A review by rtimmorris
Captain America, Volume 2 by Mark Farmer, Larry Molinar, Ed Brubaker, Alan Davis, Laura Martin, Joe Caramagna

3.0

Alan Davis' work has never looked better, a reminder that when paired with an inker who is NOT Mark Farmer it just cannot compare. Ed Brubaker continues to write exciting Captain America stories, but this one falters a little. Though there's nothing that's inherently wrong with this storyline, it just seems to be missing an extra plot twist or a real A-HA moment. Why was the mad-bomb set exactly? For what purpose did Cap need to lose his powers? And when he lost his serum-enhanced abilities, why was he also not reverted back to his true age like has been done so in so many previous stories? There was a terrific collection of secondary characters (Machinesmith, Serpent Squad, Zemo & Bravo) and Sharon Carter and Falcon continue to shine, but when it's all said and done we're kind of left thinking what the whole point was. But maybe we've just been spoiled by so many stellar Brubaker/Cap stories of late.