Captain America #27

By Hervé St-Louis
Sep 4, 2007 - 2:08

The Winter Soldier, the former Captain America ally known as Bucky has been seen among the living for some times and he wants his revenge on those responsible of the death of Captain America. His first goal is to retrieve the captain’s shield because he can’t think of anyone worthy enough to use it. The Falcon is on the trail though as well as the Black Widow, who appears to have had some history with the Winter Soldier.

What I like about this story are the multiple layers of intrigues surrounding the death of Captain America and the Civil War. Tony Stark is often in the middle of all the diverting plot lines. The political intrigues in this series are exactly what Captain America required. I’ve read a large amount of Mark Gruenwald’s run in the 1990s and it was more super hero oriented than this.

The story goes in detail explaining how Shield, now directed by Tony Stark tries to avert public attention by moving the shield elsewhere. I found the fight between the Winter Soldier and the Black Widow too-sided. She’s supposed to be one of the best hand to hand fighters, yet she is easily defeated in combat. The Falcon and his associate were watching all of this. If the Black Widow did not fare well, I can hardly imagine the Falcon to do any better.

Throughout all the intrigues, Brubaker still finds time to let the average person’s opinion of Captain America be known. That’s the best part of his work. Captain America is not just another hero. He is an icon.

Epting’s work captures the mood of the story perfectly, still. His work is not totally crime noir. Instead, it has sepia overtones, making it feels like something from the Cold War and giving the impression that all the protagonists are short of breath and about to die of thirst. It makes their plight and part in this story much more precarious.

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