Steve Rogers passing the “Captain
America” name and shield to Sam Wilson never made sense to me. I really tried to give this new Cap a chance,
but up until now he hasn’t won me over.
The “wings + shield” look doesn’t aesthetically appeal to me – to be
honest, I find it cheesy. He doesn’t
have the characteristics and history that made Steve Rogers an impeccable fit to the
idea and essence of “Captain America.”
In fact, among all the dramatic status quo changes that happened to
Marvel’s A-tiered heroes in the past few years – Jane Foster replaces the Odinson
as Thor (keeping fingers crossed in seeing Portman in that role), X-23 take’s the name (and costume) of Wolverine after Logan’s death (plus,
Old Man Logan is around), Amadeus Cho replaces Bruce Banner as the Hulk – only
Sam Wilson as Captain America didn’t work for me.
I understand that the move to
make the former Falcon the new Captain America is just part of Marvel’s recent
inspired initiative to inject diversity to their comics. However, if diversity was the main rationale, I
believe Marvel had only been months late in introducing the new Captain America who perfectly nailed that intent.
In the 2015 underrated mini-series called Avengers: Ultron Forever (Sam Wilson debuted as Captain America months earlier, in December 2014), wherein various Avengers from different time periods
team up to fight Ultron, the Captain America of the not so distant future was
introduced…
Yes, Luke Cage and Jessica Jones’
daughter, Danielle Cage – this girl…
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| Born in 2006. Still a toddler ten years later. Lol. |
…grows up to become Captain
America! That’s so awesome.
I was effectively impressed of
the character’s introduction. When she said
the words “…my dad was
an unbreakable man named Luke Cage. And my mom? Jessica Jones? She was even tougher. And I got their powers. So I don't
just throw the shield-- I am the shield!”, we immediately get that she’s a
badass and has legit superhero pedigree.
In just two pages, I felt that she had more organically inherited the “Captain
America” title than Sam Wilson did. Furthermore, you want to have diversity?
Not only is this Captain America black, but also a woman. She easily brings more “diversity”
than Sam.
That’s why I’m excited for this
new U.S. Avengers team (the next incarnation of the New Avengers/ Avengers Idea
Mechanics (A.I.M.) team founded by Roberto da Costa, a.k.a. Sunspot) debuting this
fall, for DANIELLE CAGE CAPTAIN AMERICA IS PART OF IT! YES!
Curiously, with her entry to the
main continuity, there are now four
Captain Americas roaming around the Marvel Universe: Steve Rogers (still the
best and definitive Cap, despite the recent HydraCap concept – which was not
only annoying, but also cheap and idiotic in a storytelling sense), Sam Wilson,
Roberta Mendez (another female Captain America from the alternate future of
2099; introduced during last year’s Secret Wars, and currently hanging out in the Spider-Man
2099 comic), and, now, her – Danielle Cage.
I hope she stays in the present for
a while (just as the teenage X-Men of the past have become expats in the
present time period). And, also, if ever
there would come a need to cut the number of Captain Americas in the Marvel
Universe, I wish it’ll come down to Steve Rogers and Danielle Cage.
Seriously, move over, Sam
Wilson. You’re okay as the Falcon. As Captain America? Not so.
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