Steve Rogers: Captain America Appreciation 2019

[AbdulAbulabulAmir]

Steve in War of the Realms. "Catch these hands" didn't strike me as particularly Steve-ish but then I remembered that Bernie was a wrestling fan and used to drag Steve to wrestling matches for dates (and Steve would spend the entire time critiquing the technique), where he could have easily picked that up. Good first issue, needed more Steve.

"Catch these hands" is more AAVE, maybe he picked it up from Sam

[AbdulAbulabulAmir]

spoilers:

You know how we have both Steve and Stevil appearing here? I bet this Dryad Character is a younger Sharon Carter.

end of spoilers

If only we could have such nice things.

[capandkirby]

"Catch these hands" is more AAVE, maybe he picked it up from Sam

I know, I just made the WWE reference because I know Jason Aaron, in particular, is a fan (he makes a lot of wrestling posts on twitter) and one of the wrestlers uses it as a catch phrase.

[Prof. Warren]

Coates is the best Cap writer we've had in ages but I swear he's giving me anxiety. That's the mark of an excellent writer, though, so kudos for that.

Yes, Coates is really putting Steve through the wringer! Today's issue was yet another slice of greatness from this run.

Love everything about the story Coates is building. Man, it's going to be hard for Steve to turn things around.

As for the theory posted here about Dryad's ID, an intriguing guess. We'll see if it turns out to be true!

[lordozone]

Like Secret Empire, I love and I hate his story at the same time. It's an excellent story, well-written, with a lot of twists.. But it's once again written by someone who don't like the symbol of Captain America, even if he likes Steve Rogers.

[Prof. Warren]

Like Secret Empire, I love and I hate his story at the same time. It's an excellent story, well-written, with a lot of twists.. But it's once again written by someone who don't like the symbol of Captain America, even if he likes Steve Rogers.

I think Coates likes the symbol of Captain America quite a bit but, like many other great Cap writers, he knows that there's great stories to be gained from questioning the meaning of the symbol and putting its - and Steve's - values to the test.

[Samson3191]

My thoughts on today's Cap issue as posted on twitter...

Being a Cap fan is frustrating because Steve is too damn noble for his own damn good. Ugh, today's Cap issue. Steve, I love you, but I want to shake you. Can't even bare to watch a criminal suffer and in the process of saving him you just made life more difficult for yourself.

Seriously, my main dude has no self-preservation instincts. None. And now we have to wait six weeks for the next one because it got pushed back two weeks. That's just mean, Marvel.

I mean, it's utterly Steve though. Of course he's not going to sit by and keep a low profile if he sees someone being bullied, even a convicted criminal. A+ characterization. But JFC on a cracker Steven Rogers. Did you have to poke the hornets nest?!

Coates is the best Cap writer we've had in ages but I swear he's giving me anxiety. That's the mark of an excellent writer, though, so kudos for that.

Well said all around! I’m really loving this run so far. Some top notch Steve Rogers every issue, and some VERY interesting stuff surrounding him. Both scary and exciting.

[CrimsonEchidna]

"Catch these hands" is more AAVE, maybe he picked it up from Sam

He totally picked it up from Miles. :P

[capandkirby]

He totally picked it up from Miles. :P

You are so right. That's exactly where he got it. And that correlation is adorable. I have that issue of Miles Morales, but didn't put that together. Great catch!

[cc008]

You are so right. That's exactly where he got it. And that correlation is adorable. I have that issue of Miles Morales, but didn't put that together. Great catch!

Love Steve's attempt at wording the phrase too lol.

[CentralPower]

Like Secret Empire, I love and I hate his story at the same time. It's an excellent story, well-written, with a lot of twists.. But it's once again written by someone who don't like the symbol of Captain America, even if he likes Steve Rogers.

My politics are broadly in line with Spencer's. But, his run on "Captain America" was too polemical, and his stance far too partisan. (Considering that he has a background in third-party politics, telling Republicans and conservatives not to read his work was exceptionally poor trade-craft.)

I disagree with Coatse on more than I agree with him on. But, I am liking his run on "Captain America".


Either way, I would like to see Marvel give "Captain America" to a conservative writer in the near future. Characters like Captain America or DC's Uncle Sam are difficult (but not impossible) to write without being polemical. But, editors should take basic steps to avoid favoring one side of aisle at the expense of the other. "Captain America" was written by a controversial left-wing partisan in 2016. And, after a generic run, there is a follow-up arc written by another lefty.

I would like to see Marvel recognize that politics is a spectrum.

[capandkirby]

I think Coates likes the symbol of Captain America quite a bit but, like many other great Cap writers, he knows that there's great stories to be gained from questioning the meaning of the symbol and putting its - and Steve's - values to the test.

Agree with you entirely. I would add that he may also be redefining it a little, which is good. Because that's how a character like Captain America stays relevant. Steve standing for "The Dream" has always been transformative, because what "The Dream" means evolves over the passage of time. And there's so many nuances to it that haven't been considered by previous writers. Coates is the perfect writer to modernize that definition for today's world.

[capandkirby]

My politics are broadly in line with Spencer's. But, his run on "Captain America" was too polemical, and his stance far too partisan. (Considering that he has a background in third-party politics, telling Republicans and conservatives not to read his work was exceptionally poor trade-craft.)

I disagree with Coatse on more than I agree with him on. But, I am liking his run on "Captain America".


Either way, I would like to see Marvel give "Captain America" to a conservative writer in the near future. Characters like Captain America or DC's Uncle Sam are difficult (but not impossible) to write without being polemical. But, editors should take basic steps to avoid favoring one side of aisle at the expense of the other. "Captain America" was written by a controversial left-wing partisan in 2016. And, after a generic run, there is a follow-up arc written by another lefty.

I would like to see Marvel recognize that politics is a spectrum.

I would hate that with a fiery passion. Roger Stern said it best, and bluntly, Steve Rogers is a New Deal Democrat. To change that flies in the face of who we know Steve Rogers to be (it's no coincidence that every time he's given up the mantle of his own volition it has been during a Republican term, re: Nomad happened during the Nixon administration and The Captain happened during the Reagan administration). And also, writers have NO responsibility to remain centered, none, nor should they. That's censorship and it's bullcrap. We got rid of the Comics Code of Authority for good, thank goodness, we absolutely do not need that crap back again dictating what can and can't go into a comic. If someone does not like a writers perspective, then they can just not buy the comic. The republicans are not entitled to having a comic catered specifically to them.

[Revolutionary_Jack]

I would hate that with a fiery passion. Roger Stern said it best, and bluntly, Steve Rogers is a New Deal Democrat. To change that flies in the face of who we know Steve Rogers to be (it's no coincidence that every time he's given up the mantle of his own volition it has been during a Republican term, re: Nomad happened during the Nixon administration and The Captain happened during the Reagan administration). And also, writers have NO responsibility to remain centered, none, nor should they. That's censorship and it's bullcrap. We got rid of the Comics Code of Authority for good, thank goodness, we absolutely do not need that crap back again dictating what can and can't go into a comic. If someone does not like a writers perspective, then they can just not buy the comic. The republicans are not entitled to having a comic catered specifically to them.

About the only decent work done on Captain America by a right-wing comics artist is Frank Miller in Daredevil Born Again but Frankie boy was libertarian Randian back then in the '80s and he still had skill to write stuff that people who didn't agree with his politics could get in on, (Steve Ditko had that too back in the '60s). Apparently Miller when he was planning that Holy Terror abomination tried to pitch a Captain America project to Marvel but thankfully people turned him down.

To be honest, a "New deal democrat" would, conceivably be on the right today on a number of issues, which Coates has discussed and mentioned in his non-fiction essays. I don't see Captain America as being either liberal or conservative. He is broadly a fighter of super-villains and conspiracies and so on. That works with any administration coded to exist or not exist. I don't think the current Captain America comics are making him overtly liberal and so on.

[Michael Watkins]

in general, he seems like a pretty conservative guy to me but not right wing like John Walker.