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Story by Ed Brubaker
Art by Steve Epting & Michael Lark
Colors by Frank D’Armata
Letters by Randy Gentile

Published by Marvel Comics | $2.99

I’m really having a hard time coming up with reasons why Ed Brubaker isn’t the best writer currently working in comics. Between Sleeper, Gotham Central, and now this book he is knocking my socks off with the regularity of the trains under Mussolini.

Seriously, if you’re a fan of well-written comic books and/or Ed Brubaker and you’re not reading this then I am going to come over to your house and slap you. Or leave you for the orcs.

Captain America is tormented by his past. Nothing new, right? Well this time he is tormented because the memories that are coming back to him are different than the way he remembered them before, different than the “official” version of events. I don’t want to give away too much, but in this issue they involve Baron Zemo, Bucky, and a bullwhip. Normally, these sudden flashbacks might not pose such a problem for Cap, but these disturbing images are cropping up in his head in the middle of the investigation into the death of The Red Skull, the disappearance of the Cosmic Cube, an attack by Crossbones, the desecration of the graves of two WWII era superheroes, and the mysterious involvement of Cap’s loose cannon ex partner-Nomad. I’m telling you, this is the worst time for Captain America’s head to pull a Wolverine.

I am really enjoying Brubaker’s take on Captain America. I always felt like a guy who lost 50 years of his life along with his best friend should probably be a bit more tormented than he is often portrayed. He strikes me as the kind of guy who would be all smiles around a group of people, but when he finally was alone with time to himself to ponder the demons in his head and in his heart, it would probably get pretty sad. That’s the feeling I get from Brubaker’s portrayal here.

Steve Epting has been one of the biggest revelations about this book. When I first read that he was going to be the artist on this book I was disappointed because I was filled with the memories of hating his art when I was in junior high school. Either he got a hell of a lot better in the last 15 years or so or maybe he had poor inkers back then, or more likely my artistic sensability has changed, but he is doing a bang up job here. The flashback/memory sequences are drawn by the incomparable Michael Lark, and I don’t need to say anymore about how great of an artist I think he is.

Also, this issue should put to rest any debate about Cap’s political affiliations.

This was a great week for comics. The kind of week that makes you really happy to be reading comics. Ex Machina, Young Avengers, Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate Spider-Man, and The Ultimates were all great reads. Now, if they could just get those Ultimate books spread out, I’d be a really happy guy.

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