Captain America, 1941-2007 (and 2009+)
Marvel has solicited a 5-issue Captain America series called Reborn by Ed Brubaker and Bryan Hitch for July. John Cassaday and Alex Ross are doing additional covers. Marvel refuses to say what the series is about. You do the math.
I admit, I’m a bit disappointed. I mean, we all knew Marvel was going to bring back Steve Rogers eventually, but it’s only been two years. I know a lot of comic characters are dead for much less than that, but very few of them get replacements as awesome and gripping as Brubaker’s Bucky. I just think there were a lot more stories left to tell with Bucky as Cap before we unthawed Steve’s corpse for the second time (or whatever). Thoughts? (Via Robot 6)
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.