Bucky could remain as Captain America for all I care. It's not the mantle I really care about. It's Steve Rogers. He's just too good a character to leave in the ground. Let Steve go back to Nomad or whatever. Iron Man's got two titles right now; why can't Steve and Bucky each have their own?
Fair enough. The only dilemma is that if Steve Rogers is back, then he will immediately become Captain America again, or at least he will as soon as Brubaker is off CA (which, after an astonishing 50 issues, is a concern. I mean, even JMS eventually left ASM after about 6-7 years). I suppose it could be interesting if Steve somehow revived but deliberately went, "Y'know, Bucky needs the mantle more than I do, let me pass the torch and do something a little different" and then had adventures where he wasn't Cap, but it wasn't a depressing, "Man without a country/America turning on him" sort of story. It is rare that too many people get Steve's direct approval to fill his shoes.
Still...the realist in me says that if Steve is Revived, New Cap is bye-bye. And I see too much promise to want to see that happen, at least at this stage.
Yes, Dread, I'm one of the few who enjoyed Bart's tenure on Flash....I thought it was absolutely fantastic. Between Bart and Ted Kord, DC has killed two of my favorite non-Superman heroes in the DC universe. Superman's death didn't effect me that much though, since I knew it wouldn't be for long.
At least Ted Kord got to return for a little bit in BLUE BEETLE.
I'm not much of a DC fan; I didn't care for the idea of Bart Allen being the Flash, though. DC gets stuck in too many cycles of repeating themselves. Marvel does it too, but DC is more obvious about it, Kid-Flash and all. I preferred Impulse. It seems DC's response to Marvel is usually to snuff out any hint of "levity" and get things dark and moody. But, loudly screaming that you are above being "goofy" isn't maturity.
Zoom losing to wonder woman wasn't as bad as Electro fainting at the sight of Luke Cage.
That Electro moment actually made me physically mad.
Indeed, especially since that was after his moment in MKSM where Electro actually got more "hard core". It was one of the rare times Bendis outright stepped on the toes of something Mark Millar did. Usually the two Ultimate Founders are like Bread and Butter with each other's stories (for the good or ill of everyone else).
It's rare that I actually agree with you but... I actually agree with you. Bringing Steve back would really be a bad move, in my opinion, and I hope it doesn't happen.
Uh-huh.
It isn't because I think Brubaker will botch the story. It is just New Cap has many years of potential. It is easy to scoff off switching Barry Allen for Wally West now, but back in 1986-1987, that was gutsy as hell. It took nerve to push through it for as long as DC did. Maybe I just like CA's direction too much but I see James Barnes as an equal opportunity for the legacy hero challenged Marvel.
Could interesting stories happen with Steve alive but allowing Bucky to be Cap? Sure. Just as stories could be made with Magneto and Xavier on the same side. But so long as certain parties are alive, "the perennial status quo" always re-emerges, or is tempted to. That is my concern here. Not a gripe; a concern. There is a difference.
Too bad it's clearly going to. Maybe Brubaker has the balls not to do it in his run, but Steve'll be back at some point. Before you disagree, remember three things: 1) Jason Todd, 2) Bucky Barnes, and 3) Barry Allen.
Part of me knows it will eventually happen, as I noted older examples of Norman Osborn and so on. I just don't think 2 years is too long. If Marvel waited into 2011 to have "synergy" with the movie, that would be 5 years. That may be alright, but, by then everyone would have gotten used to Bucky moreso than they are now. Why not just stick with the decision?
I mean, Dick Grayson hasn't been Robin for over 20 years now. Various cartoons and movies have had Grayson as Robin. Has that effected the comics? No. Should it? No. Most cartoons stick with the Wally West Flash as the "modern" one (aside for the CBS show, which used Barry).
Steve will definitely be back for the movie in 2011, i'll bet anything on that, the question is will they keep Steve dead till then?
Possibly.
On the other hand, Paul O'Brien at
www.thexaxis.com once said that if a Capt. America movie comes out starring the Steve Rogers incarnation, and in the comics, he is STILL DEAD, then we'll REALLY know they were "serious". I tend to agree.
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I dig that idea.
