Sam and Bucky’s fight is a straight up brawl with believably uncoordinated punches and ground fighting with blood and spit flying everywhere. Steve and White Wolf’s fight feels like opposite day with the normally graceful Wolf fighting with a rabid fury and Steve dancing around with shield focused, flourishing combat. Aside from some awkward posing, almost every hit and strike feels like they have the appropriate impact and weight to them and there are some nasty ones. His fight scenes, which take up most of the latter half of the book are also pretty darn stellar to look at. His backgrounds are amazing with vast cityscapes showing the absolute destruction of White Wolf’s forces, debris and smoke everywhere, as well as particle effects and waves of energy when certain weapons are used and ripple off the page. With White Wolf having transformed into an actual wolf, Magno does his best to almost show every single strand of fur, every jagged tooth with saliva dripping from his jowls at the thought of killing the Captains. His linework is so incredibly detailed from characters’ clothing to monster designs and everything in between. Magno is able to set the stage and tone of the book from the very first few pages with an opening that shows a bit of character drama with Ian and then a double page spread of the Dimension Z invasion across the Earth. Taking over the art duties for this issue is the excellent Carlos Magno whose art strikes the perfect balance of being both action packed and extremely dramatic at the same time. With Sharon increasingly being driven by her anger and grief, Kelly, Lanzing and Onyebuchi have taken her in an entirely new and active direction by making her the New Destroyer, honoring her friend Roger Aubrey, while Peggy slinks ever further into the dark by following Bucky. With everything that’s happened to Sharon and Peggy over the course of this series, it’s no wonder that they’ve drifted apart and found new missions of their own. Bucky hasn’t needed the mantle of Captain America for years and has always worked best as a background player and his role as The New Revolution shows just what he can accomplish when he’s allowed to take the reigns on his destiny for once. While Steve and Same have their continued character arcs, the same can also be said for Bucky, Sharon and Peggy Carter as well. Sam Wilson, as well, learns that the shield doesn’t make the man as he finally has his own knock-down, drag-out fight with a former Captain America in Bucky after having beat Steve two issues prior, cementing himself as having earned the title at least for the third time over. While Steve’s focus in this narrative has been figuring out how to reconcile both sides of his life, it’s through his son Ian that he learns that he doesn’t have to keep them separate, but embrace both aspects – being the warrior and the consummate friend, artist and father that he was always meant to be. While this mini event mainly focused on the exploits of Sam and Steve, it was as much about Bucky and everything he was doing in the background as well and how everything he did contributed to the larger narrative in both current Captains worlds.Ĭollin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing and Tochi Onyebuchi have done an excellent job with this event, tying both Captain America books together with one cohesive story that uplifts their respective missions, brings them close together and paints a clear idea for the future of both characters and their respective partners as well. That’s why it’s such a breath of fresh air to have him become the New Revolution in the Century Game, have him hatch a larger plot of his own and have it succeed through his own deceptive merits. Bucky Barnes has been used to working from the shadows since he was a child, but it’s always been at someone else’s behest, whether that’s the US Government, Hydra or even Steve Rogers himself, Bucky has always been at the beck and call of forces more powerful than he.
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