This month’s issue of Captain America managed to do two things; bring a 3 issue arc to a satisfying conclusion and also set up an interesting continuation of plot threads recently established. I was worried when I saw this arc was only going to be 3 issues that Captain America was going to switch from a long epic story to a bunch of disconnected shorter story arcs. Thankfully I was totally off. What I particularly enjoyed about this arc was the way Brubaker successfully weaved together the various lives of Bucky into one relatively straight-forward story that helps Bucky further separate himself from Steve; we got a story that you could only tell with a character like Bucky who has such a checkered past unlike Steve Rogers. In fact, I think for this title and Bucky’s reemergence to remain successful Brubaker needs to continue to tell these types of stories because of how they showcase these differences between Steve and Bucky. I’m confident we’ll get exactly that and I couldn’t be happier about it.