Captain America series back in 2018, the fictional 616 universe was still reeling from the events of Secret Empire, the comics event that transformed Steve Rogers into the embodiment of Hydra’s fascistic power, and the organization’s new leader. That same year, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Captain America—arguably the most recognizable modern incarnation of the character—was one of the few heroes left standing in the final moments of Avengers: Infinity War, a Disney movie whose shockingly bleak ending was a rather unsubtle acknowledgment of the real-world despair created by the political and social climate at the time. Each of the MCU’s