Marvel’s January solicits just came out and one of the solicits could potentially answer one of Marvel fans biggest questions about the status of Captain America: who will be Captain America when Steve Rogers returns, and what will happen to Bucky if Steve becomes Cap again?
Well, your answer may be in the solicits:
Captain America #602
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Penciled by LUKE ROSS
Cover by GERALD PAREL
The monthly CAPTAIN AMERICA returns with a bang! Where has the Captain America from the ’50s been the past few months, and what part of our modern world has welcomed him? And what will Steve and Bucky do when an old enemy tries to become a revolutionary? TWO AMERICAS begins here! By best-selling writer Ed Brubaker with art by Luke Ross. Plus, the start of a Second Bonus Feature – NOMAD by Sean McKeever and David Baldeon!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
They could be replacing Bucky with Steve immediately and moving Bucky into a second bonus feature as Nomad, unless they are actually going with the Onslaught universe Bucky, which would be stupid. It’s hard to tell, but the fact that they are titling the initial arc “Two Americas” makes it a bit ambiguous as does the fact that the exact team from the current Nomad mini-series with Bucky from OU is going to be doing the backup.
We’ll see in January, but to me, it appears that Marvel will go with the less logical route of giving a backup to Rikki “Bucky” Barnes and leaving Bucky “Winter Soldier” Barnes and Steve Rogers to split the Captain America story. Hopefully Bucky moves into the second feature sooner rather than later.
