It's several issues since Cap fell to that infamous bullet and was declared dead - causing shockwaves through the Marvel Universe and fandom in general (even leaking out momentarily into the 'real world').If there was anything that symbolised for many fans the 'collapse' of the Marvel Universe in the wake of the seemingly ill-thought-out Civil War, it was the assassination of Captain America.
And now with all this "they were really shape-changing skrulls" retcon nonsense that is sending more fans scuttling over to the other side of the street to check out the Distinguished Competition, it's easy to forget that Cap's own title still trundles on, even though he's pushing up daisies (or is he?)
Ed Brubaker's latest tightly scripted issue cleverly follows a number of story threads - including the continued investigation into Cap's death by forces as diverse as The Winter Soldier, Falcon, Nick Fury, Tony Stark and Sharon Carter while The Red Skull's beautifully mental daughter Syn plots a way to get her Serpent Squad on to the SHIELD helicarrier to free her lover Crossbones.
I still believe that Cap isn't dead - although the Marvel Universe could do with a strong martyr figure to anchor future stories around and serve as the inspirational figure that is otherwise lacking (no one aspires to be proto-Fascist Iron Man these days, do they?).
But the longer Steve Rogers stays out the picture (and the skrull silliness becomes more prevalent) the more I fear this could be heading towards a "Bobby Ewing stepping out the shower" twist and all this last year would have been a dream... that's the point I join the others and jump ship for DC.
Until then though I shall continue to be drawn along by Brubaker's quality writing, interweaving plotlines and excellent use of Cap's extensive supporting cast.
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