Comments on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution: Comic Book Review: Captain America: Reborn #4

@Jimmy Bag: That is a great way to describe Hitch'...

2009-11-09T09:00:53.389-05:00

@Jimmy Bag: That is a great way to describe Hitch's artwork. He really can create an impressive looking issue.

You make some great points about how Captain America: Reborn was kept a secret and how rare that is nowadays. And you are right that all the info about Siege has pretty much spoiled the ending of this story. I am not holding my breathe for any real surprises with the ending of this title.

@Anonymous: I think you are right. This title is ...

2009-11-09T08:58:31.453-05:00

@Anonymous: I think you are right. This title is called Captain America: Reborn, not Red Skull: Reborn so I would imagine that Steve will probably be tracked down by Reed and Henry and then Steve will get his body back from Red Skull by the final issue.

@Kevin: Thanks! I agree with you that Brubaker wo...

2009-11-09T08:57:25.146-05:00

@Kevin: Thanks! I agree with you that Brubaker would have been a great choice to handle writing The Cabal one-shots. Personally, I am hoping that Marvel puts issue 6 of 5 on the cover of the last issue!

@Seafire: LOL! You must be talking about Greg Lan...

2009-11-09T08:56:18.313-05:00

@Seafire: LOL! You must be talking about Greg Land's artwork! ;)

I've been a fan of Hitch since he broke out with s...

2009-11-08T23:41:29.960-05:00

I've been a fan of Hitch since he broke out with some DC Annuals in the early 90s, but why does he keep throwing "Ultimate" Cap into this book? There's a certain look that 616-cap has that is consistently defined in each time period.

I mean, what does he think that "A" stands for? "France"?

Brubaker writes some MEAN supervillains. I absolut...

2009-11-08T10:00:20.641-05:00

Brubaker writes some MEAN supervillains. I absolutely enjoyed every scene with Skull, Zola and Doom. Watching them throw poisonous barbs at each other like bitchy schoolgirls was brilliant. I think that those scenes proved even more than Bendis' Cabal scenes that supervillains will always fail because they just can't get along.

About the ending, I don't know why, but I smell a red herring. Maybe I'm jaded, but I feel like that in last part it was actually Steve Rogers who came back and is pretending to be the Skull so he can take down everyone by surprise. Anyway, we all know that this ends with Steve officially returning right in time for Siege to start so there goes the surprise.

Which is a shame since this series was kept in relative secret, considering the current status of the industry, so having so little surprises left in store for us is a bit underwhelming. Oh well, maybe I'm wrong and there are a few surprises along the way, but I don't think there will be anything wow-worthy.

Oh, and Hitch rocks. Even when he doesn't take like four months to complete an issue, his art is just great. With all those cinematic shots, it's more a portfolio than a comic book, and I mean that in a good way.

I don't think you'll be seeing the Red Skull-as-Ca...

2009-11-07T20:33:30.393-05:00

I don't think you'll be seeing the Red Skull-as-Cap deal for very long (though I like it - and it rather harkens back to that brief moment in CAP, what, 25? where Cap and Skull were identical). Probably just for one good, long fight. But I could be wrong and would rather like to be.

Great Review! Outside the first issue this has bee...

2009-11-07T16:12:56.555-05:00

Great Review! Outside the first issue this has been an enjoyable mini-series. Loved how Brubaker wrote Norman, Red Skull, and Doctor Doom. Wish he wrote The Cabal one-shots, with these three characters Namor, Loki and Emma Frost, instead of Bendis.

Though I agree with you that this mini-series will read much better in trade than in single issues.And I wonder if issue 6 will say "Issue 6 of 5" on it since the cover did say this was issue 4 of 5.

Ugh... what happened to the beautiful art??? The l...

2009-11-07T15:09:13.098-05:00

Ugh... what happened to the beautiful art??? The last 2 panels that you show make Cap's body seem contorted. And not in a good way. If it was a female, her body would be posed in nice angles. Just cause he is going thru the timestream, doesn't mean we can't get some nice shots of the chunk of hunk that cap is. Maybe a nice panel like those nice open-mouthed pouting poses artists usually have females in when they are unconscious....
-Seafire