In the aftermath of the Civil War, Captain America is gunned down on the courthouse steps minutes before he was going to be arraigned. Now Bucky, the Winter Soldier, is gunning for Tony Stark and his first objective is claiming Captain America's shield...First off, I went on a hiatus from buying Marvel Comics around the time Civil War hit because it wreaked of hype and things that would be undone at the first opportunity, like Spider-Man revealing his identity and Captain America being killed. L...

I own this book. This book begins at essentially the end of the Civil War arch. Tony is now the director of SHIELD and Steve has surrendered himself to the government. As the crowds watch him walk up the steps of the courthouse, with his friends in the crowd each with their own missions, he is shot and killed. Everyone loses their mind, obviously. But some more than others. Sharon quits her job as Agent 13 and is being manipulated by Dr Faustus, Bucky becomes somewhat of a vigilante, slipping

The famous "death" issue of Captain America and the first part of the 3-parter after his death. Cap has thrown in the towel after the Civil War. He's ready to go to court but outside the court house he is sniped from behind. The bullet isn't fatal but it makes the crowd go crazy and that's when the bullet that would finally kill Captain America happens. The next 4 issues following are Sharon, Bucky, and Falcon dealing with the aftermath of the attack. This volume is a pretty emotional driven arc...

I might have had a bigger emotional reaction to Steve's death if I hadn't been reading this book in 2014 (view spoiler)[when I know damn good and well he isn't dead now (hide spoiler)]. But that doesn't change the fact that it's really, really well-written. Look, I know where this is going. I think we all do at this point. But Brubaker is good enough that I can still get swept up in a story that I already know the outcome to. Pretty impressive. That's mostly down to the characters in the lead, S...

Okay, I'm going to be hypocritical here. In my reviews of Captain America: Winter Soldier, Volume 1 and Civil War: Captain America, I criticized the writers for focusing too much on the supporting characters and not enough on Cap, but this six-issue volume only features Cap in the first pages of one issue in the scene he dies, and it is the strongest of all the Captain America books I've read. Agent 13, Falcon, Bucky Barnes, Nick Fury, and Iron Man were all in top form here. This book ties a lot...

The Red Skull's Machinations continue while everyone else is shaken up over Cap's death. Admittedly less action packed than previous arcs, although I can never be bored by Steve Epting; something about his art is just so interesting to experience.Winter Soldier is also one of the coolest characters in recent memory, so any Bucky narration is always juicy and welcome.Onward!

“Captain America #25 which depicted Steve Roger's death was the highest selling comic of March 2007 with preorder sales of 290,514 which was double the sales of the Mighty Avengers #1 in the same period. The Death of Captain America was reported in ABC News, where Bryan Robinsons paralleled the events to the Post-September 11 World and Iraq.” (Wiki)This graphic novel covers the death of Captain America and the fallout from that tragedy. It's no easy task for Cap's sidekick, Bucky, to pick himsel...

any of these volumes that has some good bucky/natasha or bucky/steve gets 3 stars and the other volumes get 2. i'm here for just those reasons only.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 starsBrubaker has done it again!Urgh I need the next one. I need to know what happens...

At the conclusion to Marvel Civil War, Captain America surrender to Tony's forces. As he heads to trial, Cap is murdered.In the aftermath of Captain America's death, the whole world seemingly reacts in its own way. Bucky, Falcon, and Sharon Carter react by trying to find out who killed Cap.How do I put this nicely? I find comic book Captain America boring. He's all good guy, by the book, and seemingly everyone's friend, if he were real I'd probably love him. As a comic book character he and his

I couldn't get myself really interested in this. Even in my comic book obsessed days as a pre-teenager I never really understood Captain America. He had a shield and he was kind of a dick, and out of all the Avengers he seemed the most useless (which is saying something because I didn't think too highly of many of the mid-1980's Avengers). Now he's dead, someone called the Red Skull killed him, another Marvel character I never quite understood, but apparently he's now a pretty evil force to be r...

OH, C'MON! I should have expected the CLIFFHANGER!😭😑at first it was a bit slow but in halfway through the end it got more & more interesting!I loved how detailed was the illustration was!tbh this is my first comic I actually loved it! (I loved some non-famous ones in my childhood but they were just 2 pages (continuously) in a magazine)-& YES! BIG FAN OF MARVEL!😍

Hey Jeff! Wasn’t Sidekick week three weeks ago? Bite me!Captain America Status: (view spoiler)[He’s still dead, Jim! (hide spoiler)]Remember when you were a little kid and one of the tests to measure your cognitive ability was putting pictures from a story in the proper order? Well, I was never very good at that, which was why I ended up with the paste eaters. Flash forward today and I’m reading Brubaker’s epic Captain America saga out of order and trying to make a lick of sense where they fall

This hits hard.Captain America after Civil war surrendered but what happens when he is assassinated and we follow the whole ordeal and its emotional sure but when Crossbones is captured, we follow Bucky as he takes down the haters and targets Tony Stark meanwhile we find out who it really was and how Sharon is involved and it makes for such a great story and finally its so much happening - Bucky vs Nat, Sharon's betrayal, Sam finding things and Tony discovering in the last second while Red Skull...

The storyline that made me wonder why Ed Brubaker seems to hate Sharon Carter. To begin, this is the story that covers the aftermath of Steve being shot on the courthouse steps. Part of the transition from a Cap book focused on Steve Rogers to a Cap book focused on his supporting cast. Sam Wilson registered so that Steve wouldn't be buried alone. It's a sad concept because all of the Team Cap supporters are underground trying to avoid cape killers. It's a lot of conspiracy theories that the gove...

This still hurts

I love that this comic has no bullshit buildup to the death of Captain America. That build-up was the entirety of the Civil War storyline, so when The Death of Captain America kicks off Tony Stark is now the head of SHIELD (mostly successful in imposing the Superpower Registration Act), Captain America has surrendered his rebellious self to end the bloodshed (novel concept that ... the America icon willing to surrender himself to save innocent lives rather than seeking revenge and "victory" at a...

While I'm usually not a fan of the comic industry's habit of 'killing' a major character to boost sales, this story and it's follow-up have actually worked. Set against the finale of Marvel's Civil War storyline, anyone who ever enjoyed a Captain America comic couldn't help but get choked up at his death. As long as Marvel keeps going with the 'new' Captain America and lets Steve Rogers remain dead, this story should be considered a classic. If they just bring back the original in a year or two,...

I'm not going to try to convince anyone to read this, the first issue in this (#25) is essential after all. Afterwards we're dealing with Winter Soldier on a vendetta, searching for the sniper, with intentions of going after Tony Stark sooner or later. Agent 13 dealing with her inner turmoil and teaming with Falcon who are after Crossbones and Sin. Black Widow appears and is after Winter Soldier. Meanwhile Red Skull continues working behind the scenes toward whatever ultimate plan he has.Overall...

So my neighbor asks if he can borrow a couple of my comic books.Still don't have them back, by the way...In return, he offers me this and says, 'It's a collector's item.'Inwardly, I laughed.There are three kinds of comic book collectors.1) Real collectors with stuff like the original Superman in mint condition.2) Fans who collect the books because they love to read them.3) Douches who assume they will be worth money later.Guess which one my guy is...Anyhoo, I'd already read this collector's item...