Captain America #30

Captain America #30 has come and gone and with it came the continuing efforts of writer/artist duo Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting. Captain America's been dead now for for five issues, and watching the aftermath of his assassination has been the most interesting story line the characters had in years.

In this issue we see the Winter Soldier finally come face to face with the Red Skull, the man responsible for the death of Steve Rogers. The confrontation wasn't anything extraordinary, but it was good to get it out of the way. The issue also featured a new discovery on the part of Sharon Carter, Cap's girlfriend before he died.

This issue was a good read, albeit not surprising. Brubaker has yet to script a bad Captain America book, and it's not looking like he's going to anytime soon. This is the strongest series in comics right now, and there's plenty of different routes for the overall storyline to go. Things are looking good for Cap these days. Cept for, ya know, the whole being dead thing.