His first mission tested him by sending him to his hometown in Georgia to root out a homegrown terrorist group called the Watchdogs. Walker wasn't in the field long before the stress of being the new Cap got to him. Walker was the type to do anything to get the job done, saw patriotism and government loyalty as the same, and often wore his political views on his sleeve. Rogers stood on principles, saw a difference between morality and legality, American ideals and the American government, and tried to stay out of partisan political debates. Though he put in extra hours into studying Captain America's battle footage to get his shield-wielding fighting style down, Walker couldn't have been more different from Rogers's personality and mindset. It's easy to imagine Super-Patriot being depicted as a star-spangled social media influencer if he debuted today. Together, they developed the Super-Patriot persona and set out to outdo Captain America at his own game by taking on, or staging, heroic missions carefully curated for maximum publicity. He had been standing in line to try out for Unlimited Class Wrestling when a shady businessman, Ethan Thurm, discovered him and became his manager. Walker made no distinction between America as a concept and the American government and thought Rogers was weak for compartmentalizing the two.Īn army veteran given super-soldier-like abilities by the supervillain called Power Broker, Walker was a wannabe celebrity. In this guise, he fought and bested Steve Rogers and made it clear that he thought Cap was over the hill and too soft for the modern era, a sign of the changing times both in comics and the real world.
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With comics introducing new legacy characters while Disney+ series like The Falcon and the Winter Soldier explores the passing of the shield, there is no better time to take a further look at a few others who have taken up the shield, which we'll look at chronologically in the Marvel timeline.Before he became Captain America, Walker first appeared in Captain America #323 as Super-Patriot. However, these new characters are definitely not the first heroes who have taken on the mantle over the years, as Steve Rogers has died, retired, and passed on his shield to a number of worthy successors.
Updated on May 26th, 2021 by Scoot Allan: The United States of Captain America by Christopher Cantwell and Dale Eaglesham will introduce a few new characters who will also hold the title of Captain America like the patriotic hero Steve Rogers. RELATED: Captain America's 10 Most Memorable Comic Book Quotesįrom one-hit wonders who wielded the iconic shield for only a short time to the more well-known staples of Marvel that have taken on the role, the Captain America moniker actually has a complicated lineage that we'll explore with a look through the patriotic character's chronological history. Over the years, however, there's obviously been a fair share of deviations from Rogers that have seen a great number of Marvel characters take up the mantle of Captain America. When Joe Simon and Jack Kirby brought Captain America to life over 80 years ago, the intention was for Rogers to always appear as the standard for the shielded hero.