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Price: 2.99
This review contains spoilers, click here to read
So, you're writing Captain America v.5 #43. You've just completed one of the great epics in comics of this decade. You've managed to not only resurrect Bucky, but kill Cap and then make Bucky the new Captain America in a matter and quality that not only avoids getting lynched in the street by comic book purists but is lauded as one of the great arcs of our time. Now, you have to make a new story for next month. What do you do? You slip Black Widow into nothing but a bed sheet and you bring back the French jumping expert in a purple track suit from Cap's rogues gallery! What else?!
Joking aside, it was almost a given that this issue would be something of a dramatic dip after the show-stopper of last issue. That's to say this issue was bad by any means but last time, you saw Lukin shot dead and the Skull stuck in a Zola drone, you just can't top that with Batroc the Leaper no matter how hard you try. Still, the book managed to be very good for what it was. It's a little "classic" in the plot structure: Bucky takes off on a motocycle (after the not-so-classic plot device of just shtupping his "best friend" the Black Widow... or IS that a classic plot device?) and almost by sheer coincidence just happens runs into Batroc the Leaper raiding a UN facility. That's the kind of Marvel convience I haven't seen in forever. Nevertheless, Cap/Bucky fights off Batroc while we see implications via flashback that Batroc's new employer might have connections to a WWII mission Bucky underwent with the real Cap in China. It's an interesting development and I do anticipate the next issue's devlopments (I just hope the employer turns out to be the Mandarin! Though I doubt it...)
Luke Ross' Epting-esque pencils still manage to make this book awesome as Brubaker continues to make this book his own. As we delve into the psyche and history of the former KGB assassin turned Sentinel of Liberty, this book's team continues to be very good despite its inevitable overshadowing by last month's tentpole issue. Nevertheless, if you've been missing out on the adventures of the new Captain America, this issue is as good a jumping point as any, sure to delight and entertain you to no end.
Art: 4 - Very Good
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