Captain America #37

Release Date: April 16, 2008
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Storyline: The Death of Captain America Act 3: The Man Who Bought America (Part 1 of 6)
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Pencils: Steve Epting
Price: $2.99

Reviewer: Eric

The death of Captain America shaped the Marvel universe forever. When the second act of the ongoing Captain America series ended we were left with a huge shocker. Ed Brubaker delivers another top notch issue on what is looking to be another great storyline.

Bucky Barnes is suffering the consequences from his first mission as the new Captain America. Instead of the issue focusing on him it seems Bucky is taking a break. That doesn’t mean we don’t get to see much of him, there is a dream sequence that should fill in some loose ends.

Captain America replacements Falcon and Clint Barton make a return to the series. Both of these characters were heavily rumored to be the next Captain America. Barton (Hawkeye/Ronin) was thought to have the job, but things changed. Not to worry the dialogue between Falcon and Barton is very crucial to the series.

The Red Skull has taken a back seat in the past two issues. He’s been around, but not as much as one would like. Ed Brubaker must have known this because the Red Skull is back in full force. We learn about the Red Skull from WWII until present time. This villain has been doing his nasty deeds for some time now.

I really like how Brubaker is adding in some of today’s real life problems into the series. The Red Skull talks about certain topics as oil prices and elections. Instead of just throwing these topics out there for wow effect Brubaker makes everything look so natural. Just when one might have thought the Red Skull was not a threat anymore he comes back and does this.

Steve Epting is back doing the art in this issue and hopefully he keeps it up. In no way was Butch Guice doing a bad job, but goddamn you have to admit that Epting was born to do the Captain America series. Another top notch issue from Epting, his art shines in this issue.

Final Verdict
Captain America fans thought the series was over when their hero died. After four issues I finally feel that Bucky was the best choice as a replacement. Even though ht wasn’t in the issue for too long his presence was still there, you could feel it. The story really progresses nicely in this issue so if you haven’t started reading this series you better start now.

Rating
9.50 out of 10