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SPOILERS!

Well, since you read the title already, I guess I warned you a little too late.  But if you are interested at all in comics then you know this news by now, it’s not a secret.

Our good pal Steve Rogers is back baby!

As the day has gone on and I continue to read more about Captain America #600 and Captain America: Reborn, I actually am getting a little excited.  If you read my earlier post from today, my excitement was tepid at best.  But as I kept thinking about it I came to some conclusions which got me jiving to all of this:

1. This is some big sh*t.  I mean, Captain America is coming back.  Once you get past the big sigh over another resurrection in comic books, you realize, “Yeah, Cap is a big gun in comics….and he’s back!”
2. Steve Rogers is coming back and he’s gonna realize pretty soon after waking up that Bucky has taken over the mantel.  How’s this gonna go over?  Is he going to be honored?  Horrified?  Bucky is running around with the shield and a gun after all, something the Silver Age Cap did not do.  So this will be an interesting interaction to be sure.  There’s a lot of back story here.  The last thing Ca knew, Bucky was the Winter Soldier.  I have to give Brubaker credit on all the webs he’s created.
3. Cap coming back from 6 feet under is not a huge EVENT!  Finally!  And by event, I mean crossover.  Of course it’s an event, but not an EVENT.  No company wide crossover that will muddy the waters or water down other books.  This is the way to do this.  Old school baby, old school!
4. Bryan Hitch is drawing Captain America: Reborn.  Stellar.
5. The time element is going to be all screwed up for ol’ Steve again.  Sure he was frozen in a block of ice for a very long time, but now he’s been dead for a few years and the world has definitely changed in his absence. How will this impact the character even more than before?  At least when he was around for his second stint at life we didn’t have comic book Presidents (yep!)
6. UPDATE 6.16.09: Also, wait until Captain America finds out about the Dark Avengers!  Here’s hoping he comes back grumpy as hell and wants to set things straight.  Would love to see a Osborn vs. Captain America right off the bat.

So from earlier this morning until right now I went from luke warm to rather excited.  In fact, I’m gonna take my son on our first comic book excursion tonight to get an extra copy. He’s two, so it most likely won’t be memorable, but I’ll take pictures of the event…

In my earlier post I thought maybe Quesada was playing coy since he didn’t actually say Steve’s name, but since then he has.  Seems there’s no curve ball heading our way.

Here’s his quote on CBR:

“He's baaaaaaaack. Steve Rogers is back. We told people it was going to be a big deal, at least story-wise, so now let's see how the rest of the world reacts. We've been planning this for quite a long time and [series writer] Ed Brubaker's been holding onto this for a very, very long time. Now all that's left for fans to see is exactly if it really happens, how it happens and what happens from that point on. There are a lot of Winter Soldier/Bucky/Captain America fans out there, so how this all works itself out is going to be fun to read.”

In the same article, Quesada being Quesada, also made this funny, yet truthful, quip regarding handling the press:

“I have infinite amount of respect for actors and directors who do that upon the release of a movie because it is hard work. Actually, let me take that back, working construction is hard work. It’s more like mind-numbing and tedious work.”

How true…

Now, the question remains, how does Steve-O come back?

Personally, I think Brubaker’s been reading some Me Geek, You Geek and is taking some of Bart’s advice:

…insane, but possible, theory that Steve Rogers will be brought back from the dead and it will be explained that he still has some werewolf blood in him from the Cap Wolf days.

That was a classic episode of dearly missed Me Geek, You Geek Talk Show.

Run out and get your copy of #600 and let me know your thoughts. 

P.S. The critical person in me sees that Ed Brubaker sees the writing on the wall.  A Captain America movie with Steve Rogers is in the process of being made.  Trade paperback sales explode upon release of a movie.  What a better time to bring Steve back then right now so there’s 2-3 trades out when the movie releases.  Not saying it’s sleezy….just saying…

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