This weeks pick is Captain America written by Ed Brubaker, and Illustrated by Alan Davis, Steve McNiven, Jay Leisten and Dexter Ponsor.

This isn’t a random pick by me, I’ve been following Captain America since July last year, and wasn’t sure, until now, whether I would continue snagging it monthly. After the the last few issues, I can give you a resounding yes to that question. This is an incredible read.

Spoiler Alert

The following is a brief synopsis of issues 1-7 to make a point as to why this is my pick of the week, if you are planning on picking all seven up and want to enter completely clueless, skip to the bottom, thanks.

Written by Ed Brubaker and drawn by Alan Davis this Cap run has been an absolute blast for me to follow. It started off being pretty abstract, with a heavy sci-fi influence. The first battle is simply Cap and some Hydra operatives, who are working for a mysterious operative, “Bravo”, who just so happened to be one of Caps partners from the 50’s that ends up getting stuck in an alternate reality created by Jimmy Jupiter. (You following this?) He then finds himself being assaulted by a giant “Ameridroid” with the consciousness of scientist Lyle Dekker who dreamed of being as powerful as Cap. This of course was simply a distraction so that Bravo and company could kidnap Jimmy Jupiter from a heavily guarded facility to utilize their evil plan to pull Cap back into the alternate dimension to show him what America had become over the last fifty years. (inhale, exhale).
End Synopsis

The synopsis might sound a bit outlandish, but issue five tied everything together so beautifully I almost forgot the random chaos I had read in previous issues. Brubakers writing moved several odd and abstract ideas with political undertones into a perfectly worded statement. Is Captain America simply a shill for ideals that our country abandoned years ago? The internal struggle caused by Steve Rogers asking himself that question is now causing his mind to shut off the cells affected by the super-soldier serum and leave him defenseless at random points in combat. One can only assume the issues to come will have him battling this struggle, while fighting Hydra minions, and the creator of the new mad bombs.

Pick this up digital or physically you won’t regret giving this one a read.