I ask this because Steve Rogers started as the penultimate hero in comics, was rendered a mischief maker in Civil War 2006, then killed and ‘Reborn’. In Heroic Age he became a mere administrator, as well as in ANAD, till he was inverted by Kobik, and later popped out of a Cosmic Cube all hale and holy again.

But what I see now of Steve Rogers doesn’t inspire me with any real spirit of heroism. Today, Steve Rogers seems a broken man, seeking approval before he can return to his mission confident and unhindered.

What do you say? Is Steve lacking without the friendship of old Nick Fury, or Bucky, or Sam Wilson?