If this issue doesn't rank quite as highly as recent ones, it's only because the focus on action makes it stand out from the crowd a little less. As the issue wears on Brubaker's story feels more and more like it could have been cribbed from any number of James Bond movies. It's hard not to make the comparison when Dr. Faustus makes his escape from his secret underground lair by blasting off in his spy plane while the heroes do battle with a legion of faceless, uniformed henchmen. Maybe I'm just cranky because I was hoping the storyline would have progressed a little farther in the past seven months. The new Cap is due to make his first appearance in a mere two issues, and I worry Brubaker will have to rush the rest of this storyline to get there. Still, it would be wrong of me not to have faith in the writer. He didn't turn this series into an absolute gem by his disappointing readers. Read Full Review

Get ready for a Cap of our time to explode upon the pages of history. This may well be a next generation replacement that actually works. Read Full Review

Usually give this a Must Read, but this issue was just plain average and, if you compare it to previous offerings from this series, almost mediocre in comparison. Note, compared to the insanely high quality of previous Captain America issues, not compared to stuff like Countdown or what have you. It still blows those out of the water in terms of quality. Read Full Review