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Captain America: Winter Soldier vol. 1 TPB Review
2006, Marvel
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Art: Steve Epting, Michael Lark, John Paul Leom, Tom Palmer
Colours: Frank D’Armata
Writing this review some two years after Ed Brubaker’s Captain America reboot debuted, it’s safe to say that the Winter Soldier’s identity is now common knowledge amongst the comic community. The defrosting of Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes, now a Soviet assassin with a … read more
Posted in Graphic Novel Reviews
Tagged Captain America, graphic novels, Marvel Comics, superhero comics
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Civil War: Iron Man TPB Review
Marvel, 2006
Writers: Christos N. Gage, Daniel Knauf, Charles Knauf, Brian Michael Bendis
Pencilers: Jeremy Haun, Patrick Zircher, Alex Maleev
Inkers: Mark Morales, Scott Hanna
Colours: Morry Hollowell, Guru EFX, Jose Villarrubia
This is an odd volume, occurring both before and after the death of Marvel’s finest, Captain America, but like the Frontlines series it serves … read more
Posted in Graphic Novel Reviews
Tagged Captain America, Civil War, graphic novels, Iron Man, Marvel Comics
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No More Heroes Any More – The Death of Captain America
In a genre where finales are rarely final, and resurrections are a daily occurrence, why did the death of comic book hero Captain America garner such widespread attention?
Captain America is dead. Again. Probably. Indefinitely. For the foreseeable future. Until comic sales begin to flag yet again.
To the embittered fan acclimatised to the age of the antihero, the … read more
Posted in Comic Book Features
Tagged Captain America, Marvel Comics, superhero comics, superhero movies
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Thor: Avengers Disassembled TPB Review
Marvel
Writers: Michael Avon Oeming, Daniel Berman
Art: Andrea DiVito
As much as it breaks my mortal heart to say it, Thor just isn’t cool any more. Was he ever hip, or trendy, or with the times in the way that Spider-man or Wolverine maintain popularity? The fair haired God of Thunder has always been a character many readers have … read more
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Tagged Captain America, graphic novels, Marvel Comics, superhero comics, Thor
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