Ed Brubaker's run on Captain America is nothing less than monumental as much as much as the character Steve Rogers was outstanding as Cap his death and the transformation of the Winter Soldier (Bucky) as Captain America is a landmark issue and sure to be a classic. I have mixed feelings about the change for my loss of Steve and the the transition to Bucky. It looks like that was Brubaker's intention to go in a total new direction and boy he did. My only hope is that Cap does not turn into a mercenary type making law and justice himself we already have the Punisher for that. The costume is too flashy not very modest for Captain America but that is a minor problem sneeking up on your foe. Captain America is Comic Icon that deserves respect and I hope that Bucky has the right stuff. His run as Winter Soldier was great but that was Bucky not Steve and they are different people the mantle of Captain Amerca was Steve Rogers and possibly it should die with him. Be that as it may I would like to see the title do well and the spirit of Cap be resurrected in the New Captain America. Stay tuned comic faithful for MORE.  Walt

Captain America is just one of the many "character assassinations" that Marvel has found necessary as of late. We get it you guys are irreverent, there's nothing you won't do. Kill characters off, reveal their identities to the world. Good guys go bad and bad guys go good. Comic readers are not unintelligent. They know about the frailty of life - they see it in their every day lives. Comics are their escape. To believe in something better, to imagine that one person can make a difference, perhaps even change the world. That is their magic True, Steve Rogers has insured the Captain America mantle has gone beyond the man and is truly an ideal, a legend that does not die with one man but rather as a symbol of all that's best in America. The trouble is there isn't anyone that can walk the walk of Steve Rogers. That's what made the character work. He's a man out of time. with "old school" values with none of the prejudice or small-mindedness that probably would have accompanied most other 1940's era frozen soldier. At least Bucky has the right perspective on this, opting to alter the costume and take the position more as a last request from Steve Rogers. Even Bucky knows he's no Captain America!Captain America lives on but in name only. Cap, you were one of a kind . . . rest in peace

I could not agree more with Shawn's comment. I think winter soldier is the right choice, but he will never be Steve Rogers. I will miss him and the way he carried the mantel of captain America.