And, by "it," I'm talking about the uproar over the fact that the new Captain America carries a sidearm.
Maybe you haven't heard, but this seems to be the focus of a great portion of any news story about the new Captain America.
"Cap's back - and he's packing heat!"
Yeah? Really? I just don't see the big deal. The current comics have emphasized Captain America more as a soldier and a agent of the government than most of the time in the past. The "swashbuckling" Captain America of the 80's (which I loved dearly) isn't the direction the writer has chosen for the current book. It doesn't mean that it isn't good - it is - just that it is different.
The new individual (not giving any spoilers, in case you don't know) wearing the costume also doesn't have the advantage of the Super Soldier Serum that Steve Rogers had. That serum made Steve Rogers the pinnacle of humanity - faster and stronger than anyone without super powers has ever been before.
(Yeah, I fall in line with the folks that insist that Captain America doesn't really have "super powers." We can argue about it, but my feelings are basically that Steve Rogers, through the Super Soldier procedure, merely became the realization of the potential of humanity - the possible. When I think of "super powers," I think of the impossible.)
And, Captain America with a gun is not without precedence. I mean, after all, he was a soldier in WWII.
And, even after WWII, Captain America has occassionally used a firearm.
Mind you, I don't want Captain America to be a character like the Punisher, doling out hot-leaded vengeance to the world. That would be bad. Very, very bad.
Looking at Captain America in the context of the current storyline, the gun makes sense. Did Steve Rogers carry a gun, even in the recent storylines? No. But, then, this isn't Steve Rogers.
It just seems much ado about nothing to me.
Type at you later.
(A request - Captain America Vs. the Joker.)
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Mind you I hate the hero genre-super, mutant or otherwise....