About Heroes

Author: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Mike Perkins
Colors: Frank D'Amata
Cover: Steve Epting

Picking up where the last issue left off, Brubaker delivers another action filled episode in the saga of everyone's favorite American or Captain, or American that just happens to be a Captain. One great Brubaker book came out this week and this one actually felt like a filler that is just there to set up the next arc, although it is still a solid read.

Crossbones and Red Skull's daughter Sin are out for blood. Slowly tracking the mysterious assassin that killed the Red Skull. We get action galore when Crossbones and sin get to slaughter Aim agents and even Sin fucking up and having a MODOC unit come after her instead of its initial targets. In the meanwhile Cap and his new girlfriend/old flame Sharon are on their tail and at the same time following the Winter Soldier/Bucky, who's been busy killing wives and babies according to Daniel Way (sorry couldn't help myself). Turns out that this issue ties into the 65th Anniversary Special, by revealing that the woman in the picture that showed up last issue is none other than the German resistance fighter. Cap and Sharon also get to find out the mystery of the town and there could be a return of Nick Fury (depending on what you are reading, because he never left in some titles).

About 15 years ago if you had asked me how I felt about Captain America and Steve Epting, I would have given you the same answer: I could care less about either of them. Fast forward fifteen years later and Captain America is back on one of my favorite book list and Steve Epting is an amazing artist. I actually missed Epting in this issue, don't get me wrong Perkings remains very much in the style of Epting, but he is a bit darker. The action sequences remain clear enough, but his faces are a bit obscure at times. The coloring by D'Amata also adds to the richness of the dark trend so the look of the book keeps consistent. B