Captain America & Bucky #622
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scans_dailySo for my $2.99 this is just about the best thing Marvel has going. I thought I'd post some scenes from last month's issue— #623 came out this week, but I am still putting my thoughts together about that.
Anyway, this the book that they turned Captain America into when they killed him off in Fear Itself. Basically, it charts the coming of age of Bucky Barnes in self contained single issue installments. Ed Brubaker and Marc Andreyko on words, Chris Samnee on pencils, Bettie Breitweiser on colors, Namor McKenzie on burn.
One of the recurring ideas in the series (and Brubaker's WW2 Marvel stuff in general) is the propaganda of war not necessarily matching up to the reality of it, so there's lots of interacting with the newsreels. Also, our plot for this issue: all the other Invaders were captured while Bucky was out scouting. It's up to Bucky to rescue them, but he's the least powerful, wat do. There's a flashback to a few weeks earlier, when he messed up and got in over his head.
Namor had to save Bucky instead of going after Meranno, who escaped.
Anyway, it turns out Arnim Zola is the one who has captured the Invaders, he's stuck them into tubes and is siphoning their powers into a single uber-Nazi!! Samnee draws great expressions.
Eventually though, Bucky saves his teammates through a combination of cleverness and a willingness to break all his ribs. O frabjous day!
I'm super duper biased, but Brubaker's done a lot of good comics that play Namor and Bucky off each other in the present. (Winter Soldier: Winter Kills, Old Friends and Enemies.) So it was nice to see him explore the early days of their relationship.
Anyway, this the book that they turned Captain America into when they killed him off in Fear Itself. Basically, it charts the coming of age of Bucky Barnes in self contained single issue installments. Ed Brubaker and Marc Andreyko on words, Chris Samnee on pencils, Bettie Breitweiser on colors, Namor McKenzie on burn.
One of the recurring ideas in the series (and Brubaker's WW2 Marvel stuff in general) is the propaganda of war not necessarily matching up to the reality of it, so there's lots of interacting with the newsreels. Also, our plot for this issue: all the other Invaders were captured while Bucky was out scouting. It's up to Bucky to rescue them, but he's the least powerful, wat do. There's a flashback to a few weeks earlier, when he messed up and got in over his head.
Namor had to save Bucky instead of going after Meranno, who escaped.
Anyway, it turns out Arnim Zola is the one who has captured the Invaders, he's stuck them into tubes and is siphoning their powers into a single uber-Nazi!! Samnee draws great expressions.
Eventually though, Bucky saves his teammates through a combination of cleverness and a willingness to break all his ribs. O frabjous day!
I'm super duper biased, but Brubaker's done a lot of good comics that play Namor and Bucky off each other in the present. (Winter Soldier: Winter Kills, Old Friends and Enemies.) So it was nice to see him explore the early days of their relationship.
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Date: 2011-10-27 08:37 pm (UTC)Toro died way back when in an old Sub-Mariner comic, after he'd survived the war and gotten married, etc. Winter Soldier: Winter Kills had Bucky and Namor reminiscing over Toro's grave.
THEN, the complicated Avengers/Invaders series by Alex Ross & co. brought Toro back. Using time travel and the Cosmic Cube. Past!Bucky wished that future!Bucky could have a friend! The follow-up mini-series Torch dealt with the ressurected Toro a bit, and his acclimation to the modern world. Then there was an Invaders reunion series: Invaders Now!
But all those books were published through Dynamite, and there's some confusion about whether they are part of 616 continuity. There's a confusingly-solicited Human Torch arc up next for this series, so maybe that will straighten stuff out?
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Date: 2011-10-27 09:10 pm (UTC)Pretty, pretty art, and good Brubaker storytelling omg.
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Date: 2011-10-27 09:21 pm (UTC)Damn that kid was hardcore!
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Date: 2011-10-28 01:26 pm (UTC)This looks worth checking out though, so thanks for sharing. The absolutely gorgeous artwork certainly isn't hurting either.