Reborn Concluded

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Four pages from Captain America: Reborn #6, which, while obviously not going to surprise anyone (not, I suppose, that it particularly would have anyway), is still good action, and has some hints at future stories.


The heroes win the day.  Spoiler!



Heh.

Later, Steve monologues about the glimpses he got of the future, which had cool stuff like him and Sharon married with kids, and also not cool stuff, like...



Shit, it's War of the Worlds!



The hinted-at future story seems a lot more overtly sci-fi than much of this title, but then again, Reborn climaxed with the Red Skull's mind in a giant robot fighting the Avengers before getting blown up by Sharon with missiles from his own craft, so maybe Brubaker wants to flex those elements a bit more.
 

char: captain america/steve rogers, char: sharon carter, creator: ed brubaker, creator: bryan hitch, publisher: marvel comics

Comments

[neuhallidae]

before getting blown up by Sharon with missiles from his own craft

So Sharon's finally being interesting again instead of moping and being moved around like a doll? Good, 'cause I swear to God, the last time I gave a damn about her was the stomach-stabbing.

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I thought stabbing herself in the stomach to stop the Skull from getting his hands on the kid was a pretty badass thing to do (not to mention stopping the Skull's plan more or less by herself at the end of that arc).

[neuhallidae]

I liked the stomach stabbing (though the whole concept of baby-stealing is a plot device I'm so damn tired of), but on the whole, it seems like Sharon was a mopey ragdoll for a good half or more of Steve's gone-period, and especially during Reborn until the last issue. Yes, yes, grieving periods and all that, but there are still far better ways to push the meant-to-be-ness of your OTP than having one be mostly hopeless without the other. Especially since for most of their relationship and before they got involved, Sharon was a bonafide badass.