Product Description

Bucky has survived his first major trial as the new Captain America, but now a villain from his past - both as Bucky in WW2 and as the Winter Soldier during the Cold War - has come to the U.S., and he'll have to face his history just as he's finding his feet in the present. The beginning of a gripping war and espionage tale, with some familiar faces for long-term Cap readers, as the New Captain America moves further into the Marvel U. Collects Captain America #43-48.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #287687 in Books
• Published on: 2009-07-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 168 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780785131533
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Brubaker's excellent run continues
Ed Brubaker's prolific run on Captain America continues with The Man With No Face storyarc, which finds good 'ol Bucky getting more comfortable in his new role as Captain America. Keeping his rekindled relationship with Black Widow together while he fights crime and gains some acceptance from the superhero community in this post-Secret Invasion world, Cap learns that some old enemies from his checkered past as the Winter Soldier are lining him up in their sights. This leads to some dynamite action developments, as well as an entertaining team-up with Namor as they scramble to save the legacy of their old World War II comrade, the original Human Torch. While The Man With No Face doesn't reach the same kind of brilliance that Brubaker's Death of Captain America trilogy did, he still manages to weave a thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable ride that is loaded with equal parts action, intelligence, intrigue, and espionage. I really didn't like the idea of a non-Steve Rogers Captain America, but the more that Brubaker fleshes out Bucky, the more I dig it. The artwork from Steve Epting, Luke Ross, and Butch Guice is impressive as well, as all parties involved continue to be what may go down in comic history as being the definitive Captain America team. All in all, if you've been reading Brubaker's run on Captain America, there isn't any reason to stop, and if you haven't read any of his run yet, you are doing yourself quite the disservice. Mainstream superhero comics rarely get better than this.

I don't care if Steve Rogers never comes back
Ed Brubaker continues his amazing run on Captain America. He makes old villains relevant - Batroc the Leaper is a bad ass. The Man with No Face is a real threat and Professor Chin becomes an important player in the development of the Captain America legend. The story of Bucky / Winter Soldier coming to terms with his transition to Captain America flows without effort and it all seems appropriate. Not an easy feat in the world of comics. Ed has made Bucky so interesting that I don't care if Steve Rogers ever returns from "the dead".

Comics are becoming more juvenille by the month
Here we have a mad Chinese scientist trying to reduce human population through man- made plagues(and thats the bad guy?)we have The Black Widow when she's by herself and discovers some secret "Caps" hiding from her saying at least three times "dammit Bucky"(I'll stick to "Dammit Jim", thank you very much), seconds clicking off til the explosion of a bomb and then one of those by luck deactivations. By the end its just all too dumb. Good characters, Batrok and Namor especially,decent but not great art, ultimately not worth the bother.