winter Soldier film made us believe we might get Bucky working out his past on his own. I find it much more compelling to see the leg work vs just showing us a magical object solved all of his problems.
(Although, if this was a story from the 60s or 70s, that most likely would've happened the same way).
Anyway, if you're a Cap fan or a Winter Soldier fan, you've probably already read this. It was nice going back and reading this arc again.