Captain America #1

[drice6900]

Surprisingly, this was very good! I am not too familiar with Brubaker, but I am impressed with this issue - art's not bad either. You would think any storyline with the Red Skull has been driven into the ground, but this was refreshingly good, with a nice cliffhanger and lots of questions floating around.

 

Looking forward to issue #2 (never thought I would say that on a Cap title)...

[Reno McCoy]

Brubaker is the bomb. I'm working on putting together a collection of each issue he was a part of. His stories are generally darker with a good noir feel to them. Great stuff.

[rob_react]

Brubaker kicks immeasurable [#@$%!!!]. This was no Sleeper, but it was pretty damned good.

[OldGuy]

I wish it weren't a relaunch of a relaunch of a relaunch of a relaunch. I draw the line at four relaunches.

[rob_react]

I wish it weren't a relaunch of a relaunch of a relaunch of a relaunch. I draw the line at four relaunches.

 

Is it only four?

[chrisco37]

Brubaker kicks immeasurable [#@$%!!!]. This was no Sleeper, but it was pretty damned good.

 

I didn't pick up Cap, but I was finally able to get ahold of Issues #1 & 2 of Sleeper (Season 2). Now I can finally read them!

[rob_react]

Have you read Season 1?

[chrisco37]

Have you read Season 1?

 

Nope. I was going to pick up the trade,b ut thought it was kind of pricey @ $17.95.

 

Do I need to read it first?

[chrisco37]

An aside to my previous comment....

 

Is there any reason publishers feel the need to print TPB's on delux paper? Why can't they use the cheap stuff?

 

I thnk the most I paid for a Preacher trade was $19.95. And that was thick as hell. At least twice the size of the Sleeper trade.

[rob_react]

I think you can hit the ground running with just Season Two and enjoy it, but Season One is outrageously good and lays a lot of groundwork for what comes in Season Two.

 

Also interesting in terms of laying groundwork for Sleeper is Alan Moore's WILDC.a.t.s stuff...

[chrisco37]

Also interesting in terms of laying groundwork for Sleeper is Alan Moore's WILDC.a.t.s stuff...

 

Why doesn't that surprise me?

 

Add another to the "it's already been done by Moore" list.

[rob_react]

Also interesting in terms of laying groundwork for Sleeper is Alan Moore's WILDC.a.t.s stuff...

 

Why doesn't that surprise me?

 

Add another to the "it's already been done by Moore" list.

 

Not really "already done by Moore" but the way that Moore wrote the character Tao in his 'Cats run is definitely closely related to what Brubaker did with the character in Season One. Other than that the books are two different animals entirely.

[tilleycs]

I wish it weren't a relaunch of a relaunch of a relaunch of a relaunch. I draw the line at four relaunches.

 

Same here.