Wayland Smith's Reviews > The Death of Captain America

The comic story from just after Marvel's Civil War (the first one) gets adapted to a novel. To end the War, Captain America gives himself up. But the Red Skull and mental manipulator Dr. Faustus have schemes within schemes, and Steve Rogers is shot on the steps of the courthouse he's to be arraigned in. Who shot him? What happens next?

On the one side, Sharon Carter, agent of SHIELD and Steve's love, along with Falcon, Black Widow, and Cap's former partner, now the Winter Soldier, dig in to the mystery amid the restrictions of the newly enacted Registration Act. On the other, the Skull has his psychotic daughter Sin, the mercenary Crossbones, and a surprise pawn from Faustus' past complicate the issue. In the end, new Director of SHIELD Tony Stark, founding Avenger Iron Man, must decide if Captain America is truly dead, or if it's time for someone new to take up the shield.

It's a good adaptation of a decent comics story. Recommended to comics fans. A warning to those who don't read comics, though. This is set in the continuity of the comics, not the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so if you only know the characters from the movies, this is going to be a bit different.