Hey, Marvel, Leave the Dead Guy Alone!

[lydamorehouse]

I just read Captain America.... First of all, I love James Buchanan Barnes as the New Cap (also I'm glad they seem to be calling him "James" instead of "Bucky," which was always so WRONG.) I particularly loved when James/Bucky/Cap stabbed Crossbones in the leg with a knife, and then proceeded to shoot up the bad guys like James Bond. So NOT Steve Rogers! Also, his attempt at making a grand speech in front of a rioting crowd was a dismal failure, which seemed very Bucky (and really, it was a nice nod to Steve, too. Dude had charisma, 1940s-style.) But, okay, Sharon (Agent 13) is having Steve's baby. Not that we probably didn't _see_ the moment of conception in CIVIL WAR, but I don't know, does it matter? I suppose the super-soldier formula was injected into Steve's blood, thus making it transmissable through blood-related things like sperm. But, as the parent of an adopted son, I've never been terribly fond of the whole the-children-of-heros-will-be-heros crap. Spider-Man will tell you, it's how you're raised more than who your parents were that makes a hero.

Second who is that in the cyrofreezer at the end of #36? My guess? Steve's clone. We know that Red Skull had been hanging around in a body cloned from Mr. Rogers, and well, this cyrofreezer is in Skull's basement: ergo, a clone of the clone. But, I will chew off my own right arm if it/he wakes up ready to go, Captain America style. That's just not good science.

Now, on to the rest....

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[michaeldthomas.livejournal.com]

Actually, the WORST was back in the late 80s during the John Walker (U.S Agent) as Captain America days. They gave him an African-American partner, Lemar Hoskins, who became the new "Bucky." Eventually, Marvel changed his name to "Battlestar" once somebody pointed out that there were racial connotations with that name.