About Heroes

Author: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Steve Epting
Colors: Frank D' Armata
Cover: Steve Epting

When I was kid, I never thought I would ever be reading a Captain America comic and enjoying it. He wasn't one of my favorite characters; he was always too goody goody for me. As I got older I ended up enjoying some of his stories, particularly Mark Waid's and Ron Garney's original run on the book. Thanks to Brubaker and I'm sure getting older and pretending to get wiser, this book has become one of my must reads!

Twenty-First Century Blitz concludes the only way it could! With Captain America and Bucky taking down a giant robot (The Sleeper)! Lukin and his inner Red Skull have a great time on the Kronos tower. I'm really starting to enjoy this schizophrenic take and then he even reveals himself to the world. We get Spitfire and Union Jack, Crossbones and Sin join the Red Skull, and we find out that Bucky has been working for Fury for sometime now. This book is just one huge fight scene and a fantastic pay-off to what I thought Brubaker's weakest arc.

Steve Epting really outdoes himself with the art on this issue. Mainly because its action packed, because he always does those very fluidly rendered. His art is very moody and can be dark at times which suites the book and the writing style. But, D'Armata's colors are not to be forgotten, he gives the book that painted contemporary look. My only complaint is that some things seem to wrap up too quick or get left unanswered, it really didn't take me much time to read the book twice. I'm assuming this was to wrap up the issue to make way for the Civil War tie-in. Other than that, another great read. B+