this ain't your Captain America

drive-by readings

Captain America #602 (Marvel) "Two Americas, Part 1" Ed Brubaker Luke Ross Butch Guice Dean White Joe Caramagna Gerald Parel (cover) Ed Brubaker finally unveils his master plan for reviving the Cap of the '50s - he's now a right-wing nut, with a burgeoning army to boot (ably filled by a Mark Gruenwald creation, the Watchdogs). no offense to the actual residents of Boise, Idaho - there are some serious crazies out there. with all the files S.H.I.E.L.D. or rather, Nick Fury has, how could they not track the insane William Burnside to his hometown? Bucky Cap and the Falcon cook up a plan to infiltrate the lunatic fringe, but Bad Cap may just be a couple of steps ahead of them. not sure how all of these ties into Siege (Fury mentions Osborn so that means it hasn't happened yet), and looks like a meaty side story before the launch of a post-Osborn Marvel Universe. hopefully, the (anti-climactic) last issue of Reborn also comes out before then.

snaps: Who Will Wield the Shield?

... where scheduling issues and editorial trafficking whack us upside the head. again. and oh, yes, the Red Skull is not inside Steve Rogers. well, glad you cleared that up!!

1) yeah, you're sorry. so no need to buy Reborn #6 anymore right?


2) where were you in Vietnam? or Iraq? or Afghanistan?


3) memo to Natasha: you're a former villain, boinked at least three male Avengers (four, if she did it with Hercules; five, if Daredevil counts as honorary), and your stint as Avengers chairperson isn't that scintillating. you're stabbing Steve in the back now? what if Steve was also a notch on your bracelets?


4) help!!!! what does the one-way sign symbolisms mean?? wwwaaaauuuughhhhh!!!


5) you are about to be enlisted in the health care bill battle, Steve, and its up your alley, because heck, you're like 80 years old and change. good luck.