Remender does an excellent job of creating a "James Bond" feel to this issue, riddling it with double entendre conversations between the main character, Agent Ran, and his female Hydra counterpart and testosterone-driven competition between him and Nick Fury. But, it's not all fun and games as Ran ends this issue finding himself stranded in the forest with two Nazi scientists that he has to protect and the Winter Soldier trying to ensure that none of them get out alive to confirm his existence. Remender plays up the drama inherent in that cliffhanger: Ran is a new character and, as far as I know, the Allies never get a hold of the Alchemy Formula that the scientists developed, making it entirely possible that Bucky does successfully kill all three of them. How often do you read a series where everyone might wind up dead? Talk about suspense.
**** (four of five stars)
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