Captain America Lives! Omnibus
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- Author：Ed Brubaker
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Summary
Steve Rogers' closest friends and allies may have found a way to bring back Captain America。 Or is what they found something more sinister？ The Red Skull's greatest plan to destroy Captain America has been in motion and its completion is almost at hand。 Will Captain America be lost forever or will he be Reborn？
Collecting: Captain America 43-50， 600-601; Captain America: Reborn 1-5， Prologue
Collecting: Captain America 43-50， 600-601; Captain America: Reborn 1-5， Prologue
Reviews
⭐Anni⭐ （Book Princess）
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I find bigger collections hard to rate， but I'm gonna settle for 4 stars。Can I just say I loved seeing so much of Bucky？！ I love my man so much and he deserves the world。 Steve is still the better Cap， but I liked seeing Bucky carry the shield too。 And the issue about his birthday（s） was so heartwarming！Bucky and Natasha are the ultimate team up/couple， I love them so much！ Really enjoyed seeing Sharon and Sam， too， and diving deeper into Sharon's involvement in this story。 Bonus points for Clin I find bigger collections hard to rate， but I'm gonna settle for 4 stars。Can I just say I loved seeing so much of Bucky？！ I love my man so much and he deserves the world。 Steve is still the better Cap， but I liked seeing Bucky carry the shield too。 And the issue about his birthday（s） was so heartwarming！Bucky and Natasha are the ultimate team up/couple， I love them so much！ Really enjoyed seeing Sharon and Sam， too， and diving deeper into Sharon's involvement in this story。 Bonus points for Clint。Naturally， some issues were better than others。 I wouldn't have needed #600， but I can see why they included it。 As for #601， well， never would've thought I'd one day read a Captain America/Vampire Diaries crossover。 On the other hand， I really enjoyed Reborn， especially Steve's flashbacks （they were heartbreaking though）。The art was mostly consistent and great， I enjoyed it a lot。 Overall a nice collection with mostly good storylines and a （bitter）sweet ending。（Finally， I didn't read the actual omnibus but I chose this because it makes most sense to add on goodreads instead of single issues。） 。。。more
FrontalNerdaty
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This tome of Captain America sees Bucky taking the mantle of Captain America and working alongside Black Widow to continue the assault on Hydra whilst trying to honour Steve Rogers。 The opening part of this omnibus is the usual Brubaker faire of spies， dames and espionage。 The middle part is essentially filler for the lead up to the return of Steve Rogers。 The middle section is filled with a lot of art from Alex Ross， which I’m sure many appreciated。 This leads to Captain America reborn which se This tome of Captain America sees Bucky taking the mantle of Captain America and working alongside Black Widow to continue the assault on Hydra whilst trying to honour Steve Rogers。 The opening part of this omnibus is the usual Brubaker faire of spies， dames and espionage。 The middle part is essentially filler for the lead up to the return of Steve Rogers。 The middle section is filled with a lot of art from Alex Ross， which I’m sure many appreciated。 This leads to Captain America reborn which sees Steve being bought back from death and returning to his position。 But where does this leave Bucky？ 。。。more
Omnibuster
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 In short， Bucky continues to struggle with living up to the Captain America mantle and shows his wrecklessness with himself which in turn puts his friends and loved ones in danger。 Steve Rogers isn’t actually dead but traveling through time reliving events of his life both good and bad。 Sharon shot him with some high-tech gun that jacked up all his atoms and particles。 He eventually returns。
Tris
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It had been years since I last read the preceding volumes so I basically had to start again from The Death of the Dream at least。 I don't know why I put off reading the rest of Brubaker's work， I absolutely love everything。 Okay， not everything， but I'm still pretty new to all this。 And this， this was everything to someone like me。 It had been years since I last read the preceding volumes so I basically had to start again from The Death of the Dream at least。 I don't know why I put off reading the rest of Brubaker's work， I absolutely love everything。 Okay， not everything， but I'm still pretty new to all this。 And this， this was everything to someone like me。 。。。more
Trey Kennedy
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A continuation， maybe finale， for what has come before。 All is finally revealed with Rogers。
Kelly McCubbin
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A nostalgic treat。 My appreciation for Brubaker's run on Captain America is probably more clinical than I'd like。 It is smart writing， but it's also overly dense and so visually busy as to be numbing。 But after Cap's death in previous volumes， Brubaker seems to find real kinship in his greatest creation， Bucky， The Winter Soldier。 Bucky， taking Cap's place， gives Brubaker a freedom from the sheer mythology of the old Cap。 Bucky is just more fun。This volume gives an excellent balance to the whole A nostalgic treat。 My appreciation for Brubaker's run on Captain America is probably more clinical than I'd like。 It is smart writing， but it's also overly dense and so visually busy as to be numbing。 But after Cap's death in previous volumes， Brubaker seems to find real kinship in his greatest creation， Bucky， The Winter Soldier。 Bucky， taking Cap's place， gives Brubaker a freedom from the sheer mythology of the old Cap。 Bucky is just more fun。This volume gives an excellent balance to the whole thing by letting Bucky revel in the nostalgia of Cap even as we head towards the inevitable resurrection and thus we are re-introduced to the legend without getting too tangled up in it。 。。。more
Sookie
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Yeah， as the title suggests， the good Captain America， Steve Rogers， lives。Which was mildly off putting in the way the entire thing was handled。 The first half of volume deals with Bucky Barnes taking up the shield and reconnecting with his old comrade Namor。 The struggles of Bucky and the complexity of his existence made the character Captain America grounded and his actions， truly moral。 Bucky isn't just a soldier， doesn't just embrace moral righteousness; he actively chooses them over his gui Yeah， as the title suggests， the good Captain America， Steve Rogers， lives。Which was mildly off putting in the way the entire thing was handled。 The first half of volume deals with Bucky Barnes taking up the shield and reconnecting with his old comrade Namor。 The struggles of Bucky and the complexity of his existence made the character Captain America grounded and his actions， truly moral。 Bucky isn't just a soldier， doesn't just embrace moral righteousness; he actively chooses them over his guilt of being an assassin in the past and tries to live up to expectations of his own doing。The derailment of the story starts when another Captain enters who looks like Steve Rogers but acts like Skull。 Bucky and Skull possessed Captain fight it out till Captain regains his agency and fights Skull。 A bit melodramatic， a lot boring and repetitive and dragged across too many issues。 I enjoyed Bucky's stories and the Reborn arc didn't do much for me。 There is only so much of draggy plot one can tolerate and Reborn arc just doesn't cut it。 。。。more
B
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I don't know if there was anything in here that alters my perception of anything in the universe。 But it was good， exciting action。 I don't have a doubt in my mind that decision to bring back "Steve" was wrong。 You want to give something like this a lot more time。 But I would guess it was a marketing decision。Q: Did this story arc completely， 100%， and totally prefigure the Time and the Batman story arc？ I don't know if there was anything in here that alters my perception of anything in the universe。 But it was good， exciting action。 I don't have a doubt in my mind that decision to bring back "Steve" was wrong。 You want to give something like this a lot more time。 But I would guess it was a marketing decision。Q: Did this story arc completely， 100%， and totally prefigure the Time and the Batman story arc？ 。。。more
Jacob
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Wow， this book is huge。 I didn't realize I was getting an omnibus when I put it on hold at the library。But the story and art are both pretty good。 And it does answer the question 'How did Steve Rogers come back from getting shot？' which is why I got it。 Wow， this book is huge。 I didn't realize I was getting an omnibus when I put it on hold at the library。But the story and art are both pretty good。 And it does answer the question 'How did Steve Rogers come back from getting shot？' which is why I got it。 。。。more
Neil
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I enjoyed this book。 I think it was a fitting third volume for Ed Brubaker's storylines。 It is somewhat amazing that he went over twenty-some issues without Steve Rogers being in it [other than flashbacks]。 I also liked the WWII flashbacks as well as how Bucky came into his own as the 'new' Captain America。 Of course， this also collects the six-issue miniseries that brought Steve Rogers back into the Marvel U， as we learn that he had truly become a man 'lost in time' as opposed to have merely be I enjoyed this book。 I think it was a fitting third volume for Ed Brubaker's storylines。 It is somewhat amazing that he went over twenty-some issues without Steve Rogers being in it [other than flashbacks]。 I also liked the WWII flashbacks as well as how Bucky came into his own as the 'new' Captain America。 Of course， this also collects the six-issue miniseries that brought Steve Rogers back into the Marvel U， as we learn that he had truly become a man 'lost in time' as opposed to have merely being killed on the steps of the courthouse。It has the intrigue that we have come to 'expect' in Brubaker's epic， as Bucky continues to pay for sins from his past。 We get a nice team-up involving Prince Namor as they try to save the remains of a former comrade-in-arms。 It also has 'Mad Cap' from the 1950s as he tries to find his place in the world Sharon Carter realizes that she was pregnant and confirms with with the Falcon。 She also remembers passing her weapon to another of Faustus' victims， and believes the murder weapon has fallen through the cracks， as it were。 The finding of this gun allows the heroes to track Sharon Carter down and to save Steve Rogers from being replaced by the Red Skull。It is so bizarre， how Norman Osborne became the 'top dog' in Law Enforcement when he was such a disturbed criminal！ It completely boggles the brain。 [Of course， Osborne was dead for years， until some genius gave him a 'healing factor' from the chemical alterations he made to his body， which allowed him to survive being impaled by his glider when battling Spider-Man。 Granted， this healing factor was all retconned into the Spidey mythose， to allow some schmucks to bring Osborne back。 So we have another evil， wicked， twisted individual who has returned from the dead to torment our heroes。 Yet， despite his evil machinations and proof of those machinations， he was put in charge of the overall security apparatus for the nation。] The miniseries bringing Cap back further cemented Osborne's despicability。 Red Skull dies， but obviously not 'for good， forever，' as he returns in 'Uncanny Avengers' to continue to vex our heroes。 I do not remember if there was an issue inbetween that revealed how he survived his death in the 'Return of Captain America' miniseries， but I am sure it had to be lame。 I say this， because his consciousness was locked into a single machine， yet in the 'Uncanny Avengers' series he was back into a normal body。 Whatever。Overall， I enjoyed this final run of Brubaker's series。 Yes， there were some other issues I had with it， but as they were 'minor' [and not worth mentioning] they did not think it took away from my overall enjoyment of the conclusion of his run。Oh！ I did like the issue about Bucky's birthday。 That was a nice mix of the past and present！ I also liked the issue that was a batch of segments of characters from his run。 That was also a nice touch。 。。。more
Cheese
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So in this volume Captain America lives！ shock！ *yawn*Im sure this was a Marvel idea， but I'm starting to think that Brubaker cannot write super heroes。 This whole series is running out of ideas。 Cap has so much potential， he's missing it all。 Can we please put the re skull to bed now after three omnibuses worth！！！！The most interesting person in this that always creeps up is young Bucky whenever it flashbacks to the war or when he's speaking with fury。 He's absolute badass。 Love him。 He's shit a So in this volume Captain America lives！ shock！ *yawn*Im sure this was a Marvel idea， but I'm starting to think that Brubaker cannot write super heroes。 This whole series is running out of ideas。 Cap has so much potential， he's missing it all。 Can we please put the re skull to bed now after three omnibuses worth！！！！The most interesting person in this that always creeps up is young Bucky whenever it flashbacks to the war or when he's speaking with fury。 He's absolute badass。 Love him。 He's shit as captain America though。 Overall， this was a boring omnibus。 I found it tough to read， but it ended well。 I hope the next one picks up with some more original action。 。。。more
Simon
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And more goodness。But the means of bringing captain America back was。。。 very very stupid。
Anna
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。。。needed more BuckyAlso as far as "chara death undo" goes。。。 （come in， what were you expecting with it being right there in title itself） it wasn't too bad！ Have seen similar time-stream concepts done slightly better elsewhere， but hey。。。 giving credit for not using clones/Skrulls/parallel-dimension bodies！ 。。。needed more BuckyAlso as far as "chara death undo" goes。。。 （come in， what were you expecting with it being right there in title itself） it wasn't too bad！ Have seen similar time-stream concepts done slightly better elsewhere， but hey。。。 giving credit for not using clones/Skrulls/parallel-dimension bodies！ 。。。more
Allison
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After a lot of really awesome development that led this epic storyline through the return of Bucky Barnes as the Winter Soldier， the assassination of Steve Rogers， and the grieving process for his friends as they struggle to deal with his legacy and memory， I have to say one thing。The method of bringing Steve back after all of that great storytelling was one of the stupidest， most contrived plot devices I've ever seen in any form of fiction。 That includes comics， books， film， and stage productio After a lot of really awesome development that led this epic storyline through the return of Bucky Barnes as the Winter Soldier， the assassination of Steve Rogers， and the grieving process for his friends as they struggle to deal with his legacy and memory， I have to say one thing。The method of bringing Steve back after all of that great storytelling was one of the stupidest， most contrived plot devices I've ever seen in any form of fiction。 That includes comics， books， film， and stage productions。 The villains' plan that led to the death of Steve and ultimately resurrecting him turned out to be so abjectly idiotic that I had a hard time swallowing that these supposed genius characters came up with it in the first place。 They （and the writers） could greatly benefit from reading the Evil Overlord List a time or two， just so they'll know where they went wrong。 I would have minded way less if they had actually run with the （view spoiler）["Red Skull in Steve's body" thing for awhile， but to have this elaborate plan that took them years and a lot of resources to put together only to have it thwarted in about 20 minutes bothered the heck out of me and definitely cheapened the journey the major characters and Steve especially had been on。 （hide spoiler）]Therefore， potential readers， enter this with the foreknowledge that everything in this massive plotline will be great except that one crucial element。 I really， really hope they don't use it in the MCU movies because I think even lowest-common-denominator moviegoing audiences won't be able to swallow this one。 I have seen some reviews saying comic books have their own kind of logic and stranger things have happened in the Marvel world to resurrect characters。 This is true， but I'm not sure I buy it as an excuse in this case。 With storytelling this outstanding， the writers should have had the creativity to come up with something far cleverer than what they ended up giving us as the conclusion。 。。。more
John
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Great to have Steve back， even if Brubaker probably disagrees。 You can start to see that his master plan comes to an end， and he's writing more story-to-story。 But it's still smart comics written for intelligent readers。 Good stuff。 Great to have Steve back， even if Brubaker probably disagrees。 You can start to see that his master plan comes to an end， and he's writing more story-to-story。 But it's still smart comics written for intelligent readers。 Good stuff。 。。。more
Dan
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Funny， when a hero dies and comes back here via "time bullets"， I don't get mad， yet when it happens to Batman， I find it to be a stupid plot device。 Must be in the execution。 Funny， when a hero dies and comes back here via "time bullets"， I don't get mad， yet when it happens to Batman， I find it to be a stupid plot device。 Must be in the execution。 。。。more
Fabio Fernandes
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Very good。 Has some low events， but it is good。
Justin
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This volume is almost a five-star book， but doesn't quite stand up to the two ahead of it。 The main storyline starts to drag just a tad， and the Reborn material is a little erratic。 The final issue， 601， is a bit of placeholder and only so-so。 Still the three omnibuses make for a remarkable story。 This volume is almost a five-star book， but doesn't quite stand up to the two ahead of it。 The main storyline starts to drag just a tad， and the Reborn material is a little erratic。 The final issue， 601， is a bit of placeholder and only so-so。 Still the three omnibuses make for a remarkable story。 。。。more
Michael Reiss
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For FREEDOM！
Emmett Spain
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The third omnibus of Ed Brubaker’s award-winning run on Captain America continues to be outstanding on multiple levels， from the dark-toned artwork to the realistic sounding dialogue to Brubaker’s uncanny ability to weave multiple arcs together to make the entire run feel like one cohesive story。Much has been said about Captain America’s rebirth that doesn’t need to be repeated here—all that is worth noting in addition to points made is that Brubaker very smartly weaves Cap’s “lost in time” stor The third omnibus of Ed Brubaker’s award-winning run on Captain America continues to be outstanding on multiple levels， from the dark-toned artwork to the realistic sounding dialogue to Brubaker’s uncanny ability to weave multiple arcs together to make the entire run feel like one cohesive story。Much has been said about Captain America’s rebirth that doesn’t need to be repeated here—all that is worth noting in addition to points made is that Brubaker very smartly weaves Cap’s “lost in time” storyline with a more grounded storyline involving the rest of the Captain America cast of characters—the Falcon， Sharon Carter， Red Skull， Sin， Crossbones， Bucky and many others—that is the more satisfying story of the Reborn arc。 （It’s also worth mentioning that the Winter Solider plotline early in the omnibus is similarly satisfying）。Bringing any character back from the dead is always going to be controversial， if only for the cynical machinations that serve as the precursor to the “death-to-boost-sales—revive-18-months-later-to-boost-sales” cycle that comic fans have been forced to become accustomed to。 We’ve had Superman revived by a Kryptonian birthing matrix， we’ve had Johnny Storm actually dying over and over again so that he is fundamentally changed （not to mention countless other death/return arcs over the years）… and here we have a complicated plot involving crazy science， a journey through time， body swapping， and a battle inside Captain America’s head。 The point being that the revival of characters in comics is always deeply preposterous—comics fans only ask that it makes its own sort of sense， is an enjoyable read， and leaves us satisfied that the whole affair was worth the trouble。 And in this case， with credit to Brubaker and his amazing collaborators （Bryan Hitch as the standout in this volume）， Captain America Reborn is a success。 。。。more
TJ Shelby
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Okay， so Cap isn't dead and this is the story of how he comes back。 If you liked the first two omnibuses than you'll enjoy this one too。 Just not as much。 It's hard to live up to the 5 star standard and this one fell just a little short but by no means is that a suggestion against reading this。 It was still a great tale of adventure and overcoming death/being misplaced in。。。well， just read it and you'll see。 The first bit is a little slow but then it picks up nicely and even though it is the cli Okay， so Cap isn't dead and this is the story of how he comes back。 If you liked the first two omnibuses than you'll enjoy this one too。 Just not as much。 It's hard to live up to the 5 star standard and this one fell just a little short but by no means is that a suggestion against reading this。 It was still a great tale of adventure and overcoming death/being misplaced in。。。well， just read it and you'll see。 The first bit is a little slow but then it picks up nicely and even though it is the cliche "superhero-who-died-but-is-coming-back-to-life" story， it didn't annoy the hell out of me like another recently departed man who rhymes with "Shat。" This is Brubaker， he's earned your trust。 Give him the benefit of the doubt and read along。 。。。more
Adam Lewis Schroeder
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Bucky is so much more tormented and guilt-ridden that I don't really want Steve Rogers to come back。 Bucky is so much more tormented and guilt-ridden that I don't really want Steve Rogers to come back。 。。。more
Dan
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A solid edition to the Brubaker/Epting run， Captain American Lives！ is about as good as mainstream superheroics get （although it does not transcend its genre）。 Compared to the first omnibus， Lives！ never reaches the thrilling heights of those initial issues， but thankfully isn't sidetracked by an external Marvel Universe 'event。' A solid edition to the Brubaker/Epting run， Captain American Lives！ is about as good as mainstream superheroics get （although it does not transcend its genre）。 Compared to the first omnibus， Lives！ never reaches the thrilling heights of those initial issues， but thankfully isn't sidetracked by an external Marvel Universe 'event。' 。。。more
Dean Olson
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We didn't get enough stories as Bucky as Cap。 Marvel continues it's current trend of setting up an interesting status quo just to shake it up again a few months later。 I am not a fan of Bryan Hitch usually and his art was a not a good fit for the tone of Reborn。 Compare this to Morrison's Batman return and it really fails。 We didn't get enough stories as Bucky as Cap。 Marvel continues it's current trend of setting up an interesting status quo just to shake it up again a few months later。 I am not a fan of Bryan Hitch usually and his art was a not a good fit for the tone of Reborn。 Compare this to Morrison's Batman return and it really fails。 。。。more
Keith Bowden
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Everyone knew that Steve Rogers would be back。What was surprising to me was just how good the stories without him would be。Brubaker's run on Captain America has been astounding from day one， even as hampered as he was by various Marvel "events" and policies that he had to work around and with。 Initially it seemed that Brubaker had no intent to be the one to bring Steve Rogers back - as far as his work was concerned， the WWII super-soldier was dead and life moved on with James Buchanan Barnes - B Everyone knew that Steve Rogers would be back。What was surprising to me was just how good the stories without him would be。Brubaker's run on Captain America has been astounding from day one， even as hampered as he was by various Marvel "events" and policies that he had to work around and with。 Initially it seemed that Brubaker had no intent to be the one to bring Steve Rogers back - as far as his work was concerned， the WWII super-soldier was dead and life moved on with James Buchanan Barnes - Bucky - as Cap。 Maybe that was his stated stance only to get people to focus on the stories without dismissing them as mere interim issues， treading water until the inevitable return。 I think that he simply expected that he'd move on after a few years and the editors new writer（s） would do whatever they wanted at that point。Then the Captain America: First Avenger movie was greenlit and underway for production and it became important to have the real thing back in the comics， sooner than - I believe - Brubaker intended。Brubaker is not only an excellent writer; he is a consummate professional。 When the bosses said "it's time to bring him back"， he did it。 He'd even inserted a possible way of doing it early on in his series， after going out of his way to establish that Rogers was 100% corpsified。Unfortunately， I don't think he was ready to do it yet， and the mandated length of the mini-series for the story felt awkward and a little padded。 The art for "The Return of Captain America" was awful - cluttered， inconsistent and and simply unable to effectively tell the story。 The story felt odd， but upon reflection， I think Brubaker was trying to tell a '60s-style roller-coaster thrill ride of a tale rather than his usual slick spy-thriller "realistic" approach （especially with the climax）。 I'm not saying it needed a Jack Kirby-style of art （and absolutely did not need anyone actually aping Kirby） - the faux-Adams approach could have worked - IF the artist had been a competent story-teller。So， the first half of the volume was great， the latter half blah。 Even the #601 follow-up with art by the great Gene Colan was somewhat awkward （a vampire story？ Really？ Just because it's Gene Colan？ He has done other stories in his long career。。。）。I'm not sorry I bought the Omnibus， but my enthusiasm for the series has lessened。 When I reread the "Return" at some point， I'll be able to look at it from the start as a rip-roaring '60s style saga and maybe that'll take some of the edge off。 But the layouts， oy！ 。。。more
Aaron
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