Bucky Barnes doesn’t get much respect; not before he was miraculously brought back into Marvel continuity* or now from the petty villain, Baron Zemo, Junior.It seems that Junior doesn’t appreciate the fact that Bucky, a man with a less than scrupulous past, should take over the mantle of the Red, White and Blue boy scout himself, Captain America. It doesn’t matter that Steve Rogers/Captain America wanted it this way, Junior still just wants to perpetuate the hate that dear old dad, Baron Zemo, S...

Convoluted as hell and Guice aping Kirby did the book no favors.

Zemo is causing mischief. However getting to a stage where its not that exciting with Bucky. Probably wont continue with this much more.

An enjoyable comic. It was interesting to see Baron Zemo Junior. What happened to his face? Will Steve go back to being Captain America soon? It's cool that Falcon is able to communicate with birds. Who are the Thunderbolts? What happened to Norman Osborn?

This was another fun read!Bucky has to deal with mysterious attacks as his friend Sam is injured and then the media knowing about his history and the complication that it brings with it and then the stuff with the new Beetle and I love the twist with it, how she gets under his skin and the drama there and then finally fending and battling aganst Iron hand and later Baron Zemo himself and we come to know of their plans and I love how its a big Bucky story and its personal in all the right ways an...

Steve Rogers may be back from the dead, but James ’Bucky’ Barnes is still Captain America. James is dealing with the consequences of a hard decision when Baron Zemo targets him for revenge. Zemo uses a variety of methods to make James look out of control and leaks his real identity to the media. Since James’s history includes a long stint as a brainwashed Soviet hitman called Winter Soldier, the American media goes into a typical frenzy as James insist on taking on Zemo by himself despite warnin...

Gee, used to be Ed Brubaker's Captain America was a solid read earning 4-5 stars easily, but this story arc was much weaker than any before and seemed only to serve as a way to displace one character out of the Captain America role and put things back back to the status quo just in time for the movie in July. While I miss Steve Epting's art, I can't blame Butch Guice for my 3 star ranking because he's another great artist. Was this arc supposed to be an homage to Jack Kirby? The art seemed out o...

Zemo Zemo Zemo, you are a fun little asshole aren't you. So what happens when Zemo decides to out Bucky. Let the whole world know who Captain America is? Not too bad except for the fact he also targets Bucky and all his friends in an attack. On top of that he lets the world know of all of Caps crimes, making Bucky go freaking insane. This is basically a lead up to the trails of Captain America. It was a lot of fun seeing Zemo get ahead of Bucky almost at every turn. I also enjoy Bucky motivation...

The son of Baron Zemo and the new Captain America (a.k.a. Bucky) square off in this volume. It's standard stuff, a cat-and-mouse game leads up to a predictable climax, but I still love the way Ed Brubaker writes this series. While the heroes and villains wear costumes, he treats them like any other pulp espionage characters.

On the whole, I've been a pretty big fan of what I have read of Ed Brubaker's run on Captain America. The first three "ultimate" collections effectively collect almost the first four years of Brubaker's run on the book, and this may be the best four year run on any book ever. Ultimately that four years of Captain America was to set up replacing Steve Rogers as Captain America with the "reborn" Bucky, who first appeared as the Winter Soldier, only to take over as Cap when Rogers "died" during the...

A pretty enjoyable volume. I don't love how outrageous Zemo was. It wasn't really intimidating or frightening, just kind of laughable.Anyway, I loved Bucky and Sam's scenes together. This was a volume of both of them worrying about each and, as always, I adore their partnership. I really can't wait to see this come to life in the upcoming TV show.Steve appears, but he's not super personable. He seemed a bit stiff. Natasha's dialogue didn't seem like her at all. She does several kick ass things b...

Compared to everything else that Brubaker has been pulling out with Cap, this storyline is just ordinary. There's nothing terribly exciting about Captain America vs. Baron Zemo for what must be the hundredth time, at least. Sure, Brubaker does a more than decent job writing it, but it still isn't the most exciting story he could do. I wish he'd done more with the one thing Cap and Zemo have in common: they're both successors to the originals. This is the original Baron Zemo's son, and of course

I really hope Ed Brubaker is not slipping. After loving, absolutely loving over 50 issues of his Cap run, the last two collections have both left me unsatisfied. I think the idea of Baron Zemo wanted to do what his father couldn’t (kill Bucky) is a great concept. The execution was actually very 60s era Batman though. Pretty cheesy and Zemo was way too therapeutic. I do love Bucky & Natasha together though. Butch Guice’s artwork was rougher than I’m used to from him. Maybe there was a change in i...

Bucky is Captain America, and the son of an old foe comes around and tries to turn the public against him. Nice story, but what's Steve Rogers up to? Why is that not explained here? This is why comics need exposition, folks, to let the reader know what's going on. Apparently, Norman Osborne's Avengers are no more, either, but we're not given context of that, either.If there is one common theme in Brubaker's Captain America series, is that, quote William Faulkner, the past isn't dead, it even isn...

four stars for the cap quartet!

Bucky Barnes as Captain America is like the Rick Grimes of the Avengers, and not in a good way. He spends the entire book whining about how he knows he should listen to his friends' advice; knows he shouldn't walk into a trap; knows he should calm down and act like a grown-up - but then he goes on and does whatever the hell he originally planned, which generally leads to disaster. "I know I'm not really ready for all this responsibility..." - you're right! You're not! So give it up, you big dang...

Not as strong as some of the other story arcs, and the first few issues dragged. It became old that Bucky kept charging into situations, reminiscent of female characters in urban fantasy series, especially since Bucky is supposed to be a stealthy dude, but the payoff was good. I liked the exploration of Bucky's past and his determination to live up to the shield. I'm a sucker for a redemption hero story.

Brubaker continues to take average plots and turn them into epic stories. Guice continues to take the art and make it look cinematic/noir, which I'm beginning to believe is the secret difference that makes this run of Captain America so damned compelling. If a hack was drawing this stuff it wouldn't seem half so good.

I'm not saying I didn't enjoy No Escape, but I had such high hopes for this story and it just didn't quite meet my expectations. Let's start with the good things, shall we? The art in the main part of this comic was so incredibly wonderful with the '60s-'70s-esque style and vibrant colors, prompting me to save many of the pages for reference in my own work. And even though I didn't quite love the intermittent Rikki/Nomad storyline (it was a bit hard to follow as its own cohesive story and I felt...

Alright, this is losing a star because my trade has this dumb Nomad B storyline and I’m sick of fucking skipping it - it’s useless.But as for the main story, i don’t know... Baron Zemo is a good villain to use against Bucky but it just didn’t impress me. Like the last couple of trades on this run. I felt most of the trades leading up to Reborn were great and had a connecting storyline and intricate plot threads giving payoffs at different times at the start of Brubaker’s run. But ever since Rebo...