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After reading Captain America #600 I had a few thoughts.
First, although it was (unsurprisingly, given Ed Brubaker’s run on the book) well written, I was vaguely disappointed that it was more a collection of vignettes than a coherent story.
Second, I’m not sure what to make of the gun that Sharon finds. I’m sure it’s intentional, but is it supposed to look like it injected him with something to simulate death? Transported him in time and zapped a corpse into his place? Covered him in red paint?
I know it’s going to be a plot point for Reborn but the vagueness of it just kind of irked me.
Third, last we saw (which I think was at the end of the first run of Thunderbolts, given that Onslaught Reborn was basically (a) a pocket world, and (b) bollocks) wasn’t Rikki Barnes – the Heroes Reborn Bucky – back on Counter Earth on the other side of the sun? How’d she get over here?
I was also surprised to see the ‘bad’ 1950′s Steve Rogers showed up as he’s been absent for about a year. His reappearance here can’t be coincedental and it occurs to me that if that dessicated corpse buried at the bottom of the ocean is Steve Rogers, then Steve might need a new body to house his consciousness…
Honestly, as much as I trust Bru, I’m still ambivalent about Steve’s inevitable return. I like Bucky as Cap, and I think there are a lot of tales to tell with him in the uniform – especially if he’s looking up to Steve as, I don’t know, head of the new S.H.I.E.L.D. after Osborn gets his ass handed to him?
But you know who I really want to see come back as Cap?
Rojhaz!
I didn't read ONSLAUGHT REBORN, as I don't hate myself, but general online chatter suggests that Rikki Barnes was Earth-616 (you know, the normal Marvel one) after that series. The Wiki also says "[i]n the wake of the Onslaught Reborn series, Rikki has been transported to the mainstream Earth." Is that wrong?
Also, the '50s Cap showed up recently in Captain America #49, when he visited Peggy Carter.
I may have to reread Onslaught Reborn (if I have to) but I'm pretty sure that wasn't the 'real' HR world as it still contained all the HR heroes. As wikis tend to be written by readers rather than Marvel folk, that could just be a fudged entry to account for what we don't know yet.
I guess we'll see.
Forgot all about #49 though. My mistake!
Sure thing. I actually have never read any Heroes Reborn/Return stuff at all. I wasn't reading comics yet when they came out, and the artwork scares me away when I consider it. I think Cap #600 will be my first exposure to Rikki Barnes, actually.