What was Captain America's worst decision?

A Marvel aficionado, but always a DC fan

33w ago

The worst ever decision from Steve would have to be the time, when he chose to be the Nomad.

Wikipedia Description-

In Captain America #180 (December 1974) Rogers becomes disillusioned with the U.S. government when he discovers that a high ranking government official (heavily hinted to be the then President of the United States Richard Nixon) is the leader of the terrorist organization known as the Secret Empire.

Rogers then decides to abandon his Captain America identity, feeling that he cannot continue to serve America after this latest discovery has shattered his faith in the nation's status. However, a confrontation with Hawkeye (disguised as the Golden Archer) forces Rogers to realize that he cannot abandon a life of heroism, and he subsequently takes on the name "Nomad" (as it means "man without a country") adopting a new dark blue and yellow uniform with no patriotic markings on it at all.

This was something that we’d like to forget.

Cleon Lee

81w ago

ETA to add SPOILER FOR CIVIL WAR MOVIE:

IMHO, try to save Bucky in a high speed chase scene in the movie. He endangers literally thousands of people in order to save one person. There is no justification for that no matter who he is. But it proves that he is still human, with all his biases. And it also proves Stark's side has a good point, a very good point that is proven by Captain's action. If Stark and Black Widow have come up with this example instead of bul* Sokovia and NY, maybe more people from Cap sides will switch side.  Most of them only stay out of loyalty to Cap anyway (or doesn't want to be restricted), not really because they believe in his ideal.

Another bad decision: call out Hawkeye to fight for him knowing he has a wife and four kids depending on him. If that is not selfishness, I don't know what is.

To clarify, I'm actually emotionally on Team Captain on this (no, not rationally). But he is a flawed human being and should be treated as such, super power or no.

Anudeep Metuku

Read over 2000 comics

81w ago

Captain America always makes the best decisions. Even in the comic and cinematic Civil War events, his argument is far more emotional and compelling than the other. By doing what is best for America as an example and nation, and world security, Captain America rarely chooses to make any morally wrong decisions.

The big problem is that he uses the Super Serum to physically be Captain America. (In the Ultimate Universe, he goes through a six month period of steroids.)

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 ​Steve Rogers volunteers for the experiment and receives reflexes, strength, and the ability to be better at the battlefield. 

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​For the same reasons, Hitler and the Nazis used testosterone derivatives, but the only difference was that they went psycho.

Captain America shouldn't be any different. He should feel guilty for going against what made him in the first place in one particular comic:

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Jack Hudson

Superhero junky. Writing about fighters for the greater good.

34w ago

By far Captain America’s worst decision was to try and star in a 1980s Broadway musical.

Which is why it ranks atop the list of the 15 Biggest WTF Things Captain America Has Ever Done.

Now the MCU First Avenger movie showed Steve Rogers can entertain with the best of them onstage. There’s no doubt about that.

But singing, dancing and being a pedophile (more on that in a moment) is a whole different story.

Captain America - The Musical was conceived in 1985 for a whopping $ 4 million, which was a redunkulous amount to be spent on Broadway in those days. News of the play first broke in the New York Times outlining the plot:

The superhero will not, in fact, be particularly super when the curtain goes up. The book by Mel Mandel and Norman Sachs (who are also responsible for music and lyrics) has Captain A. going through a mid-life crisis. Fortunately, the action speeds up - his girlfriend, a candidate for President, is captured by terrorists and held hostage at the Lincoln Memorial.

BRAVO!

If you thought Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark was awful, just imagine what it would have been like watching Captain America sing and dance his way through a mid-life crisis.

Equal parts horrendous and wonderful, it sounds like this musical would have been a sight to see to say the least.

Unfortunately it never happened for reasons no one knows. That NY Times article above and the ad below are pretty much all that exist of the once great spectacle that was to be Captain America - The Musical.

Which is probably a really good thing considering the producer’s marketing strategy, which is what made this truly Captain America’s worst decision.

Apparently one of the stars of the show was going to be a young girl and so Marvel in their infinite wisdom decided to run ads in their comics for an open casting call.

I’ll let it speak for itself…

And that my friends is how a pedophile was born.

A few takeaways:

having 10 to 14-year-old girls send a photo of themselves to a random address in the back of a comic book so they can be Captain America’s “very special friend” is creepy

getting angry and forceful about it by demanding they “do it today” or else let down America is effed up

Captain America looks way to happy about all this

it appears the dance style of Captain America - The Musical relied heavily on the Irish jig

I think we can now safely say why this never went into production, and why Captain America letting himself be a part of an ill-conceived Broadway sex-trafficking musical was the worst decision he’s ever made.