Will Captain America Become The Captain In Avengers: Infinity War?
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Cap No More
In the 1980s, Captain America kept his civilian identity as Steve Rogers a secret. The Captain's story began when the United States government discovered that secret identity and asserted that the Captain America costume and shield, as well as the very name and persona, were the property of the United States government.
The government gave Rogers a choice. He could operate as a government agent overseen by an organization called the Commission on Superhuman Activities. Otherwise, he would be forced to turn over all of the items related to Captain America and stop using the name. Rogers was unwilling to sacrifice his independence and forfeited the Captain America persona.
However, that didn't stop Steve Rogers from being a hero. It took some convincing from his allies, but Rogers made a new costume and took on a new persona as the Captain and continued fighting supervillains.
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Steve Rogers' The Captain costume is strikingly similar to the one Steve Rogers is wearing in the Avengers: Infinity War footage. The most obvious similarity is the color.
Both Roger's The Captain costume and the one from Avengers: Infinity War are black (or at least the live-action suit appears black on the Comic-Con poster).
Perhaps more interesting is the star, or lack thereof. Just as the white star has been removed from the Avengers: Infinity War costume, it is also absent from The Captain's costume.
What's more, just as the star-shaped stitch-marks are still visible on the Avengers: Infinity War costume, The Captain's costume kept a star shape on its right breast, only instead of being filled with white it was left empty and filled by the black of most of the rest of the costume, appearing more as noticeable lack of star created by negative space.
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The circumstances that Steve Rogers finds himself in as of Avengers: Infinity War seems remarkably similar to the circumstances that led to the creation of The Captain persona.
At the end of Captain America: Civil War, Iron Man reclaimed the Captain America shield after telling Steve Rogers that it did not belong to him. Cap left the shield behind. It was under similar circumstances, with the government claiming the rights to Captain America, that Steve Rogers abandoned that identity in the comics.
Following Captain America: Civil War, the Marvel Cinematic Universe now has something resembling the Commission on Superhuman Activities, in this case, led by "Thunderbolt" Ross. And, just as was the case in the Marvel Comics story, Captain America has chosen to operate without their approval.
And just as the Steve Rogers of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has the band of allies that he broke out of Ross' prison, so too did the Captain have a team of trusted allies, including the Falcon, D-Man, and Nomad (Rogers had, by that time, turned the persona over to Jack Munroe, who had formerly been the Bucky of 1950s Captain America).
The pieces are all there. It only remains to be seen if the Russo brothers choose to connect them.
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The Captain saga later came to an end when the Red Skull orchestrated a fight between The Captain and John Walker, the man the Commission on Superhuman Activities had chosen to replace Rogers as Captain America. Rogers won the fight and the government granted him complete ownership of the Captain America persona. They then took over the rights to the Captain's costume and faked Walker's death so that he could become the US Agent.
Will the Steve Rogers of the Marvel Cinematic Universe fight for the right to be Captain America? And will he do it in time to assemble and lead the Avengers against Thanos and the Black Order?
Fans will find when Avengers: Infinity War opens in theaters in next May.
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