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Falcon & Winter Soldier #1-5
Falcon & Winter Soldier: Cut Off One Head
An office of dead government agents. A gifted new killer. Two ex-Captain Americas...When a dramatic attempt on the life of Bucky Barnes reunites him with Sam Wilson, the two old friends are plunged headlong into a race to uncover the new leader of Hydra before a mass casualty event announces the terror group's resurgence to the world. The clock is ticking...
COLLECTING: FALCON & WINTER SOLDIER (2020) 1-5
COLLECTING: FALCON & WINTER SOLDIER (2020) 1-5
112 pages, Paperback
First published February 9, 2021
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Derek Landy
256 books5,297 followersDerek Landy is an Irish writer and screenwriter. In addition to the bestselling children's/YA series of Skulduggery Pleasant books, a supernatural mystery series starring Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton detective, and Valkyrie Cain, a young female magician, he has written two screenplays that have been made into films: the IFTA award winning "Dead Bodies" and the IFTA nominated "Boy Eats Girl". Landy himself was nominated for an IFTA for Best Script.
He doesn’t like to brag about all the awards he’s won, such as the Irish Book of the Decade, or the Red House in the UK, or all the other awards that he humbly displays on his mantelpiece. He is also far too modest to mention things like the first book being a Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of the Year, but would like to extend an invitation to Oprah to pop around one day for tea, in thanks for selecting his book for the Oprah’s Book Club Kids Reading List.
Derek plays too many video games, reads too many comics, and watches too many movies. He lives in Ireland with too many cats. Occasionally he talks to real people, but only when he absolutely has to.
He doesn’t like to brag about all the awards he’s won, such as the Irish Book of the Decade, or the Red House in the UK, or all the other awards that he humbly displays on his mantelpiece. He is also far too modest to mention things like the first book being a Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of the Year, but would like to extend an invitation to Oprah to pop around one day for tea, in thanks for selecting his book for the Oprah’s Book Club Kids Reading List.
Derek plays too many video games, reads too many comics, and watches too many movies. He lives in Ireland with too many cats. Occasionally he talks to real people, but only when he absolutely has to.
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April 28, 2022
This surprised the hell out of me. It's a ton of fun, with a lotta Lethal Weapon type, buddy cop vibes coming out of it. It's a lot like the Disney+ series but with more quips. After Secret Empire, Hydra has splintered with Baron Zemo and a new character vying for leadership. The Falcon and Winter Soldier get involved after they find an office full of dead people. I really like the dynamic between the two of them and there's more incite into the characters than I would have expected. Federico Vicentini's art is very good too. Very dynamic and full of energy.
November 29, 2024
The Falcon and Bucky wouldn’t be the first guys that spring to mind when choosing characters for a book with a Deadpool-type sense of humour but I’ll be damned if Derek Landry doesn’t make it work. This is a high octane book that never lifts its foot from the accelerator and manages to fit in some genuine chuckles and even some decent character development too. The artwork’s really good too. I enjoyed the Hell out of it.
September 2, 2022
This book has the action movie effect. No there is not real character development, the characters are lunatics and the jokes are just the right side of silly to come off as funny rather than stupid, but the action plentiful making an enjoyable experience.
A Hydra civil war has spilled into the world of the Winter Solider and the Falcon. Now these two need to choose between the devil they know, and an evil they don't. Hardened killers they guys can handle but a fan?
A very enjoyable book. The dialogue and interaction between the characters is just an excuse to catch my breath between fights. I would definitely read a sequel if one appears. Very similar formula to the TV series, slightly less on the story, and message but more action.
A Hydra civil war has spilled into the world of the Winter Solider and the Falcon. Now these two need to choose between the devil they know, and an evil they don't. Hardened killers they guys can handle but a fan?
A very enjoyable book. The dialogue and interaction between the characters is just an excuse to catch my breath between fights. I would definitely read a sequel if one appears. Very similar formula to the TV series, slightly less on the story, and message but more action.
November 4, 2025
"Aw, man. This sucks. Ugh." -- Winter Soldier, inadvertently composing part of my review
While admittedly it wasn't quite as bad as the quote suggests, Falcon & Winter Soldier seemed to be missing a certain . . . something. The dialogue between the leads could've been far more zippier, using a mismatched type of Lethal Weapon sort of energy. The villains of the piece were far too relaxed and chatty, not generating enough of the necessary EVIL vibe to really power this bland storyline. Another antagonist - 'The Natural,' a super-powered, forever-grinning twenty year-old fan boy who is entirely too obsessed with Captain America and his colleagues - was not amusing at all, but just sad and sort of freaky. (Additionally, his hometown of Altoona, Pennsylvania - a small city of about 44,000 folks in a mountainous area - was incorrectly depicted as having several skyscrapers that were ripped straight out of midtown Manhattan. WTF?!) I guess I just expected much more of a good time to be had via lots of action scenes and continual quips, instead of just a random good moment or two, such as the duo's Sisyphean task aboard the crowded commuter train.
While admittedly it wasn't quite as bad as the quote suggests, Falcon & Winter Soldier seemed to be missing a certain . . . something. The dialogue between the leads could've been far more zippier, using a mismatched type of Lethal Weapon sort of energy. The villains of the piece were far too relaxed and chatty, not generating enough of the necessary EVIL vibe to really power this bland storyline. Another antagonist - 'The Natural,' a super-powered, forever-grinning twenty year-old fan boy who is entirely too obsessed with Captain America and his colleagues - was not amusing at all, but just sad and sort of freaky. (Additionally, his hometown of Altoona, Pennsylvania - a small city of about 44,000 folks in a mountainous area - was incorrectly depicted as having several skyscrapers that were ripped straight out of midtown Manhattan. WTF?!) I guess I just expected much more of a good time to be had via lots of action scenes and continual quips, instead of just a random good moment or two, such as the duo's Sisyphean task aboard the crowded commuter train.
January 11, 2021
plot meh. sambucky good :)
June 26, 2021
This was exactly what I needed! With the Falcon and the Winter Soldier episodes releasing every Friday, I've been looking for some Sam and Bucky comic content. This was so much fun! A little on the strange side but I definitely loved it. Really hope we get more.
April 7, 2021
Backstabbing fun as Falcon and the Winter Soldier team up to fuck shit up just like the hit TV show on Disney +! (No I don't work for Disney)
So Bucky is just not dealing with his old life to well. After a amazing opening he goes on the road and somehow him and Falcon meet up after a horrific event happens. But when there's a super fan who LOVES Captain America he decides he wants to face off against Bucky and Sam. Thing is this kid is a fucking beast and wrecks them both. So now the two sidekicks have to work together to find out who this kid is and what the hell is happening.
This is a zanny dumb adventure. It's silly, funny, pretty amazing art at points with great action scenes. But it feels more like a preview for the show than its own comic. I had fun, but Zemo wasn't needed at all here. And the kid was a little annoying.
But overall not a bad action comedy mini. A 3 out of 5.
So Bucky is just not dealing with his old life to well. After a amazing opening he goes on the road and somehow him and Falcon meet up after a horrific event happens. But when there's a super fan who LOVES Captain America he decides he wants to face off against Bucky and Sam. Thing is this kid is a fucking beast and wrecks them both. So now the two sidekicks have to work together to find out who this kid is and what the hell is happening.
This is a zanny dumb adventure. It's silly, funny, pretty amazing art at points with great action scenes. But it feels more like a preview for the show than its own comic. I had fun, but Zemo wasn't needed at all here. And the kid was a little annoying.
But overall not a bad action comedy mini. A 3 out of 5.
March 17, 2022
3.5, rounded down.
Bucky and Sam come together to stop Hydra's latest leadership coup, only to find things far more complicated than they first expected.
This was fun, if kind of inconsequential. It was clearly just a cash-grab on the Falcon & Winter Soldier name, which is fine, but it's not a bad story. It's rooted in continuity, something I didn't expect, with some references to Bucky and Sam's latest status quos and some happenings that affected Baron Zemo as well. The story itself has a few twists and turns, but it has one of those 'put all the toys back where you found them' kind of endings so there's a bit of an 'oh, is that it?' feeling at the end.
That said, Derek Landy writes snappy dialogue like no other, with all of his characters feeling real and fully rounded rather than just clichés, even the new characters like The Natural and Veronica Eden. We might not see them again if no one else wants to use them, but they're fun while they last.
Federico Vicentini is on art, and this is the first time outside of Amazing Spider-Man that I've seen his artwork. It's very dynamic, with lots of movement lines and kinetic battle sequences - I think it got lost a little in the rush of Amazing Spider-Man's accelerated shipping schedule, but he's got a lot of talent. And all of the issues have a lovely Dan Mora cover too.
Falcon & Winter Soldier is a fine way to spend five issues. It's nothing that'll light the Marvel Universe on fire, but it's a fun little romp that'll scratch the Captain America itch while we're between ongoing series.
Bucky and Sam come together to stop Hydra's latest leadership coup, only to find things far more complicated than they first expected.
This was fun, if kind of inconsequential. It was clearly just a cash-grab on the Falcon & Winter Soldier name, which is fine, but it's not a bad story. It's rooted in continuity, something I didn't expect, with some references to Bucky and Sam's latest status quos and some happenings that affected Baron Zemo as well. The story itself has a few twists and turns, but it has one of those 'put all the toys back where you found them' kind of endings so there's a bit of an 'oh, is that it?' feeling at the end.
That said, Derek Landy writes snappy dialogue like no other, with all of his characters feeling real and fully rounded rather than just clichés, even the new characters like The Natural and Veronica Eden. We might not see them again if no one else wants to use them, but they're fun while they last.
Federico Vicentini is on art, and this is the first time outside of Amazing Spider-Man that I've seen his artwork. It's very dynamic, with lots of movement lines and kinetic battle sequences - I think it got lost a little in the rush of Amazing Spider-Man's accelerated shipping schedule, but he's got a lot of talent. And all of the issues have a lovely Dan Mora cover too.
Falcon & Winter Soldier is a fine way to spend five issues. It's nothing that'll light the Marvel Universe on fire, but it's a fun little romp that'll scratch the Captain America itch while we're between ongoing series.
December 3, 2020
It starts of with Bucky whose working for OFU (a govt org taking down threats) and getting attacked by Hydra Goons and Falcon coming in to rescue and then they go to his handler Veronica Eden and tell her about this but then they are attacked by this guy "The Natural" a Hydra person. He kidnaps Veronica and so its Sam and Bucky team up to find where she is and they go to his home, learn about his location and then come to know there is a war of the new "Hydra Supreme Leader" between Baron Zemo and this new person and we follow them and they encounter Zemo and even this person and turns out (spoiler) its Veronica herself and so they fight to take down this new Hydra and maybe save this kid? Honestly this book was a mess, the art is good, the beginning was fascinating but then it has so much bad dialogue and cutesy ones at that, the plot becomes a Joke when she is talking to her parents, the fight scenes are really well done like the one in the train or in the final issue but then the climax was so bad, no one know whats the conclusions supposed to be. Its super bad and meh plot with uninspired writing but only has good sliver moments of easter eggs and thats only the good thing about it plus the art.
February 27, 2021
After a group of terrorists try to kill Bucky in his apartment and an entire office full of people are killed Bucky and Falcon team up to see if the two are connected.
What I liked -
The dialogue is great throughout and the relationship between Bucky and Sam is established early on. It’s a faux play on the MCU versions of these characters but it works. There’s a lot of action throughout and the main antagonist only works because of the good writing.
What I disliked -
Another character that murders etc and is ‘inspired by Cap’ is become a tiresome trope now.
Favourite panel/ moment -
The train fight(s) are a lot of fun and help mesh the comic world and MCU.
3/5.
What I liked -
The dialogue is great throughout and the relationship between Bucky and Sam is established early on. It’s a faux play on the MCU versions of these characters but it works. There’s a lot of action throughout and the main antagonist only works because of the good writing.
What I disliked -
Another character that murders etc and is ‘inspired by Cap’ is become a tiresome trope now.
Favourite panel/ moment -
The train fight(s) are a lot of fun and help mesh the comic world and MCU.
3/5.
March 17, 2021
Very silly, but a lot of fun. The bad guy is kind of Harley Quinish and Sam and Bucky have a good rapport with each other and the other bad guy. Simple plot, but fun to partake in.
The art was also great, sort of like a more cartoony Chris Bachalo.
The art was also great, sort of like a more cartoony Chris Bachalo.
November 18, 2021
I really liked this one because Bucky is my favorite 😍
Also Bucky has a white cat in this sooo I love him even more!
Also Bucky has a white cat in this sooo I love him even more!
March 21, 2021
This is....okay? Loose plot covered up with a lot of witty banter that doesn’t quite feel like the comic versions of these two. Lacks the substance to hold up on its own (ie Sam makes a lot of Bucky killing jokes but.....why). If you’re looking for something that feels like the show, this probably will do.
March 16, 2021
What a surprise! This book came out in my country last week and I bought it simply on impulse, there was a page in which Bucky is shown with his cat and I could not resist buying it!!! I was not expecting a good comic but I was wrong!
The irreverent narrative in the style of Deadpool, Gwenpool or Harley Quinn is present in more titles nowdays because these products are designed for the new generations and that is what they ask for. Honestly, it is a transition that I like and this book reflects it perfectly, action from the first to the last page and a comedy that can be wildly ridiculous (I love ridiculous comedy!)
After the events of Secret Empire (I guess...) Hydra is in a process of renovation, the head of the leader was cut off, but you know the words "cut off one head and two more will replace it." So there is a war between the two future Hydra Supreme candidates who are Zemo and "?" (can't tell who or would ruin the whole story, sorry)
After a massive armed assault at his house, Bucky travels to New York with his cat to find out who is behind all this, but when he arrives at the government office that gives him orders, it turns out that all the people at the office are all dead! Here appears Falcon who is also investigating the massacre and from this point they make a team that honestly I never imagined that could be that good and funny.
An extremely powerful child, a couple of Steve Rogers fans that made Bucky and Sam use a copy of their former Captain America suits, a humorous Zemo, and the spectacular and dynamic art of Federico Vicentini make this a great title to read now that the TV show is comming!
The irreverent narrative in the style of Deadpool, Gwenpool or Harley Quinn is present in more titles nowdays because these products are designed for the new generations and that is what they ask for. Honestly, it is a transition that I like and this book reflects it perfectly, action from the first to the last page and a comedy that can be wildly ridiculous (I love ridiculous comedy!)
After the events of Secret Empire (I guess...) Hydra is in a process of renovation, the head of the leader was cut off, but you know the words "cut off one head and two more will replace it." So there is a war between the two future Hydra Supreme candidates who are Zemo and "?" (can't tell who or would ruin the whole story, sorry)
After a massive armed assault at his house, Bucky travels to New York with his cat to find out who is behind all this, but when he arrives at the government office that gives him orders, it turns out that all the people at the office are all dead! Here appears Falcon who is also investigating the massacre and from this point they make a team that honestly I never imagined that could be that good and funny.
An extremely powerful child, a couple of Steve Rogers fans that made Bucky and Sam use a copy of their former Captain America suits, a humorous Zemo, and the spectacular and dynamic art of Federico Vicentini make this a great title to read now that the TV show is comming!
September 5, 2021
Hydra goes by the saying "cut off one head and two more will take its place". So after Secret Empire where Hydra has been defeated, there are two new heads! Both rivals competing to be the next leader! And now it's up to Sam and Bucky to track them down and take them out as they start competing with each other- including their own little wannabe Captain America that these two former Captain Americas have to test themselves against.
It's fun! Federico Vicentini's artwork is gorgeous and has a lot of great energy and movement to it. Sometimes it falls off when the work slows down and gets a bit too goofy, but it matches the tone Derek Landy is going for. Big action, over the top characters, some enemies like Hydra which are so evil you don't need them to be realistic. There are some great pages where it's just fight scenes, no dialogue or narration, and Vicentini gets to play with how to show that. There are even some great mid-air fights showing off Falcon's aerial abilities, while also giving Winter Soldier some fun improvising to make it work. Plenty of brutal fights, and also some really cute scenes? I didn't expect a bunch of cute frame of Bucky's cat Alpine, or of that new Hydra leader, but it was great.
If it fails somewhere it's that it never gets serious enough. There's some talking about what it means to be Captain America, what Steve represents, and how trauma can lead people down a difficult path. But it doesn't have much to say other than "don't be evil". It's political in so much that it tells you terrorism and killing innocents is bad. It tells you Hydra is bad. It doesn't address how Hydra is getting power in any meaningful way, or what this disillusionment means.
At the end of the day it's a superhero book about two friends fighting a mob of obviously evil people. It's fun. It's a good comedy and action book. If you're fine with that, you'll enjoy it.
It's fun! Federico Vicentini's artwork is gorgeous and has a lot of great energy and movement to it. Sometimes it falls off when the work slows down and gets a bit too goofy, but it matches the tone Derek Landy is going for. Big action, over the top characters, some enemies like Hydra which are so evil you don't need them to be realistic. There are some great pages where it's just fight scenes, no dialogue or narration, and Vicentini gets to play with how to show that. There are even some great mid-air fights showing off Falcon's aerial abilities, while also giving Winter Soldier some fun improvising to make it work. Plenty of brutal fights, and also some really cute scenes? I didn't expect a bunch of cute frame of Bucky's cat Alpine, or of that new Hydra leader, but it was great.
If it fails somewhere it's that it never gets serious enough. There's some talking about what it means to be Captain America, what Steve represents, and how trauma can lead people down a difficult path. But it doesn't have much to say other than "don't be evil". It's political in so much that it tells you terrorism and killing innocents is bad. It tells you Hydra is bad. It doesn't address how Hydra is getting power in any meaningful way, or what this disillusionment means.
At the end of the day it's a superhero book about two friends fighting a mob of obviously evil people. It's fun. It's a good comedy and action book. If you're fine with that, you'll enjoy it.
February 26, 2021
super quick read. 3 for the sambucky banter. 2 off for the weird hydra storyline.
February 5, 2022
Well, that was a big dose of cheerful sociopaths!
I got more accustomed to the weirdness of this as it went on. Parts of it were weirdly and/or darkly funny.
There's a sequence that reminded me of Snowpiercer. There are the world's most enthusiastic Captain America fans. There's a sly Star Wars reference. There's a sequence in which one of the villains reminded me of Harley Quinn.
But at its heart, it's about Bucky trying to get past the idea of "once a killer, always a killer" with Sam's help. (Bucky is NOT one of the cheerful sociopaths.)
I got more accustomed to the weirdness of this as it went on. Parts of it were weirdly and/or darkly funny.
There's a sequence that reminded me of Snowpiercer. There are the world's most enthusiastic Captain America fans. There's a sly Star Wars reference. There's a sequence in which one of the villains reminded me of Harley Quinn.
But at its heart, it's about Bucky trying to get past the idea of "once a killer, always a killer" with Sam's help. (Bucky is NOT one of the cheerful sociopaths.)
May 6, 2021
I own this book.
If you know me, you know I'm a Bucky Barnes simp. It's 2021, who isn't? This comic has made it worse. Basically this comic is set post-Sam being Cap and also post Bucky being Cap. Bucky is living a quiet life in Indiana with his cat, Alpine when his door is broken down by people with guns trying to kill him. When he begins to look into who they were, him and Sam find they may both be looking for something when one of Sam's veteran meeting attendees disappears and they band together to uncover the truth. Hydra is back and it is locked into a battle for leadership between Baron Zemo (heart eye emojis amirite) and a not so mysterious second person (I don't want to spoil it) aiming to be the Hydra Supreme.
Overall I loved this collection. Sam continues to be the tough love and support for Bucky and his undealt with trauma and side effects of his Hydra brainwashing. I love that they talk about Steve a bit and we get a softer side of Bucky talking about his cat and him going to Sam's meetings at the end. Man. I just LOVE BUCKY BARNES UGH. I ALSO LOVE SAM WILSON.
If you know me, you know I'm a Bucky Barnes simp. It's 2021, who isn't? This comic has made it worse. Basically this comic is set post-Sam being Cap and also post Bucky being Cap. Bucky is living a quiet life in Indiana with his cat, Alpine when his door is broken down by people with guns trying to kill him. When he begins to look into who they were, him and Sam find they may both be looking for something when one of Sam's veteran meeting attendees disappears and they band together to uncover the truth. Hydra is back and it is locked into a battle for leadership between Baron Zemo (heart eye emojis amirite) and a not so mysterious second person (I don't want to spoil it) aiming to be the Hydra Supreme.
Overall I loved this collection. Sam continues to be the tough love and support for Bucky and his undealt with trauma and side effects of his Hydra brainwashing. I love that they talk about Steve a bit and we get a softer side of Bucky talking about his cat and him going to Sam's meetings at the end. Man. I just LOVE BUCKY BARNES UGH. I ALSO LOVE SAM WILSON.
May 31, 2022
Okay, I LOVED THIS. If you ever want to know what type of humor tickles me silly, then read this volume and you'll get me.
Even among the humor, there are some good conversations about being good and doing the right thing. They're not necessarily new ideas or themes in Captain America comics, but they were used pretty nicely here.
The art was fantastic as well, very kinetic and bright and fun.
Even among the humor, there are some good conversations about being good and doing the right thing. They're not necessarily new ideas or themes in Captain America comics, but they were used pretty nicely here.
The art was fantastic as well, very kinetic and bright and fun.
April 1, 2021
A good and fun take on the characters filled with Landys usual charm :) Theres a little bit of serious descusion on what it means to be Captain America and on Buckys shary past, but mostly this is quips, sarcasm and action, and it does a damn good job of it :)
June 2, 2021
Fun read and beautiful art!
June 10, 2025
love bucky, love sam. and they should kiss
February 4, 2022
This was so much fun. I did think the Captain America fanboy kid / mass murderer they deal with is super annoying and everything would have been better without his annoying ass. Loved the Cap merch though.
I didn't expect this to be so funny but it was seriously hilarious like the humor was so on point??? I almost died during the finale when they were all working out who to attack.
I love my bois Bucky & Sam and they were done so well in this, including their banter. There was a scene where Sam flies while carrying Bucky and Bucky said his hands were gentle and if they don't put that exact scene word for word in the next Captain America movie, I will riot. Name a more iconic duo? That's right you can't.
Bucky has a cat and I'm just thinking please... I can only love the Winter Soldier so much. I wish he wore the goofy mask like he wears on the covers though.
Loved it, laughed so much and I wish there were more!
I didn't expect this to be so funny but it was seriously hilarious like the humor was so on point??? I almost died during the finale when they were all working out who to attack.
I love my bois Bucky & Sam and they were done so well in this, including their banter. There was a scene where Sam flies while carrying Bucky and Bucky said his hands were gentle and if they don't put that exact scene word for word in the next Captain America movie, I will riot. Name a more iconic duo? That's right you can't.
Bucky has a cat and I'm just thinking please... I can only love the Winter Soldier so much. I wish he wore the goofy mask like he wears on the covers though.
Loved it, laughed so much and I wish there were more!
April 7, 2021
La verdad es que la portada no prometía mucho, pero he de decir que la portada le hace cero justicia. Vee a Bucky y a Sam luchando codo con codo ha sido bastante disfrutable, y vamos, es un complemento perfecto para la serie que está haciendo Disney+. Los dos personajes, aunque no tienen mucho peso en el fandom marvelita, se entienden bastante bien y tienen ese rollo buddy movie muy ochentero.
El dibujo de Vicentini creo que es el punto fuerte, junto con la aparición de Innato (The Natural), con el que espero reencontrarme en un futuro, porque me ha parecido brillante. Es decir, su historia aún es un misterio, pero que un veinteañero consiga ganar hasta tres veces en combate a Falcon y el Soldado de invierno... WOW!!
El humor y los guiños a otras épocas me han convencido. Es una historia corta pero muy disfrutable. Y que pone el punto de partida a, espero, una mueva hornada de historias entre con los dos personajes como protagonistas
El dibujo de Vicentini creo que es el punto fuerte, junto con la aparición de Innato (The Natural), con el que espero reencontrarme en un futuro, porque me ha parecido brillante. Es decir, su historia aún es un misterio, pero que un veinteañero consiga ganar hasta tres veces en combate a Falcon y el Soldado de invierno... WOW!!
El humor y los guiños a otras épocas me han convencido. Es una historia corta pero muy disfrutable. Y que pone el punto de partida a, espero, una mueva hornada de historias entre con los dos personajes como protagonistas
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January 23, 2026
Incredible artwork, ending was kinda weak but I loved the banter and Buckys lil cat
May 19, 2025
Histoire pas incroyable mais on sait toutes et tous pourquoi j’ai acheté ce comics
March 14, 2021
Good art and an okay plot but the dialogue is just awful. Can’t say I was surprised to find out the writer is a YA guy.
March 10, 2021
Ei nyt juoneltaan mikään maailman ihmeellisin, ehkä vähän höhläkin, mutta viihdyttävä kyllä. Ja nopealukuinen. Pointseja Buckyn Alpine-kissasta.
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September 13, 2021Clearly released to tie in with the MCU series, this functions less as cross-promotion than a reminder of opportunities missed. Bucky and Sam get to kick ass, bitch at each other and have a weird Freudian tension thing going on, especially once they both have to dress up as Captain America because of reasons. There's even an ambivalent relationship with a Captain America wannabe who hasn't drawn the right lessons from the original. But the story's attempts to say something about the state of the modern US are subtly (ish - it is a Captains America comic, after all) woven into the events and characters, rather than tripping over themselves front and centre - and even more importantly, there's no sodding boat. About the only metric on which it doesn't beat its higher profile cousin is that here, Zemo don't dance.
December 15, 2020
the plot was meh but the Sambucky content and Alpine content? *chefs kiss*
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