Marvel, You’re Scaring Me, Don’t Undo Your Good Deeds

Marvel has gotten a lot of praise in recent years for stepping into a new age of diversity and representation. Some of the most recognizable characters in comic book history were going through drastic changes that seemed to be for the improvement of comic books, as a whole. Of those many changes, one of my personal favorites was watching Sam Wilson taking on the mantle of Captain America after Steve Rogers was put out of commission. In more than a year Sam has grown into his new title, even with a large number of people in two worlds – both the fictional Marvel universe and the world we live in – expressing their discomfort with the switch. Some claim to just not like change and some plain don’t like the idea of Captain America being a Black man. As you probably know, Marvel has already undone a lot of those changes that once earned them a collective pat on the back. Peter Parker came back from the dead, Captain Marvel just started her own solo series and, most recently, it was announced that Steve Rogers will become Captain America again, and there will now be two.

To be fair, no one knows exactly how Steve will get his powers and title back except for those in a very small inner circle at Marvel. No one outside of that circle even knows what’s going to happen afterwards. But if this situation plays out the way it looks like it will, I’m very cautious, along with many, many comic book fans. Watching Sam Wilson fill the role of Captain America has been one of my most enjoyab…