So, Marvel’s announced a fat Captain America hardcover, including all of Ed Brubaker’s run on the title. I’ve read a few issues here and there and have enjoyed them, but is this really worth the $75 cover price? How about half that, or whatever Amazon’s charging today? I Must Know!
CAPTAIN AMERICA BY ED BRUBAKER OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Penciled by STEVE EPTING, MIKE PERKINS, MICHAEL LARK, MARCOS MARTIN & LEE WEEKS
Cover by STEVE EPTING
Collecting Eisner Award-nominated Best Writer Ed Brubaker’s first twenty-five landmark issues of Captain America in one titanic tome, plus the Captain America 65th Anniversary Special and Winter Soldier: Winter Kills one-shots! This deluxe hardcover, fat-packed with extras, features the story that stunned readers worldwide and sent shockwaves through the entire Marvel Universe: the death of Captain America! Also including the return of Cap’s wartime partner, Bucky Barnes, as the Winter Soldier; the death and life of his greatest enemy, the Red Skull; and the emergences of a new threat, General Aleksander Lukin, the head of one of the most powerful corporations in the world! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA #1-25, CAPTAIN AMERICA 65TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL and WINTER SOLDIER: WINTER KILLS.
720 PGS./Rated T+ …$74.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2866-3
Trim size: oversized
I really enjoyed the Winter Soldier arc, but I haven’t read anything else from his run. those are worth reading though.