Had to take a little time to digest this. It seems that Marvel has, yet again, decided that dramatic character change for the sake of change is better than producing good stories. It's not altogether surprising that Marvel made this move.
After all, their cowardly thought process (remember "Marvel claims that a married Spider-Man made life difficult for the comic's writers and has been a source of regret ever since the couple's big day in 1987"?) on the "One More Day" storyline in Spider-Man lends itself to this not-real-inventive storyline.
It seems the "House Of Ideas" has a new way of doing things: If things get tough - make some major change (i.e. kill someone, reveal an identity, injure a loved one) and move forward.
So it is that Bucky (the last "dead" person in the Marvel Universe) has now taken on the mantle of Captain America. It is kind of an interesting idea - but it's hard to say that it was hard to see this coming. I mean, it's like the 1986 mini-series "The Man of Steel" - what comic fan wouldn't have made those changes?
Some of the articles I am seeing are going on and on about Cap carrying a gun. I am not overly concerned about this. As always, I will doggedly cling to my stance that all I want is good writing.
I remind myself of how much I disliked the idea of Jason Todd returning in Batman, only to have Judd Winick win me over. Simply put, he took an idea that I hated and made me enjoy the hell out of it by writing such good stories.
Ed Brubaker has done this before. Catwoman was great. So was his Batman and Gotham Central work. And, lest I forget, Scene Of The Crime, my first exposure to his work.
I have faith that Brubaker will make me like this plot development in Captain America. And if not...I can join the annoying ranks of the naysayers who have been commenting on speculation. And while I am not above doing that, I will reserve judgment in this case. I hope to be pleasantly surprised.
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