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Captain America And Bucky: The Life Story Of Bucky Barnes (2012)

by Ed Brubaker(Favorite Author)

4.06 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0785151230 (ISBN13: 9780785151234)

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

Marvel

review 1: As far as Captain America stories go, I’m forced to admit that, for me, the movies are the source material. The comics are fine and all, I used to read Cap quite a bit when I was a youngster, but the Cap related movies have been so good that wherever they deviate from the comics, then the comics are wrong.So this Graphic Novel, Bucky’s tale, is a big mess of continuity problems. I had to go back and remind myself that this isn't meant to fill in gaps that aren't covered by the movies, but instead are their own world with its own continuity, in which I assume this fits right in to.Once I made my peace with that, I was able to enjoy this for what it was, a relatively entertaining story about Bucky and his early life, as an orphan, as a warrior, and as a man out of time.A... mores it stands, this was fine, the art was okay, but I would have enjoyed it more if it had been a bit more powerful – a beautiful piece of art can distract me a bit if the story is losing me in places – but this was serviceable. If I’d drawn this I’d be thinking it was the greatest thing ever done, but since I’m comparing the art to the best in the industry, I wasn’t as moved.
review 2: As a relative newcomer to CA & Bucky, having recently read some CA comics from the Winter Soldier/Red Menace/Death of CA storylines, I really enjoyed getting to know Bucky better and seeing more into his past. The couple sorta racy pages in issue #5 felt out of place in an otherwise very old-school feeling volume (well, old-school with lots of violence, I guess). The art was cool and I look forward to reading more about the characters in the CA part of the Marvel world. less

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