I absolutely am thrilled with Brubaker’s Captain America Omnibus hardcover, and feel that you’re right on with your review. And for $47 through Amazon - no tax and free shipping - I just couldn’t say no…worth every penny! Now maybe I’ll have to give Thunderbolts another look…

Dude, I’m happy for your deal and all, but all five of the guys writing for this site make their living in comics retail, so hearing that you paid just a little bit more for your Captain America Omnibus then *I* paid to get mine from Diamond isn’t really happy news.

I was excited to see the Killer come out out but I can’t buy it because I felt like I got screwed over by Archaia press.
When the first single issue came out I snatched it up in a heartbeat and it became one of my favs, I then bought the second one. But then I read that it was originally released overseas in a single graphic novel and Archaia was splitting it into 10 single issues. After I heard that, I realized I already paid 8 bucks for the first two and it would be expensive to buy the next 8 issues.
So I stopped buying them but I don’t think the rest of them even came out. I think I might of seen number 3, but that’s it. So either I just missed them or Archaia only put out the first 2 or 3 and then changed their minds and just released it in its original form. My point is Archaia should have released it in its original form as a single graphic novel in the first place. I don’t wan’t to buy it after I already kicked down for the first two issues. It’s about the principle yo! I don’t know, I’m sure I got a good feeling for the work in the 2 issues anyway

Your facts are a bit off. The Killer was originally published in France as Le Tueur in 5 installments, each of which contained two of Archaia’s issues. These installments came out around yearly. That’s why each Archaia issue is listed as either part one or part two of a story. In fact, Matz is currently working on issue 12 for release in France. For more info, check this interview with him on CBR: Matz talks.

As for Archaia’s releases. the first four issues were released (and are what is collected in this hardcover) and issues five and six are both due out this week.

Okay, so I already own the first five Brubaker Captain America trades (Winter Soldier 1 & 2, Red Menace 1 & 2, and Civil War), which contain issues #1-24 and the various specials. Now I see that this big hardcover includes all that stuff, plus issue #25. Am I right to be worried that the next Cap TPB might not include #25, which I’ve been waiting to read forever, or is my fear irrational?

I think it’s irrational. The death of Cap, which takes place in #25, kicks off the next story arc which will be traded, so they didn’t include it in the Civil War trade. The Omnibus, which doesn’t really go by story arcs but was more about capturing the zeitgeist of Cap’s death, does include it.

DMZ is indeed an excellent book which keeps building on itself. I read it monthly but I recommend the trades to anyone who hasn’t picked it up yet.

Just by Randy and Nick’s review of the Cap Omnibus, anyone who has ever picked up a comic book should read this.

The Killer is amazing. I really haven’t read much other European comics so I can’t relate its sensibilities to anything except that it reads more like a movie. It is so subtle that the violence seems even more creepy when it happens.

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is so brutally realistic, there isn’t even a need to see the action because it leaves it all up to the imagination (which is perfect for the pacing of this story). It’s like something you would see in a Scorcesse film.

All in all, it is a good time to be reading comic books.