'Death of Captain America' Conclusion *spoilers*

[CaptainCanada]

Last Wednesday saw the release of Captain America #42, the conclusion of "The Man Who Bought America", the third leg of Ed Brubaker's 18-part "The Death of Captain America" epic that began early last year with #25; more broadly, it marked the at least temporary resolution of the Red Skull plot that had been running since #1 (enough for a largish volume of Cerebus).

In the end, in Falcon's words, "the good guys won"; indeed, fairly convincingly for a Brubaker story:

1) New Cap saves Obama and McCain from Sin, and gets his national acceptance.
2) Sharon is rescued (albeit with the loss of her child), and kills Lukin.
3) The Skull and Doctor Zola are both at least temporarily removed from the equation, with the former getting an effective karmic fate.
4) New Cap and Black Widow hook up (between that and Matt and Dakota's sexy adulterous time in Daredevil that same week, Brubaker's heroes were having a good time).

All the good guys are in about as good a spot as one could expect given the ordeal of the last 18 issues (except for Steve, who is still dead).

Looking back, I think it's safe to call this an extremely successful story arc. I can't wait to see where things go next (upcoming issues promise Batroc the Leaper and a reunion of the remaining Invaders).

 

[the Dagman]

You neglected to mention that 50s Cap also escaped. A guy running around with Steve Rogers' face, super-strength and the belief that HE is Cap. I have a feeling he will be instrumental in resurrecting the real Cap. Instrumental as in "body donor".

 

[A beaker full of death]

Wrapped up in time for the return of the real Steve Rogers.

 

[Hermiod]

And yet we still don't know what Skull and Zola were up to with the time machine they bought from Doom.

 

[CaptainCanada]

The time machine was part of the device to put the Skull in a new body.

 

[DarthPipes]

Great conclusion to the story arc.

As much as I like Steve, I'm in no rush to see him return with Bucky as CA.

 

[Bad Bishop]

Does Marvel even want Steve Rogers to come back from the dead?

 

[CaptainCanada]

By 2011, they'll probably want him for film tie-ins (although they could just do minis set out of continuity or in the past for that; Green Hulk wasn't getting much time last summer), but there isn't huge incentive in the short term; sales on his title are double their pre-CW numbers, even two years later.

 

[A beaker full of death]

Does Marvel even want Steve Rogers to come back from the dead?

The man's been Captain America for 70 years. They're going to bring him back as soon as the novelty of his being dead wears off. His death is a marketing stunt, that's all.

 

[DarthPipes]

Does Marvel even want Steve Rogers to come back from the dead?

The man's been Captain America for 70 years. They're going to bring him back as soon as the novelty of his being dead wears off. His death is a marketing stunt, that's all.

It's funny that Captain America is a character whose went from spending 20 years frozen in ice to having spent most of the 20th century in ice.

 

[Thrall]

Does Marvel even want Steve Rogers to come back from the dead?

The man's been Captain America for 70 years. They're going to bring him back as soon as the novelty of his being dead wears off. His death is a marketing stunt, that's all.

Yep. Killing off The Icon of a comics universe was interesting the first time it was done. Now, it's boring and unoriginal. Brubaker didn't get or understand Captain America one bit. So he erased him from existence and created his own. At least Superman got a hero's death. A death worthy of a cultural icon. Rogers died like such a bitch I thought it was pure satire. It was more outrageous then John Wayne getting shot in the back.

It's only selling well because of the hype and Brubakers writing it. Once he's gone(please God soon!) back to writing all those Sin City knockoff detective stories I look forward to Steve's eventual return and Bucky once again being dead.

 

[CaptainCanada]

Brubaker didn't get or understand Captain America one bit. So he erased him from existence and created his own.

He wrote him flawlessly for 25 issues.

It's only selling well because of the hype and Brubakers writing it. Once he's gone(please God soon!) back to writing all those Sin City knockoff detective stories I look forward to Steve's eventual return and Bucky once again being dead.

Brubaker's crime stories are most certainly not Sin City knock-offs; they have character far in access of anything Miller ever attempted, and realism exceeding anything Miller aimed for.

Given the high sales and fan and critical acclaim, I look forward to him writing for many years to come. Certainly, the end of this issue suggests he's just getting started with exploring the new world order.

 

[Thrall]

Brubaker didn't get or understand Captain America one bit. So he erased him from existence and created his own.

He wrote him flawlessly for 25 issues.

It's only selling well because of the hype and Brubakers writing it. Once he's gone(please God soon!) back to writing all those Sin City knockoff detective stories I look forward to Steve's eventual return and Bucky once again being dead.

Brubaker's crime stories are most certainly not Sin City knock-offs; they have character far in access of anything Miller ever attempted, and realism exceeding anything Miller aimed for.

Given the high sales and fan and critical acclaim, I look forward to him writing for many years to come. Certainly, the end of this issue suggests he's just getting started with exploring the new world order.

Oh I forgot. Quesada and his minions tell you to jump, you say how high.

 

[grabmygoblin]

You neglected to mention that 50s Cap also escaped. A guy running around with Steve Rogers' face, super-strength and the belief that HE is Cap. I have a feeling he will be instrumental in resurrecting the real Cap. Instrumental as in "body donor".

oh noes, that'll mean Steve'll be angsty for a while!

'course, he'll probably be angsty no matter what the circumstances are when he first comes back.

 

[CaptainCanada]

I defend Brubaker's Captain America because I love it, and Brubaker himself because he's a superb writer.

I defend "Quesada and his minions" to the extent that I enjoy the work in dispute; so I will not, for example, defend "One More Day".