I'm not going to buy either book but i think it's kind of a sad state of affairs that the general comicbook buying audience is telling us that the only circumstance by which they'll ever give a crap about Sam is if he's operating under the Captain America mantle and people are just ok with that
I understand Sam being Cap allows for him the best chance to get significantly showcased but if he were my favorite character i'd feel like it's just a really shallow or hollow victory to know that outside of him being Cap people generally couldn't care less about him.