COMICS: Steve Rogers Will Wield The Shield Again In Captain America #1 This July!

COMICS: Steve Rogers Will Wield The Shield Again In Captain America #1 This July!

It has been revealed this morning that July will see the return of Steve Rogers as Captain America in a relaunched series by writer Ed Brubaker and Steve McNiven! Hit the jump for details and art...

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By JoshWilding - Apr 04, 2011 03:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics
Source: New York Daily News

It has been revealed in the New York Daily News today that this July, when Captain America: The First Avenger is set to hit the big screen, will see the return of Steve Rogers in the iconic costume in the relaunched, Captain America #1, written by Brubaker and drawn by Steve McNiven.

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Here's what Tom Brevoort, Marvel's senior vice president of publishing, had to say:

"Given that we are about to have a big Cap film and Cap's going to be in front of more people and in more folks' awareness than in any other time in recent memory, well, since we killed him, it would probably not be the worst thing in the world for him to be in the suit and carrying the shield at that point."


Writer Ed Brubaker, who killed the character back in 2007 and put his WWII sidekick Bucky in the costume, reveals that he's now even more excited to be able to bring Steve back as Captain America:

"I started to regret [pitching the idea to kill him] almost instantly, 'Wait, I just offered to kill off my own main character.' So I never imagined that he would not be Captain America as long as it has gone on. I did really miss having Steve in that costume and throwing the shield."


Artist Steve McNiven revealed:

"Captain America has been a character I've wanted to work on in more depth since Civil War, a real icon of the Marvel Universe. Not only do I get to run with Cap, but Ed Brubaker, a guy who has redefined the character at Marvel, is writing the books and he's come up with an absolutely brilliant storyline that I can't wait for folks to read."


Starring Chris Evans as Captain America, Sebastian Stan as Bucky, Hugo Weaving as Red Skull, Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter, Tommy Lee Jones as Col. Chester Phillips, Stanley Tucci as Abraham Erskine and Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark, Captain America: The First Avenger will be released in 3D on July 22.



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tracydavis001
tracydavis001 - 4/4/2011, 3:33 AM
Good !! I'm glad he'll b back
prototype87
prototype87 - 4/4/2011, 3:34 AM
marvel72
marvel72 - 4/4/2011, 3:36 AM
i've just brought the steve rogers super soldier t-shirt,now his becoming captain america again.

i suppose they need to,just to promote the film.
Hannibal_King
Hannibal_King - 4/4/2011, 3:48 AM
Make it $2.99 an issue, otherwise I'm not buying it.
spiderneil
spiderneil - 4/4/2011, 3:50 AM
there was absolutely no chance whatsover there was going to be a cap movie on the screen and not steve rogers in a cap suit.

if any of the general audience watched the movie and saw bucky in the costume they'd be like, 'who the **** is that?'

guaranteed when the fantastic four gets rebooted on screen, johnny storm will come back from the grave.
SuperSomething616
SuperSomething616 - 4/4/2011, 3:51 AM
Wow didnt see that one coming!!!
Mystekl
Mystekl - 4/4/2011, 4:03 AM
Boooooo! Bucky Cap is the best thing to happen to Captain America in a long time. Besides you can't have Steve Rogers running SHIELD, the Secret Avengers, and being on the New Avengers at the same time. Stupid movie promotions. I know what I am removing from my pull file now.
Hellsing
Hellsing - 4/4/2011, 4:05 AM
oh c'mon, its great seeing him back as cap and all but they better keep him as the top cop of the MU, he's been great in that role so far, [frick]ing tony stark was Iron Man and running SHIELD, So I don't see why rogers can't do the same. and I guess this means he's not going to be apart of the secret avengers, well I guess bucky could replace him since espionage suits him more then a public team.
ironpool007
ironpool007 - 4/4/2011, 4:26 AM
Well the last few issues of Cap have been pointing towards this. I think both Steve and Bucky were awesome in the role. I really liked seeing Steve as the top cop of Marvel. Inwonder what will become of Bucky. I just saw an add for The Avengers 12.1 by Brian Michael Bendis and Bryan Hitch with Bucky as Cap.
FrankGarret
FrankGarret - 4/4/2011, 5:02 AM
It'd be great if they could do the same thing they did with the Hulk.

The current series can be renamed "Winter Soldier" and retain the numbering and still be about Bucky, while the new series can be about Steve. And sometime doen the road, both can be unified again.
FrankGarret
FrankGarret - 4/4/2011, 5:04 AM
Also, check out my character posters

SageMode
SageMode - 4/4/2011, 5:35 AM
Good news. I surely do hope that he keeps his Captain Steve Rogers outfit, or get a new one that looks something VERY MUCH like it.

gunner
gunner - 4/4/2011, 6:18 AM
Must have sagging sales .....wake up!!
How many times has marvel killed and brought back Captain America ?
In Four years it'll happen again .
comicb00kguy
comicb00kguy - 4/4/2011, 6:24 AM
I've been waiting for this day ever since Steve Rogers was "killed" (STILL one of the lowest and most shameful points in Marvel's history). Nobody stays dead in Marvel but Uncle Ben.

nordberg
nordberg - 4/4/2011, 6:39 AM
I've enjoyed Bucky's run carrying the shield but I wouldn't mind seeing Steve coming out of semi-retirement. I guess this also means that Nick Fury will be put back in charge of SHIELD... which is also very cool.
MassExecutions
MassExecutions - 4/4/2011, 6:44 AM
Arrrggghhh....I swear, if they kill Bucky I'm gonna burn something d....I mean write a strongly worded letter! I hope he takes over for Steven in Secret Avengers as Winter Soldier, or something.

@comicb00kguy - I know where your coming from, with death being cheap in comics and all, but I think you may be over reacting. It wasn't really a gimmicky death out of the blue to boost sales. Brubaker really made it come together organically, with all the characters and plot points really fitting together. You call it one of the lowest and most shameful points, but its been one of the best written stories Marvel's produced...ever.
DEFENDER
DEFENDER - 4/4/2011, 6:57 AM
marvel is screwing up the whole appearence of captain america.might as well terminate him forever. the way the artist is drawing him in the comics looks horrible.
DEFENDER
DEFENDER - 4/4/2011, 7:00 AM
what's up with all these pics of cap not wearing a mask and new costume changes? he looks like garbage.
imnotwearinghockeypants
imnotwearinghockeypants - 4/4/2011, 7:05 AM
What a surprise.
Deadpool13
Deadpool13 - 4/4/2011, 7:12 AM
Hell yeah
WinterSoldier
WinterSoldier - 4/4/2011, 7:18 AM
no! dammit i love bucky as cap! oh well atleast dont kill bucky off and still make him relevant
jonedc
jonedc - 4/4/2011, 7:18 AM
@sagemode I actually like that uniform has a touch of s.h.i.e.l.d. in it...
JoshJones
JoshJones - 4/4/2011, 7:20 AM
Don't read many comics, eh DEFENDER?

Personally, I think Steve Rogers's Super Soldier costume is fūcking sweet. I'd wear my t-shirt of it everyday if it didn't make me look like a nut for the Dallas Cowboys.
TheGreatone0207
TheGreatone0207 - 4/4/2011, 7:35 AM
This is crap. I like Bucky way more as Cap. Not to mention I'm loving Steve Rogers as a super spy. I think its the role he needs to be in. If they are doing this purely for the movie, they should make this a one-shot or something,. They just ruined his whole death story line. And Brubaker is lying out his ass. I'm sure he is pissed this happening after all the work he has done thus far.
BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 4/4/2011, 7:55 AM
This was kind of inevitable. They might as well have just given Bucky a new identity when Steve came back. Anyway, I still think they rushed the return.
UltimateRedLantern
UltimateRedLantern - 4/4/2011, 8:32 AM
keep bucky in some how some way and ill be okay and on a book I enjoy, I kinda love his winter soldier costume,

JackBauer
JackBauer - 4/4/2011, 8:34 AM
I'm glad. Steve is the one true Captain America. Besides, this wasn't the first time they replaced Steve as Cap and it probably won't be the last.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 4/4/2011, 9:49 AM
Bucky-Cap is only written well by Brubaker. He's the worst written character in the Avengers titles, he's just always standing around in the background, not doing anything. So I'm glad Steve will be back, even though I really like the role he's been playing lately.

Secret Avengers is one of Marvel's best titles going!

CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 4/4/2011, 9:51 AM
@ morte

Flash Thompson is Venom now. I thought it was going to be crap, but after reading Venom #1, i have a little hope. Its a cool spin on the Venom character.

I liked Mac Gargan/Venom also, though!
niknik
niknik - 4/4/2011, 10:07 AM
Good. Now they can take him out of the S.H.I.E.L.D. role and put Bucky in it. Let Cap do what he does best: Be the greatest hero the Marvel Universe has. The leader and moral compass that other heros aspire to.

He's Marvels "Superman" in that regard.
comicb00kguy
comicb00kguy - 4/4/2011, 10:13 AM
Mass: I always felt that the "death" of Cap was among the most needless comic "deaths" I ever saw, and really hated the idea. That said, the storyline that followed, with Bucky stepping up as Cap and the resolution of the long-running storyline with the Red Skull and Aleksander Lukin WAS excellent. Brubaker does a far better job than most writers today at pacing a story- look at how long the Red Skull/Lukin story built up before its explosive climax.

I just hated the idea of "killing" Rogers, probably more because it tied into the Shitvil War, which I absolutely despised. I typically hate most "deaths" in comics, since it's usually just a cheap publicity stunt to try to bump up sales on a book. Brubaker's Cap had no need of such a stunt. It has been one of the better runs on a comic that I've read in my life, and ranks with the first Waid/Garney run as the best run of Cap I ever saw.
Rhys
Rhys - 4/4/2011, 11:25 AM
fullmetal
fullmetal - 4/4/2011, 11:31 AM
70 years!!!!!
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