Captain America: Reborn

5 Responses to “Captain America: Reborn”

1. lakeqi says:

   May 16, 2010 at 9:54 pm

   This book is a perfect representation of what has been incorrect with so many Marvel tales over the past few years. Marvel comics typically fall apart upon conclusion, and this book proved the rule. It was incomprehensible,unoriginal, and an embarrassment to the genre. Time travel was used in this tale in a way that was straight out of Star Trek TNG, except it made no sense. The book was simply a huge mess. We were better off with Rogers dead. I’m reasonably tired of reading some Marvel character immodest about how he’s been trained “by Captain America”. The Falcon using the word “ain’t” twice in rapid succession was a minor point but insulting nonetheless. Bucky was a much better Cap,they should have left Rogers where he was. Brubaker lost the plot with this one, the tale was just a huge nothingness. I was reasonably mad that I spent two hours reading this when I could have been reading a real book.
   Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
2. Steve Dossey says:

   May 17, 2010 at 12:06 am

   First let me say maybe this requires a small more focus than I was prepared to give when I read it. I got this book as a replacement for of the individual issues because I had assumed I would get this series thru my subscription, which I did not….. I had read all the previous Brubaker issues. In this series the writer went thru extremely intricate explanations and contrived plot twists to bring The Cap back to life. And still not all questions were answered to satisfaction. Why they got a new penciler/artist for this series is a mystery because Epting (the previous artist)was far superior. In fact many of the panels possibly inspired by Gene Colin ( whose swirling art does not fit the Cap image)make a juvenile image of the Cap and diminishes his forcefulness…This series was a major disappointment, a way over intricate sci fi plot that was really unecessary…I can hear the Marvel machinery adage to Brubaker…”make this one really huge really audacious…we might use it in a in the offing movie”….and as a result we get a very contrived and disappointing and confusing result. Too terrible because this tale line up to this point was one of the best ever written for Cap. And another editorial comment. The series over the last year was interrupted with really annoying innocuous flashback tales that stalled the development of the ongoing tale line which had held right literary merit. Well Brubaker/Marvel, you blew it….
   Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
3. The Doughboy says:

   May 17, 2010 at 2:22 am

   I heard a lot of complaining about this series during its run in issues. “It was late”, “the tale was losing focus”, etc, etc. I didn’t read it in issues, so I have no thought if any of persons complaints were valid. But, let me tell you, this series reads wonderfully as a collected edition.

   While the tale is about Captain America being trapped in time, most of the book is about his friends and their efforts to rescue him. The main players are Sharon Carter, The Falcon, Bucky-Cap and Black Widow, along with Hank Pym and The Vision. Even Reed Richards and the Sub-Mariner show up to help. The tension mounts as Norman Osbourne and Doctor Doom get involved with the plot the Red Skull has spent years trying to perfect. It’s a wild ride and each issue’s developments raise the tension to a privileged level. Brubaker did a magnificent job with this.

   The art is very excellent. It’s Hitch, so the quality is high. But, as another reviewer pointed out, it’s not Steve Epting. Epting and Mike Perkins were so consistently fantastic on the regular Cap series that their presence is missed. Honest or not, they have become the standard by which additional Cap artists are measured.

   I’m a huge Cap fan and the pre-relief word I’d heard about this mini-series had me apprehensive. After reading it, I’m left wondering why people were complaining. I loved this book and can’t wait to get the next Cap trade.

   In fact, I’m wondering if the visions of the future Rogers has in “Reborn” are what lead to his plans in the upcoming “Secret Avengers” ongoing series. I guess you could say “time will tell”.
   Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
4. N. Durham says:

   May 17, 2010 at 5:03 am

   You didn’t really reflect Steve Rogers would stay dead did you? With Captain America: Reborn, Steve Rogers makes his return to the realm of the living as the current Cap, Steve’s ancient partner Bucky Barnes, along with Steve’s ex Sharon Carter and the rest of the supporting cast, learn the truth behind the Red Skull’s disreputable plot. As we witness Steve’s trek through time, writer Ed Brubaker takes the predictable brand of ludicrous sci-fi notions and manages to make them to some extent believable, which in itself is reasonably a feat to accomplish. That being said but, Reborn is nowhere near as excellent as a majority of Brubaker’s run on Captain America has been since he took the title over. I haven’t permanently been his largest fan since he took the reins on the title, but it grew on me and I truly loved the direction he was taking when Bucky became the new Cap, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t pleased to see Steve Rogers back. Bryan Hitch, famed his prolific run drawing The Ultimates for Mark Millar, provides some levelheaded work here, although it doesn’t have that same sort of impact that his Ultimates work had. All in all but, Captain America: Reborn is a more than levelheaded read that brings us back the original Cap, and that in itself makes it worth checking out.
   Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
5. G. YEO says:

   May 17, 2010 at 7:26 am

   It was perhaps inevitable that Captain America would return. Marvel – like DC – could never really kill off one of its flagship characters. But more importantly, Ed Brubaker hasn’t done a terrible job at all. It’s been a while getting here, but credible and pretty well crafted. I’ll admit that the main fault with this, and with Road to Reborn (the previous volume) was: I’m tired of reliving Captain America’s past! His origin tale, his adventures with Bucky and Zemo, etc – nonetheless, Hitch and Guice’s artwork is the main constant and reason to read this. Dark, edgy and hyper realistic, it keeps the noir in the tale, in spite of rehashing the “flashbacks.”

   The real question is: will we go back to the same ol’ vanilla flavoured Cap or will we get better subplots. Bucky Barnes was a soldier for a new era – but not a symbol. Let’s hope the future path of Steve Rogers won’t be so straightforward after all these twists. I forecast a Captain America – Norman Osborn showdown in the near future…
   Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5