***Book of the Week***
Captain America: Reborn #4Writer: Ed Brubanker / Artist: Bryan Hitch
If you liked the last two issues, you will definitely enjoy this one. We're treated to more of the amazingly written flashback sequences and the progressing sinister plot of bringing back Captain America. Both parts are done better than ever in Reborn: #4. The most emotional moment of the series has to be Steve Rogers reliving his biggest failure. Brubanker does a phenomenal job not only writing Rogers' torment, but finally showing that he can't handle Bucky's "death" and his freezing again. The developing plot is just as great. No one writes the Red Skull better than Brubanker and although the twist at the end could have been seen coming from the very first issue, it's still pretty darn cool when it happens. Also, Dr. Doom is awesome in this book and I can't see any possible way for the heroes to defeat him and the Red Skull together. Bryan Hitch's art continues to improve. With every issue his style gets closer to that of Captain America's regular art team and his splash pages are stunning. The many developments in this issue are not only cool, but also set up brilliantly for the final chapter of this amazing series.IGN - 8.8/10
Comics Bulletin - 4/5
Black Widow: Deadly Origin #1
Writer: Paul Cornell / Artist: John Paul Leon, Tom Raney
I'm a little ambivalent about this book. The flashback sequences do a great job of creating one cohesive account of Black Widow's past (which is incredibly hard to do), but some events come out of nowhere and just happen for the sake of having it in the book. Cornell does a great job of making Widow a cool and capable soldier, but some of her dialogue was a little corny. Widow's origin tale was great, but her present day situation is sooooo cliche. Even the art is divided. Whereas the flashbacks, done by Leon, are stylistic and eye-catching, the present-day sequences, done by Raney, are generic and odd. In one panel Black Widow actually looks like a twelve year old. I hope the next issue builds more on the cool things in this issue and less on the cliche.IGN - 8/10
Comics Bulletin - 4/5
Amazing Spider-Man #610
Writer: Marc Guggenheim / Artist: Marco Checchetto
At no point was this story ever good. I wouldn't have minded if the series just skipped the finale of it as if the first two chapters never happened. This issue is definitely the worst. Raptor never becomes anything more than a tool to revisit the clone saga. The flashbacks are idiotic and at no point could anyone, even a dumbass like Raptor, could have possibly come to the conclusion that Ben Reilly was a murderer. Probably the most atrocious thing about this issue is a remake of said flashback. The only point of Kane being in this story is just to recreate that sequence of events? Are you kidding me? And if Kane has a degenerative cell condition, why is still around and stronger than ever after all these years? Checchetto's art continues to be disappointing. Half of the time I couldn't tell if I was reading a flashback and I couldn't distinguish between anyone unmasked. Nothing about this issue made sense except the not-so-subtle theme blatantly stated on the last page - and that was just lame.IGN - 5.8/10
Comics Bulletin - 2.5/5
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