Sep 1984
All My Sins Remembered!
by J. M. DeMatteis, Paul Neary, Roy Richardson, Diana Albers, Bob Sharen, Mark Gruenwald
Barn Zemo and Mother Superior argue over who should be taking the lead in the effort to break Captain America. The argument ends when Red Skull steps in and sides with Zemo.
Captain America is forced to relive the moment when Bucky was killed by Zemo’s father, the previous Baron Zemo. This time Cap saves Bucky except that it isn’t Bucky Barnes; it is Jack Monroe. Zemo doesn’t understand what went wrong. He blames Mother Superior but the Red Skull doesn't want to hear them bicker. He pushes them apart.
The Red Skull steps in and like Captain America he removes his mask, as the two men get ready to fight.
According to one of the editor’s notes the story of how Bucky was killed was first told in Avengers 56 (Sep 1968).
Bernie Rosenthal, Falcon, and Arnold Roth make a brief appearance in this story. They are still locked up in the Red Skull’s house. They interact with one another but no one else. Arnie is still out of it.
Cap and Jack are plugged into the Red Skull’s Deus Machina while they are reliving the moment in 1945 when the original Bucky was killed.
There is a fair amount of dialogue in this story but it flows fairly quickly.
I like the wide panels at the top of pages of some pages and bottom of others where the Red Skull and Mother Superior are shown watching as Cap and Bucky relive the moment from almost 30 years before. It is a nice touch.
Paul Neary seems to get paired with a different inker in each issue. I’m not sure why. It messes with the flow of the bigger story.
American Graffiti
Four letters from fans about Captain America (1968) 293 fill this month’s letters page. The reactions are for the most part positive. One of the letter writers is hoping that Steve and Bernie will get married in issue 300. The response from Mark Gruenwald is ambiguous.
Bullpen Bulletins
Jim Shooter suggests that fans call the 900 number set up by Parker Brothers to advertise the new Spider-Man video game. It costs 50 cents per call. Shooter also explains why the new mini-series cost 75 cents an issue but most other comic books are still just 60 cents. It has to do with the paper they are using.
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