Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews

Captain America Reborn #2 of 5
Marvel Comics
Brubaker, Hitch & Guice

This issue gives us more Steve Rogers trapped in time and a little bit more about the manner in which Steve was "killed". As for Bucky, he takes on a bit of a new role as he seems to be playing second fiddle in this issue. It's a decent issue but if you have come to appreciate Bucky as the real deal and have enjoyed watching him being built up for a couple of years then this comic might disappoint you a little bit. As a side note, this issue takes on more of a science fiction approach to storytelling as the overall Red Skull plot begins to unfold.

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Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews

Captain America Reborn #1 of 5
Marvel Comics
Brubaker, Hitch & Guice

The return of Steve Rogers is upon us. This comic has one major thing going for it that makes jump from an average comic to a very good comic. The idea behind how Steve Rogers will be saved is different and unexpected and definitely a refreshing look at returning from the dead. The story content of the comic is very typical for an opening issue of a mini series overall. There is some task that’s executed to get all the main players introduced and set up the gravity of the situation. It’s a good comic but it is not a true indication of how well the whole series will actually be. We’ll have to see how the return from the dead actually plays out.

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Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews

Captain America #600

Marvel Comics

Origin: Ross, Dini & Klein
One Year Later: Brubaker, Guice, Chaykin, Albuquerque, Aja, Breitweiser, D’ Armata, Delgado, Hollingsworth & Breitweiser
In Memorium: Stern, Andrasofszly & Garcia
The Persistence of Memorablia: Waid, Eaglesham & Mounts
My Bulletin Board: Simon
Captain America Comics: Lee & Avison

The overly hyped, over-sized, strangely numbered, five dollar sixth-hundredth issue is here! This comic stood zero chance of living up to the major publicity and controversy prior to being shipped. Whether it was the debate about what “Reborn” was all about or the speculation about Marvel’s press release or the angry retailers over the early, Monday release, this comic has had a ton of build up. Alas, the comic is a good read but is fairly a standard “status quo check-in” issue. Sure, there is a lot of material here, contributed from a lot of resources, but the comic doesn’t have anything that is particularly memorable, certainly nothing worthy of the mammoth build up.

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