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I feel like I'm avoiding Captain America to keep from being trendy, but that really does a disservice to my enjoyment of comics. I need to stop it. Good review.

Great issue. I've been aboard since issue #1 even though I wasn't a Cap fan (I was just looking to kill some time) and have found myself looking forward to this book more than most others I read. Winter Solider has become a favorite of mine so I hope he has a long run as Cap. Congrats to Brubaker for turning a character a newbie to comics like me thought was goofy since I, admittedly, didn't know much about him and making it a must read.

Also, anyone notice the Lost references popping up all over this week? This issue has one as does the New Avengers annual.

I should have grabbed it. Cap got sacrificed when reality started catching up with my budget, but I've really missed it.

The lost thing is supposed to be a big cross promotion for the 8-episode season starting tomorrow. Can't wait to see what's in the NA Annual.

I just bought the Captain America Omnibus - the first 25 issues of Brubaker's run, and I have to say, I'm shocked there are people who still AREN'T reading this.

Nitpickery!

Eric replacing Don Blake was done on short notice.

Eric replacing Thor seemed to be building ever since he became bound to him.

So is there an explanation for why he's wearing the Puerto Rican flag now? Is he campaigning for statehood? Seems a bit radical for a guy who was born before Alaska and Hawaii were even brought into the union!

"Also, anyone notice the Lost references popping up all over this week? This issue has one as does the New Avengers annual."

ABC has a deal with Marvel to put those references into issues. Amazing Spider-Man also has them, among others.

I haven't read C.A. for some years, but, correct me if I'm wrong -- isn't Bucky Barnes supposed to be dead?

Or is this his grand-son (or great-grand-son)?

While a great comic, and great story, to pick upon other stories that have characters replacing other characters in their well established identies feels cheap. Eric Masterson becoming Thor, and John Walker becoming Captain America were not rushed plots. Indeed both characters were introduced quite a long time before those eventual switches, in Masterson's case several years before, so the idea of Bucky becoming Cap is more fitting in those traditions. (Although we all knew that Eric would stop being Thor and that Walker couldn't stay as Cap, in fact that was part of Walker's character arc.)

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Masterson had been around for awhile, and John Walker had been around for a decent amount of time, but the actual REPLACEMENT in each case (which is what I'm talking about here) was extremely abrupt in the former's case (happened the same issue Thor disappears) and pretty abrupt in the latter's case (happened in one or two issues).

So, no, this was significantly different, as it took eight issues from Captain America's death before the new Cap was named.

By the by, Rhodey was around the LONGEST of those characters before he was (also abruptly) named Iron Man - why didn't you argue him, too? That was odd.

Nitpickery!

Eric replacing Don Blake was done on short notice.

Eric replacing Thor seemed to be building ever since he became bound to him.

See the above reply.

While DeFalco and Gruenwald were certainly laying the groundwork (especially DeFalco), the actual replacement was abrupt in both instances.

I haven’t read C.A. for some years, but, correct me if I’m wrong — isn’t Bucky Barnes supposed to be dead?

Or is this his grand-son (or great-grand-son)?

Tom, Bucky barely survived the blast, and his almost lifeless body was fished out of the water by the Russians, who then fixed him with cybernetic parts and brainwashed him into becoming an assassin for them.

His gimmick was that they would keep in cyrogenics between missions, so it would sometimes be years between missions for him, with very little aging happening in between - that way, no one could identify him, as they wouldn't be looking for a 20 year old man six years later.

That's how he got the nickname "The Winter Soldier."

Cap helped him break free of his programming, and he's been slowly working his way to the good guys since.

I haven't got the issue yet, but it is on hold at the comic store and I am looking forward to it. I have always loved Cap's character,and I admit I was pissed when he was killed. It seemed like he finally got a good creative team and then Steve was gone. I know that it is not forever, but still. That being said, I do like Bucky's gradual replacement of Cap. Brubaker has done an outstanding job of it. I wish more people bought this comic (and Iron Fist) as it is some of the better comics involving superheroes. I just wonder how long it will take before I start thinking of Bucky as "Cap" and not "Bucky", like I came to think of Wally as Flash and not Kid Flash.

Love the story and character development in this book, which might be the best thing coming out of Marvel right now.

That said, the new uniform is shite.

That said, the new uniform is shite.

Agreed.

I was down on the uniform when the initial images came out, but liked it in the book. Hoped that would be the case given my faith in Epting.

I got addicted to Brubakers run through the Marvel digital comics site and bought the Omnibus as soon as I found it for a reasonable price. I bought this issue because I didn't want to wait another year or so for the next Omnibus (which is the perfect format for this book).

BREAKING NEWS! Steve Rogers is alive! And trolling for underage broads on craigslist!
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=5929823

I like some of Brubaker's stuff, but this just makes me go......eh. Maybe I could never get over the idea of Bucky being brought back, but Brubaker's work on CA has left me underwhelmed overall.

And yeah, this is a really bad costume.

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