WINTER SOLDIER VOL. 4: THE ELECTRIC GHOST (Marvel, 2013; Softcover)
Collects
Winter
Soldier
Nos. 15-19 (cover dates April- August, 2013)
Writer:
Jason Latour
Artist
and Colorist: Nic Klein
Poor
Jason Latour. Having to follow a writer as beloved as Ed Brubaker on
a title where Brubaker redefined a character is such a daunting task
that I can only imagine him having many sleepless nights cooking
stuff up. I can honestly say that this title didn't miss a beat. I
enjoyed these issues almost as much as Brubaker's. Most fans bolted,
resulting in this series being put on ice, which is a shame because
this is some good stuff.
I
was also unfamiliar with Nic Klein's work, but a quick search
revealed that he has been making the rounds for years. He does some
quality stuff here, and I am pleased enough with it that I am going
to pick up another book that he did, Dancer.
Bucky/The Winter Soldier confronts another ghost from his past, this one calling herself the Electric Ghost. This is as hard-edged and brutal as we've come to expect from the title. It's a shame that it's been cancelled, as the whole “Bucky's shrouded past” thing seems like fertile ground for lots of cool stories. Maybe he'll get another shot at a title with the second Captain America coming out next summer.
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 4.25 out of 5.
The
OCD zone- Between the ever-so-slight decontenting of the
cardstock cover and the slightly thinner paper, this book feels thin.
I suspect that as we march ever onward to all digital comics, these
books will become more and more cheaply made until no one will want
physical books, at which point I will quit this hobby and use my
money to buy a Corvette.
DVD-style
Extras included in this book: The variant
covers are inserted after the issue, with the average consumer
edition cover being the chapter marker spot. Listed below are the
covers included after each issue:
#15
variant by Nic Klein
#16
variant by Mike Deodato & Morry Hollowell
#17
variant by Chris Brunner & Rico Renzi
#18
variant by Dave Johnson
#19
variant by Jason Latour
Soldiering
On page from issue 17, included as an Afterword.
Paper
rating: 4.25 out of 5. The coated stock paper is decent but not
great.
Binding
rating: 4 out of 5. Typical glued binding. The book is thin
enough that it lays pretty flat, like a fat comic book.
Cardstock
cover coating rating: 4.5 out of 5. The lamination on the card
stock cover is thinner and feels ever so slightly cheaper than what
Marvel has been using.
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