Captain America Lives! Omnibus

Captain America (2004) (Collected Editions) #9-11

by Ed Brubaker, Bryan Hitch (Writer), Jackson Guice (Illustrator)

Steve Rogers' closest friends and allies may have found a way to bring back Captain America. Or is what they found something more sinister? The Red Skull's greatest plan to destroy Captain America has been in motion and its completion is almost at hand. Will Captain America be lost forever or will he be Reborn?

Collecting: Captain America 43-50, 600-601; Captain America: Reborn 1-5, Prologue

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Comic Book, Graphic Novels Comics, Collections

560 pages, Hardcover

First published January 19, 2011

About the author

Ed Brubaker (born November 17, 1966) is an Eisner Award-winning American cartoonist and writer. He was born at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.

Brubaker is best known for his work as a comic book writer on such titles as Batman, Daredevil, Captain America, Iron Fist, Catwoman, Gotham Central and Uncanny X-Men. In more recent years, he has focused solely on creator-owned titles for Image Comics, such as Fatale, Criminal, Velvet and Kill or Be Killed.

In 2016, Brubaker ventured into television, joining the writing staff of the HBO series Westworld.

Reviews

[The Lion's Share · Rating 3 out of 5]

So in this volume Captain America lives! shock! *yawn*

Im sure this was a Marvel idea, but I'm starting to think that Brubaker cannot write super heroes. This whole series is running out of ideas. Cap has so much potential, he's missing it all. Can we please put the re skull to bed now after three omnibuses worth!!!!

The most interesting person in this that always creeps up is young Bucky whenever it flashbacks to the war or when he's speaking with fury. He's absolute badass. Love him. He's shit as captain America though.

Overall, this was a boring omnibus. I found it tough to read, but it ended well.

I hope the next one picks up with some more original action.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

Man I wrote a whole review for this. I guess I forgot to submit it or hit “done”. 🤦🏾‍♂️ Can’t remember what I wrote either 😂😔. Anyhoo, this was good. You find out why this book has the title it does.

[Aaron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Doesn't quite carry the weight of the previous two volumes, but still brings solid thrills and adventure. The plot of Reborn luckily takes a backseat to the action and meaning, since Steve Rogers' return wasn't foreshadowed at all. When you compare this character resurrection to something like Grant Morrison's "The Return of Bruce Wayne" it seems a little forced. Not to mention the fact that both this and Morrison's work feature a character "trapped in the past." Luckily, Brubaker doesn't dwell too much on the actual cause of Cap's return, and instead uses his energy to pay homage to Golden and Silver Age Captain America stories, while keeping the tone and execution very much in the present.

[Philips_comics · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 as 3 sounds harsh.

It wasn't a bad volume but I definitely feel like it dragged on quite a bit. Captain America: reborn was the standout arc within this.

Few random issues with guest artist which is generally to be expected with an omnibus. Sometimes the art wasn't to my liken and those issue were just filler. Not overly exciting stuff.

Heard many a great things about this run and the previous 2 Omni volumes were pretty excellent so I'm guessing, with law of averages it has to take a dip in form. Still enjoyable though.

I don't like James 'bucky' Barnes as Cap. I look forward to the return of the winter soldier. Stay tuned.

[˙⋆✮ Anny ✮⋆˙ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I find bigger collections hard to rate, but I'm gonna settle for 4 stars.

Can I just say I loved seeing so much of Bucky?! I love my man so much and he deserves the world. Steve is still the better Cap, but I liked seeing Bucky carry the shield too. And the issue about his birthday(s) was so heartwarming!
Bucky and Natasha are the ultimate team up/couple, I love them so much! Really enjoyed seeing Sharon and Sam, too, and diving deeper into Sharon's involvement in this story. Bonus points for Clint.

Naturally, some issues were better than others. I wouldn't have needed #600, but I can see why they included it. As for #601, well, never would've thought I'd one day read a Captain America/Vampire Diaries crossover. On the other hand, I really enjoyed Reborn, especially Steve's flashbacks (they were heartbreaking though).

The art was mostly consistent and great, I enjoyed it a lot. Overall a nice collection with mostly good storylines and a (bitter)sweet ending.

(Finally, I didn't read the actual omnibus but I chose this because it makes most sense to add on goodreads instead of single issues.)

[Drew Canole · Rating 3 out of 5]

Collects three Captain America books, only the final one Reborn is essentially - or really even worth reading if you're not a huge Brubaker/Captain fan.

Captain America: The Man With No Face - an adventure with Bucky as Cap

Captain America: Road to Reborn - a recap of Cap's career with some loving tributes on an anniversary issue.

Captain America: Reborn - the meat and potatoes of this volume, somehow the dead Steve Rogers is reborn! But will he be controlled by Red Skull or become himself again.

[FrontalNerdaty · Rating 3 out of 5]

This tome of Captain America sees Bucky taking the mantle of Captain America and working alongside Black Widow to continue the assault on Hydra whilst trying to honour Steve Rogers. The opening part of this omnibus is the usual Brubaker faire of spies, dames and espionage. The middle part is essentially filler for the lead up to the return of Steve Rogers. The middle section is filled with a lot of art from Alex Ross, which I’m sure many appreciated. This leads to Captain America reborn which sees Steve being bought back from death and returning to his position. But where does this leave Bucky?

[MannyLikesPie · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 It has its moments but wow what a nothing burger. I was excited for reborn but it’s a mess. I suspect people at marvel telling the team how they wanted this to go down, but please read the run. The beginning and especially the book before is worth one’s time. Oh boy, I had the next Omni is very good because I’ll be very sad and Kel will kill me

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bucky gets a few final adventures of his own as Cap, and then it's time to bring Steve back. It's all a bit abrupt when these omnibuses are read back-to-back, but at least the back half of this volume with all the special issues stalls out less than it did in the original trades.

Nonetheless, I'm looking forward to getting back to an ongoing narrative other than a reset button in the next volume.

[Neil · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book. I think it was a fitting third volume for Ed Brubaker's storylines. It is somewhat amazing that he went over twenty-some issues without Steve Rogers being in it [other than flashbacks]. I also liked the WWII flashbacks as well as how Bucky came into his own as the 'new' Captain America. Of course, this also collects the six-issue miniseries that brought Steve Rogers back into the Marvel U, as we learn that he had truly become a man 'lost in time' as opposed to have merely being killed on the steps of the courthouse.

It has the intrigue that we have come to 'expect' in Brubaker's epic, as Bucky continues to pay for sins from his past. We get a nice team-up involving Prince Namor as they try to save the remains of a former comrade-in-arms. It also has 'Mad Cap' from the 1950s as he tries to find his place in the world Sharon Carter realizes that she was pregnant and confirms with with the Falcon. She also remembers passing her weapon to another of Faustus' victims, and believes the murder weapon has fallen through the cracks, as it were. The finding of this gun allows the heroes to track Sharon Carter down and to save Steve Rogers from being replaced by the Red Skull.

It is so bizarre, how Norman Osborne became the 'top dog' in Law Enforcement when he was such a disturbed criminal! It completely boggles the brain. [Of course, Osborne was dead for years, until some genius gave him a 'healing factor' from the chemical alterations he made to his body, which allowed him to survive being impaled by his glider when battling Spider-Man. Granted, this healing factor was all retconned into the Spidey mythose, to allow some schmucks to bring Osborne back. So we have another evil, wicked, twisted individual who has returned from the dead to torment our heroes. Yet, despite his evil machinations and proof of those machinations, he was put in charge of the overall security apparatus for the nation.] The miniseries bringing Cap back further cemented Osborne's despicability.

Red Skull dies, but obviously not 'for good, forever,' as he returns in 'Uncanny Avengers' to continue to vex our heroes. I do not remember if there was an issue inbetween that revealed how he survived his death in the 'Return of Captain America' miniseries, but I am sure it had to be lame. I say this, because his consciousness was locked into a single machine, yet in the 'Uncanny Avengers' series he was back into a normal body. Whatever.

Overall, I enjoyed this final run of Brubaker's series. Yes, there were some other issues I had with it, but as they were 'minor' [and not worth mentioning] they did not think it took away from my overall enjoyment of the conclusion of his run.

Oh! I did like the issue about Bucky's birthday. That was a nice mix of the past and present! I also liked the issue that was a batch of segments of characters from his run. That was also a nice touch.

[Meri · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Anna]

...needed more Bucky
Also as far as "chara death undo" goes... (come in, what were you expecting with it being right there in title itself) it wasn't too bad! Have seen similar time-stream concepts done slightly better elsewhere, but hey... giving credit for not using clones/Skrulls/parallel-dimension bodies!

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great to have Steve back, even if Brubaker probably disagrees. You can start to see that his master plan comes to an end, and he's writing more story-to-story. But it's still smart comics written for intelligent readers. Good stuff.

[Alain del Risco · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing! Batroc! Doctor Doom!

[Gabriel · Rating 2 out of 5]

HUGE drop-off from the first 2 omnis, in my opinion.

The first quarter, maybe half, ranged from okay-good. The second half was terrible. I read a lot of the second half in like 2x speed because I wanted it to end. Are they the worst stories of all time? No, but I would never ever read them again.
The revival of Captain America has to be one of the dumbest things I've ever read. Silly, but not even funny silly, and it all felt super rushed. In the story, Bucky is finally understanding what it means to be Captain America and trying to move past his own demons. Only 1 year has gone by apparently, but it feels like we were just getting started and then the rug is pulled to bring Steve back. Also, a lot of the writing here was just fine. I felt like Brubaker had better work in the first two omnis and it just adds to my dislike reading this. Issue 600 was super annoying to me to read. I get going through seeing how Steve was made, but we've seen numerous times in this run already. Then it flips around to different points in time and feels so messy. You also just get put into certain events and think "well what happened here? How did we get here from that last issue?" There are some pretty average stories in there too, so it just makes reading that issue SUCH a drag.

At least it made me like Namor more. I'm a Namor hater, but I enjoyed every panel he was in.

2/5

[ac. · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars

justice for Sharon Carter!!!!! stop making everyone else rescue her all the time!!!!!! sick of it!!!!!!! still enjoyed this omnibus though: loved to see Bucky really come into his own as Captain America while also grappling with his Winter Soldier past; loved Natasha and Bucky (as always)

this really needed more Sharon still

one thing I'll say is that #600 was annoying after the main storyline got cut off, some of the little stories were cute but for real: who gives a fuck about Bernadette Rosenthal? lmao, she gives me strong Karen Page vibes and if you know me you know that's really negative :P

anyways, strong plot! seing Steve beat the Skull and take control of himself was so cool and the payoff for all of this was great. not as strong as the first #25 though, no one can beat that bad boy.

[Lance Giuliano]

Very strong continuation of Brubaker’s run. Maybe more compelling than the earlier arcs. I feel like Bucky as a protagonist fits so much stronger with the themes of PTSD, war brainwashing, and inability to escape one’s past. Bucky provides such a sadder entry point to these themes because he’s never known life outside of war and he’s fought for multiple sides under multiple levels of consenting to combat. How does one rebound from such acts? How does one live up to expectations (unfairly) placed upon them to be a hero, when in reality war is an act that doesn’t really leave any heroes behind. Similar to Planet Hulk, my main gripe is the shortness of length. But I suppose you can’t leave Steve Rogers out of it forever. Curious to see if I keep enjoying the run as much post Rogers return

[Jaime · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, but not as exciting as the rest in the Ed Brubaker omnibus collection and I felt a little lost like some things had happened between this omnibus and the previous one that I didn't get. This could possibly be because I didn't read all of Civil War or I may be missing a few issues of the Brubaker run. I am not sure. Either way I did enjoy it, just not as much as some of the other omnibuses. The days when comics could get a point across without slapping you in the face, tell a good story, and interweave characters of different race without it feeling forced. Sigh...

[Eric Burton · Rating 4 out of 5]

The main issues in here are all great, dealing with Bucky as Cap. However I found the Captain America Reborn mini series to be a big forgettable gimmick. It felt like going through the motions of resurrecting a superhero which we've all seen done a million times, but besides that, Brubaker's writing felt different. Less precise and more rushed.

The whole death of Steve Roger's storyline felt impactful and interesting, and then within 20 or so issues he's back. Just made that whole storyline feel like a waste of time.

[Tris · Rating 5 out of 5]

It had been years since I last read the preceding volumes so I basically had to start again from The Death of the Dream at least. I don't know why I put off reading the rest of Brubaker's work, I absolutely love everything. Okay, not everything, but I'm still pretty new to all this. And this, this was everything to someone like me.

[Jota Houses · Rating 3 out of 5]

Despues de cargarnos al capi en la Civil War, hacemos como que intentamos la suplencia y , sin forzar mucho, has dedicamos a resucitarlo. La historia es decente y si lo comparamos con la resurrección de Superman le da mil vueltas, pero queda la sensación de que ya ni se esfuerzan. Matan y resucitar a un ritmo que lo vuelve trivial.

[boofykins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brubaker delivers yet another barnburner in this, the third omnibus collection of elevated run. The book as capped off (get it?! CAPped off?!) with issue #602 featuring some moody-ass illustrations by THE GREAT Gene Colan, one of my absolute favorite comic illustrators of all-time!

[Nate Deprey · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Reborn miniseries reads more like a corporate mandate than a storyline so I'm unwilling to blame the mediocrity of this omnibus on Ed Brubaker and really just wish Marvel would have had the fortitude to keep Steve Rogers dead for a while.

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Four stars for the closing chapter. Something about vampires and war is just thematically captivating and cool.

The rest... eh. It's well-drawn and the writing is quite good... but there's just no real substance or consequence. It's fine, but generally forgettable.

[Michael McKeever · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book 3 of one of the great superhero comic series

[Joshua]

Captain America is a whole thing.

[Kelly · Rating 2 out of 5]

There was also no cap in this like hooooooowwwww. It felt like someone made a bunch of singles and then said let’s throw this together to make an album

[Chase Siegel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Art:4/5
Story:4.25/5

[Mysticpt · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

[Mikael Hasan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The third omnibus of Ed Brubaker’s award-winning run on Captain America continues to be outstanding on multiple levels, from the dark-toned artwork to the realistic sounding dialogue to Brubaker’s uncanny ability to weave multiple arcs together to make the entire run feel like one cohesive story.