This is the beginning of "The Captain" storyline, the second time when Steve Rogers drops the Cap identity. Unfortunately, while this may be slightly better than the first time, it's still a very unrefined and rushed issue. Rogers drops the mantle while not being very sure of how the whole Commission thing would go and it's more than evident that the writers' political feelings towards the Reagan administration are the real reason Rogers stops being Cap. Just as Englehart didn't like Nixon and poured his dislike towards Tricky Dick in his book and the transformation into Nomad, the same happens here. By adding that to Spencer's whole Secret Empire thing, a clear (and forced) parallel to Trump (although I liked Secret Empire!), you may start to see a pattern. Steve Rogers is a great character but unfortunately a lot of the times the frustrations the writers (advice: never read Ann Nocenti's Cap, it's just cringe) have towards US presidents (and somehow, it's almost always Republicans) are being poured through his mouth and that makes him a propaganda tool. And yes, I know, he was created specifically for that, against the Nazis, but that seemed fair game, this doesn't, not to me at least. Not when only one side gets the short stick every time.

To the very least, if anyone ever gives Millar crap for portraying Cap as a libertarian and saying he "doesn't get" the character, read this. Cap throwing away his uniform, considering he alone, not the government, represents the American ideals, is the most libertarian thing one could do. And no, I'm not a libertarian, it's just that I find it funny how some people blame Millar for stuff other writers have done in the past with Cap. more