So, let's talk about Captain America for a moment. When I was a kid I thought Cap was stupid, plain and simple. I didn't understand him. Then close to 10 years ago I decided to try him and I have been hooked since. I always start with the classics with any hero I read and so the Tales of Suspense on into his first volume opened my eyes to who and exactly what this character is. Maybe I should say was. I'm not a comic book writer and saying thus I know I am no one to bash any professional but I have to say that the way the character is written anymore is not what I like to see. Obviously the Cap of today has been through some terrible things:Civil Wars, Dis-assemblies, death and so much more. Once he was a man so moral, standing strong and trusting and believing in everything he stood for. Not so anymore. We find Cap often wondering who he is. He acts out of character frequently and sometimes doesn't even resemble the hero we used to see and know, ie the double-cross in Civil War when Stark offered peacefully work things out. Since when does Captain America prefer to put lives in harms way instead of doing whats safe, whats right? Let's look back.

For years Cap was driven by the failure of his last days before his time on ice. Always brooding on the death of Bucky Barnes. For song long this drove him to be better and then he found that his country, his president, was leading an organization hellbent on the destruction of America`s ideals and government. He was ready to throw in the towel but eventually saw the error of his ways. He saw that it wasn't he who needed America, but America who needed him. He was pumped for a time, happy to don the flag and for so long it kept. Always he had doubts weather he should don the costume, weather he deserved it.

Since that time he has faced disaster after disaster including his own demise, twice. He discovered that all the years tormenting himself for failing Bucky that day were wasted as all along Bucky had lived, although mentally enslaved by Russians. He never got the chance to rebuild his relationship with Bucky as Buck ran once his memory was restored. Then began Civil War and Cap`s death. Upon his return he again faced the demon of the flag, leaving the man who had taken his place to do that particular task. For a while Steve remained free of the flag working as SHIELD top cop and working the shadows but when push came to shove he donned the flag again and has kept it. He again saw that America needed Captain America as Bucky had died in the events of Fear Itself. So now that we know Bucky is alive what happens now? Will Cap eventually turn the job away and possibly back to Bucky? Judging from his actions Cap will maintain but not the swashbuckling, jolly-go-save-the-day hero we know. There's a part of him broken and I think so long as America needs him he'll stay.