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Captain America & The Falcon Vol. 2: Brothers And Keepers

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i bought this book after i read Avengers: Disassembled: Captain America TPB. that book has an interesting story line with cap and the falcon and some political drama, espionage and conspiracy which is never wrapped up. the story continues in this book and i was dying to know how it all ends. i was satisfied and very happy. i recommend this book for an interesting edge of your seat reading. i dont know what is in Vol 1 of this set, but do not get this unless you have read Avengers: Disassembled: Captain America TPB (or whatever comics are collected within that book)

Priest sows the seeds he planted in the first volume here, mercifully sparing us most of the meddling derived of the latest Marvel Universe crossover (at the time), Avengers Disassembled.
Soon we discover what is it really that Cap and Falcon brought back from that drug cartel's lab and why the US Navy's splinter group that was helping them really wants it.
Cap is in deep in a dirty war, light years away from the black ad white stark contras morality he represent.
Is he a relic of the past? Is the Falcon leaving him to team up with the Anti-Cap because of the Scarlet Witch's meddling, or because he finally go tired of never being able to live up to Cap's unattainable standards?
This is the background lot of a series that unfolds into a TV drama, while keeping up the pyrotechnics and flamboyant fantasy you expect of a superhero comic.
So MODOK (Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing) is now able to transmit and replicate himself everywhere like an e-mail and the Hulk is unwittingly used as the means of a suicide attempt by a poor guy trapped in a hideous murderous body. People apparently die and stand up again in a few pages.
Ain't it a doozy?
And all the while you realise Cap is the ne who's in out of his depth, lost in spy wars that defy his simple views and trying to find his way in them, while that Falcon gets sucked in and their historic partnership suffers the hardest trial.
From the point o view of the art, overall there is an improvement from Bart Sears's chaotic layouts in favour of some more straightforward art. Andrea Di Vito does a competent first issue, followed by a beautiful run by the highly underrated Joe Bennett, before a single issue awfully drawn by Greg Tocchini and two absolutely average, boring issues by Dan Jurgens.
Keeping this all together is Priest's masterful storytelling, still not obscured by the rotating artists and still as challenging as ever: It's not easy to follow all the changes in time and space and subplots, but it is ultimately extremely rewarding, as it all comes together and surprises and twists abound, with the only minor gripes of a possibly rushed ending (because of the books cancellation) and Priest's annoying preaching tone he takes on when he has his characters fight much more with words than fists.
But these are minor complaints, because n a story so packed with twists and turns and themes, it's pretty much unavoidable. Enjoy!

You can't go wrong with this book. If you don't like this book you're weird.