Ever since Steve Rogers was injected with the Super Soldier Serum that turned the plucky twerp into Captain America, he’s been a beacon of hope and inspiration for the world. But he’s no hero. At least not if you ask him.
The Marvel Legacy series - which saw a retelling of many of its characters’ origins - Captain America: Home of the Brave Part One opens with Steve Rogers shortly after having been thawed from his decades-long ice nap. He’s taking down a group of white supremacists calling themselves Rampart in Burlington, Nebraska. But he's in for a surprise when he revisits the town ten years later. The town re-branded itself as Captain America, Nebraska. They hold an annual Captain America Festival, and even have a Captain America Museum and gift shop. A vendor at the festival tells an incognito Rogers that the vote to rename was nearly unanimous.
A parade of people who have either been saved or inspired by Cap take to the stage to offer speeches praising the hero. “He says what we’re all thinking.” “He does it all without powers or armor.” “He punches Nazis.” But after foiling another attack from Rampart, he explains that he wasn’t there for the festival, but because he’d gotten reports that Rampart was planning a return.
After he foils their attack, Cap explains to the festival attendees that while he’s flattered, he gets self-conscious when people make a big deal about him. He says that the only reason he’s there is because, “I had a job to do.” As the crowd continues to lavish praise on him, calling him a hero, he rebuffs the compliments. He’s just a tall guy with a shield, he tells them, before going on to point out the true heroes: a woman who ran through laser fire to help a stranger, a man who put himself in harm’s way to save a little girl from falling rubble.
“They didn’t need to be ‘inspired’ That was in them all along. It’s in all of us. We know what’s right. The strong protect the weak. Never forget that.”
It's a very "with great power, comes great responsibility" moment for Cap and telling of how he views his role and responsibilities in the world. He doesn't do what he does for the accolades and admiration. He does what he does because he can when no one else can. He doesn't consider helping out the little guy to be heroic. He considers it to be any moral person's duty. He doesn't want adulation and he doesn't want to be put on a pedestal. He wants people to do what's right and doesn't think his existence should be necessary for that.
Captain America didn't get injected with the serum because he wanted to be a hero. He did it because he wanted to fight for what was right and that was the only way he'd be capable of doing so. He doesn't want to inspire people to do good. He wants people to inspire themselves. "The strong protect the weak. Never forget that."
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