In January, the top 10 best-selling comic books were all DC books. I guess it's good news for Marvel that this week brings the first "big" new series of 2012: Ed Brubaker's Winter Soldier #1. I'll admit that Brubaker has revolutionized Captain America. I'll also admit that he's been treading water with these books lately. The new book has Bucky Barnes back as the Winter Soldier, teamed up with the Black Widow, and tracking down some evil dudes that are re-animating frozen soldiers from the Cold War. Bucky was once a frozen, "in stasis" super soldier programmed by the Russians to be a hit man but now he's a good guy and trying to stop them from doing it again. It's more or less a classic, spy/action book. Writer Ed Brubaker has added some kitsch; a machine-gun wielding ape, a cyborg woman villain, etc., but the book is fairly standard. The art, by Butch Guice, is also fairly standard. That's the big problem; this book is too pedestrain. ** (out of ****)
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