From IGN.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/07/11/between-the-panels-its-time-for-a-new-captain-america?page=1
BETWEEN THE PANELS: IT'S TIME FOR A NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA
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Does Marvel still need Steve Rogers?
BY JESSE SCHEDEENBeware of spoilers from Captain America's comic book!
It seems we may be due for a new Captain America soon. For those not following Rick Remender's Captain America series, Steve Rogers has lost the Super-Soldier Serum that transformed him into a Nazi-punching machine. He's back to being puny again, which combined with his old age doesn't make for prime superhero material. Over the next couple months the series will follow Steve's journey as he picks out potential replacements and transitions into more of a strategist role among the Avengers. That culminates with Captain America #25 in September, which will debut a new Captain America to the world.
Of course, plenty of readers have already pointed out how it wasn't that long ago that we got a new Captain America. In fact, it was another Captain America #25 (Vol. 5 rather than the current Vol. 7) wherein Steve Rogers was seemingly assassinated as he awaited trial for his crimes during Marvel's Civil War storyline. The series then followed the recently de-brainwashed Bucky Barnes as he came to grips with his friend's death and eventually agreed to take up the mantle himself. It was a status quo shift that lasted a couple years longer than anyone could have reasonably expected, with Bucky not giving up the shield until he had his own brush with fake death in Fear Itself.
Normally, this might all be cause for a speculative article about whom the new Captain America might be. But what would be the point? Marvel isn't exactly hiding the fact that Sam Wilson - a.k.a. The Falcon - will be the next to don the patriotic suit. We know because he already has on this cover to Avengers #35:"]
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