The title speaks for itself. Good action, and conspiracy. The red skull is still a great foe. Theres alot going on here. However I would have liked more Steve in the title role. Will still continue this to see where it goes.

Love Comic Sharon so much, what MCU did with her should be considered ILLEGAL 👿Also her story was so sad 🥺 I’ll take care of you bby girl (thanks Sam for looking after our girl) ♥️Read this for buckynat and yeah, this is a huge win for the lgBts ✊🏼

Brubaker does it again. Really love how this one comes together-Bucky coming to grips with his past/present, building a friendship with Falcon, rekindling a past with Natalia. Watching Red Skull slowly come unhinged. Reading this in 2019 and seeing the background political story was a little “too real”. My biggest disappointment is probably Sharon Carter’s storyline. I just feel there’s a better way to write women, especially knowing how Natalia’s story will eventually end.

This came as a surprise. This book belongs in murder mystery/psychological thriller genre where a popular public figure's death is investigated by various agencies; his friends, his colleagues and the enemies. The repercussion of his death is seen in society and the impact is severe. Its not the death that's surprising but how it comes to be. A superhero, national icon, executed on the steps of a government building while on his way to testify for standing up for civil liberty and rights for pri...

AMAZING, I loved the development of Bucky and Agent 13, I really liked Faustus' role, I find his mind controlling abilities really interesting. The pacing towards the end felt a little choppy to me, but it was really minor.

So, a lot of my frames of reference for this book come from the movies, as well as the few Captain America comics I've read in the past.I liked the developing friendship between Bucky and Sam. The back-and-forth they had in the movies was great, but it's nice to see them actually seeing each other as friends and equals. Bucky's realisation that he actually wants to prove himself to Sam is a nice moment.I do wonder whether Brubaker realised that Cap would be back soon enough. I assume so, since n...

This volume was intense. And oh man, I had no idea I would love Bucky Cap as much as I do. The angst! The trauma! The determination! The feelings! Also loved Natasha and Sam, and don't even get me started on guilt-ridden Tony. Tooooo much.(My only real annoyance is that I continue to find Red Skull—and Sin and Crossbones and Zola and the like—deeply boring. However, the resulting storylines re: psychic driving and politics were pretty interesting, and made up for the dull parts.)

This. Was. Amazing.I mean, it was terrible because STEVE. But it was so good to read. Ahhhhh, I just don't know how to come back from this.Terrible, terrible, terribly good. You should read it and hate yourself. But you should read it.

...I have so many mixed feelings about the start of Ed Brubaker’s legendary (and infamous) run on Captain America. For those uninitiated, Marvel killed of Steve Rogers (a.k.a. the original Captain America) in 2007. The resulting story saw The Winter Soldier taking up the mantle of the Cap, the return of the Red Skull, and the continued division of the superhero community. It was basically an epilogue to Marvel’s Civil War storyline - a very extended, confusing, and drawn out epilogue. BREAK IT D...

★||Actual Rating: 3.8||★

This comic did something to me. I still don't know how to get over everything that happened in it, but - different to others comics I've read -I had to put it aside for a while to breath. Literally everything hurt while reading and that is the best thing that could have happened. What a great story, brillantly written as well as the characters. I love the art work.

After the events of Civil War, Captain America finds himself on the outs with the US Government and many of his fellow Avengers. Unfortunately, the Red Skull has his sights on something even bigger: the death of Captain America!This is an oversized collection of nearly 20 issues, written by Ed Brubaker and drawn by a smattering of artists. The plot is very good and there are a lot of diversions along the way to keep it interesting. Brubaker obviously borrowed from the Manchurian Candidate, but i...

The great story continues started in the Winter Solder. This seems to finally come to some conclusions. I'm very interested to see where Brubaker takes this series after this point.

This took ages to read but it was worth it.The beginning starts with the Civil War in the superhero community,due to the Superhuman Registration Act.Sharon is conflicted between her job and her affection for Steve,while we see there is some shady stuff that goes behind the scenes with Red Skull.For the second act of the play,we see how Steve gets murdered on his way to his trial.Everyone loses the ground beneath their feet,and the good guys find themselves floundering in the aftermath.Sharon get...

(3.5) After the events of Civil War, returning to Captain America after that craziness was a little pleasing. Then, as the title suggests, Cap dies. What follows is an intriguing look at how the death affects everyone, specifically Bucky Barnes who, through a long series of events, is convinced to take up the mantle by Tony Stark. It's an enjoyable continuation of the previous mayhem that is the Red Skull's plan from issues prior, a smart look at the wildness of the Marvel spy world, and some so...

Something that I found strongly problematic with the Civil War reading order that I used (from Marvel itself!) was that the actual death of Captain America is completely skipped. One minute he surrenders at the end of Civil War and then the next we are seeing Iron Man mourn him because it wasn't supposed to be this way. I'm not sure if the publications/packaging of the trades contributed to this, but it was very disconcerting as a reader without a lot of background. I knew that Cap died so I was...

This book is worth every penny. It collects over 20 issues that form an epic arc and conclusion(?) to events laid in motion with Brubaker's first Captain America release. I had goosebumps while reading the appendix that reviewed the real world frenzy over Cap's death and at the mention of his shield being given to Stephen Colbert of the Colbert Report, the only man with the red, white, and blue balls to carry the mantle.The story telling is masterclass. ~20 issues without the book's title charac...

Cinematic, awesome, thrilling... all the superlatives.Captain America works best as a spy thriller by Ed Brubaker and drawn by Steve Epting. Everything here just works. I was entranced. In many ways, It felt like a movie. Not only was the action intense and well drawn, but the pacing and emotional notes were situated well, with climaxes occurring in the right places and all of the drama very satisfying.I love Sin as a villainess. She’s a bitch in all of the ways an evil chick should be. She’s vi...

The biggest strength of Brubaker's run on Cap is that he has the talent to completely remove the main character and almost improve the story.That doesn't mean that Steve being gone makes this good, it's just impressive that this story as a whole keeps improving, even when the main character dies in the first three issues of this book!It's no secret that Steve comes back of course, comics can never kill off characters. But, Brubaker has allowed himself room to build up the supporting characters a...

Not entirely sure on this one - it was a little bit too political for me, but still an interesting read. Trigger warnings though for murder, mind control, pregnancy, miscarriage, fatphobia and nazi's and flashbacks to world war 2.