Anonymous asked: Beyond the obvious name and costume, what makes Captain America, well, Captain America? Is it just the shield? With Thor it's a little easier to get what a switch means, since we have Mjolnir to largely decide that for us.
Well, there’s an intangible aspect. As Al Ewing put it in one of his interviews about CAP & MIGHTY, becoming Cap is like being elected to the highest office in the super hero land.
Every action that you take is read in a completely different way when you’re Captain America. There are things that Sam could say or do as the Falcon that would have a different context if he did them as Captain America.
There’s an expectation to Captain America.
But you’re asking what makes somebody “qualify” as Captain America, I’d imagine.
I think that Steve Rogers saying that they are carries a little bit of weight.
I think standing up for principles, and doing the right thing, and embodying the spirit and the founding principles of the nation also do.
Nothing to do with Sam Wilson being Captain America really, but now I’m picturing a Captain America election among the Avengers… Who would run? What would the nominating process be like? How would they campaign/prove that they deserve to be Captain America? I picture Steve Rogers acting like a two-term president staying out of his party’s primary races the whole time, being careful not to show any favour to one candidate over another… I think this is a comic that only myself and about seven other people would want to buy.
