As Captain America : Brave New World soon approaches theaters, Marvel Comics has debuted a new line of variant covers that celebrate Sam Wilson’s Captain America while paying homage to Steve Rogers before him. Starting next January, Marvel is releasing five unique variant covers, each calling back to an iconic Captain America comic, until the film’s release next February. These classic covers are sure to impress Cap fans, new and old.

Starting with Avengers #22, Marvel salutes over sixty years of Rogers’s tenure as Captain America while embracing Sam Wilson’s ownership of the title. Wilson has been Captain America for nearly a decade but still finds himself having to prove his worthiness of the title.

Whether it be by skeptics both on and off the page, Wilson has continuously been held to a high standard that anyone wearing the Stars and Stripes should be held to, albeit with more scrutiny than Rogers ever faced. However, these new variant covers prove that Sam Wilson has always been worthy of the title.

Marvel’s Variant Covers Remind Readers: Every Generation Needs a Captain America

Find the First Variant Cover when Avengers #22 Releases on January 1, 2024

As the comics, the Falcon and Winter Soldier television series, and Captain America: Brave New World have all made poignantly aware, Sam Wilson has always faced a cacophonous amount of criticism for his place as Captain America. Realistically, the greatest echo chamber of disapproval comes from those who don’t believe a black man could be Captain America. But as the comics, the show, and the movie have all made perfectly clear, Sam Wilson is Captain America. Captain America is a symbol and, just like Spider-Man, anybody is worth carrying the torch of the American Dream.

This powerful collection of variant covers shows that, no matter the era, the United States will always need a Captain America to guide it. History often repeats itself and each generation, both in and out of the comics, needs someone to guide the masses through these familiar problems. Marvel’s new collection of variant covers aren’t just flavorful callbacks to Steve Rogers’s finest moments, but a reminder that there will always be a Captain America to preserve the sanctity of every person’s right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of justice.

Captain America: Brave New World Will Usher in a New Era of Captain America

These Variant Covers Celebrate Captain America’s Past, Present, and Future

This new line of variant covers does more than just pay respect to Captain America’s past and present, it teases readers about Captain America and the Red Hulk . Both superheroes represent opposing sides of America’s governmental culture; Sam Wilson stands for the freedom of the people, whereas Thunderbolt Ross affirms the need for a stronger iron fist. Their movie clash will surely test the endurance of Sam Wilson’s Captain America.

A new generation is here and the world could use a Captain America now more than ever. Sam Wilson isn’t just freedom’s new face, because he has already filled that role for the last decade. Sam Wilson is and has been Captain America, just as much as Steve Rogers is. Marvel’s line of variant covers shows that that has always been the case and, as the MCU nears its next installment, that Sam Wilson is here to stay as the face of Captain America.

Source: Marvel Comics