Who Will Be The Next Captain America?
Alright folks, at this point I think it's fair to say Steve Rogers ain't coming back from the dead. Funny thing is, Cap is coming back, and with a brand new Alex Ross suit to boot. On January 23 Captain America #34 hits the shelves, and we will find out who will be taking over the patriotic mantle, but until then it's still a guessing game on who will be the next Captain America.
From what I've gathered from our regulars, the majority opinion on who will become the new Cap is the Winter Soldier, with the main evidence being the similarity between his current suit and the new Ross suit. I'm lending towards good old Bucky as the most logical replacement, but I would be interested if Marvel tries someone else for the new Cap. Marvel actually has a fun link called unusual suspects debating the pros and cons of six possible contenders for the stars and strips hero, Hawkeye, Winter Solider, U.S. Agent, Union Jack, Iron Man, and The Red Skull???
My only worry is that Marvel might introduce a completely new character to take on Cap's role, a la the new Ion, Sodam Yat, in the DC universe (note- I know Sodam Yat was introduced in an Alan Moore story from the 80's but aside from that he is entirely new). I feel like Sodam Yat, and Ion in general, has been a complete failure. The reason being is that introducing a new character in the middle of a huge story arc like the Sinestro Corps. takes away from the focus on the main characters, and fans have a hard time getting behind the new character. With how good Captain America has been recently I would hate to see it suffer the same type of pit falls. The momentum writer Ed Brubaker has created around relatively minor characters from Captain America like Winter Solider, Falcon, Sharon Carter and Black Widow is uncanny, and it would be a shame if the attention was suddenly shifted to a character that was entirely new that no one really cared about. Though, I really don't think this will happen, I still am a little worried.
Anyway, if you have an interesting guess as what's to come for Captain America, let me know.
-Jon
posted by Star Clipper at Monday, January 07, 2008
2 Comments:
It might be the most obvious and expected choice, but Bucky seems to be most deserving of becoming the next Cap. I *really* hope it isn't Iron Man, considering the way he treated Steve during Civil War, but I doubt Marvel would do anything as strange as making a super hero turn in one costume for another.
So this one is a little late. I wrote this blog right before I read Captain America #33, which reveals who the new Cap will be. Pick it up to find out.
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