It's funny, on some level I shouldn't even like this series. Bucky, back from the dead! Cap's dead! Now Bucky's Cap! And hey, kids, the return of Heroes Reborn! Yeah, none of that would sound even remotely like a good idea to me. (If it had been up to a vote -- which would have been a terrible idea in itself -- Sam Wilson would have been my choice to take up the shield.)
But Brubaker really makes it work. I've just a really solid series, and I've been enjoying it much more than I thought I would. The Batroc the Leaper appearance some issues back was pure gold, and Rikki was the one non-horrible thing about Heroes Reborn, and it seems kind of ingenious to work her into the story like this.