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Warning : contains plunderer for Captain America # 8!As Steve Rogers take on the charge of his living , Captain America ’s iconic carapace just unlock its ultimate form - over with enhanced powers that make the Super Soldier capable of taking on a demonic US Army . In recent comics , Captain America has been tangle with Marvel ’s cosmic force , becoming a major player in the engagement between Life and Death . As part of take on this vast responsibility , Captain America ’s shield has transformed , infused with vast eldritch energy afterCaptain America used it to kill the devil Asmoday .
Now , inCaptain America # 8 , Steve Rogers charge into engagement to lay aside the Front Door Cabaret - a shelter where the embodiment of Life itself ( last by the name Lyra ) protects those under terror from her buddy Death . Within the mystical realm where Life and Death do battle , Steve Rogers notice his carapace now has a transparent , cystalline show . Stronger than ever before , the shield is also more in - tune with Steve Rogers ' body and idea , andCap finds he ’s capable to telekinetically take its flying .
WhileCaptain America ’s raise reflexeshave long made him able to predict his shield ’s arc and angles , his gauze-like cuticle has reached the next grade - actively being controlled by Captain America ’s mind . It ’s also resistant to conjuration and - by appear through the shield itself - Captain America is capable to safely expose the true course of Marvel ’s most potent eldritch forces .
Captain America # 8
The shield ’s new abilities are n’t random surplus power for the iconic weapon system , but the last form of how Steve has always used the shield …
Steve Rogers ' vicious son seemed to be impossible in the MCU , but one Phase 4 quote created an opportunity to bring in him as the anti - Captain America .
Captain America Can Control His Crystal Shield Telekinetically
Steve Rogers' Shield Is Infused with Mystic Power
Recently , Captain America has found himself protecting Marvel ’s Change Agents . Change Agents are build who are able to push human progress forward , so long as they are present for"Nexus Events,“during which causality aligns in their party favor . Steve discovered he ’s a knock-down Change Agent , and went on to battle the demon Asmoday , who was dedicated to preventing human progress by killing off Agents using its henchmen the Emissary .
Initially , Steve was powerless against Asmoday , however after Doctor Strangefused his cuticle with the Eye of Agamotto , he was able-bodied to not just exorcise Asmoday from the deathly plane but - against Strange ’s warnings - ruin the demon permanently . That actinfused Steve ’s buckler with mystic energy , make him a major role player in the continuing struggle of Life and Death . With a new Nexus Event go about , Lyra is amass a grouping of powerful Change Agents , while her comrade Death essay to run over her cabaret - themed safehouse and kill them .
Steve Rogers finally has a comrade again , as Captain America faces a reborn Grant Rogers in a fight for the deed of Marvel ’s dandy belligerent .
While Captain America has saved the world many times over , he ’s now involved in deciding the destiny of the human race , going out into the cosmos to gather fresh Change Agents . It ’s a major phylogeny for Steve Rogers , and the Modern powers of his shell - allowing him to see the truth through its airfoil and following his mental commands - mark that fact . These Modern abilities are n’t random redundant ability for the iconic weapon , but the final form of how Steve has always used the buckler , showing how Captain America is embark on the purest figure of his commitment to life , progress and exemption .
alas , involving oneself in Marvel ’s cosmic power structure comes at a cost . Steve Rogers now knows how he ’s going to exit , thanks to a vision because of confronting Death .
Steve Rogers' New Shield Comes with a Dark Fate
Captain America Now Knows How He’s Destined to Die
Unfortunately , involving oneself inMarvel ’s cosmic hierarchy comes at a cost . During the battle against Death , Steve is flim-flam into look at Lyra ’s true form without the assist of his shield . see such a powerful being without any mystic protection injures Steve , damaging his sleeve . At the same metre , expiry grants Steve a vision of the futurity , as he witnesses his final battlewithin the mystic realm . While Lyra heals Steve ’s arm at the adventure ’s determination , she lets him know that when the fate Death present him in conclusion arrives , his hurt will return , and he ’ll confront his final challenge while pay the price for stare upon the cosmos .
It ’s ambitious for this unexampled volume ofCaptain Americato giveSteve Rogers such a pregnant injury , as well as giving readers a glimpse at how he ’s now designate to go . succeeding issues will see Cap prepare for the Nexus Event , and gather a team of Change Agents to the cause . The fact that he ’s doing so despite jazz it ’s the path to his demise is a perfect choice for Steve Rogers - as Lyra point out , his committedness to protecting life is entire , no matter how his own conflict against wickedness is fated to terminate .
It ’s likely succeeding writers will allow Steve to keep his transparent shell - it has all the calling cards of an upgrade that ’s think to adhere around .
Custom Image by Robert Wood (from Jesús Saíz)
In boundary - drive art of Steve Rogers , the dependable iniquity of the Captain America theatrical role is exposed in truly worrisome detail .
The Transparent Shield Is Captain America’s Ultimate Weapon
Captain America Has Had Shield Upgrades Before, But Nothing Like This
When compared to his fellow Avengers like Iron Man and Thor ( who just advance Mjolnir with new tech powers ) , Steve Rogers does n’t get to improve his iconic equipment peculiarly often . While Cap has used alternate shields like his Stark - built Photon Shield and his detachable , laser - bladedSecret Empireshield , a fresh weapon for Steve Rogers is usually a signboard of stretched imagination or outright corruption . Indeed , Steve ’s most drastic change usually come from him go for the sorry guys , whether as a brainwash federal agent of A.I.M. , a handmaid of Mephisto , or a corrupted scoundrel in a Earth whereCivil Warwent very other than .
However , Captain America ’s crystallization cuticle seems different in two respects . First , it ’s overwhelmingly positive - Steve now has major defenses against cosmic and mystical enemy , which he ’d named as his big weakness before now . Second , it ’s likely to be permanent . Captain America ’s shield only transforms whenever he get in the realm of Life and Death , and while the shield ’s enhancement are meaning , they mostly build up on what it could already do - even the telekinetic ascendence is an organic evolution of Steve ’s ability to take a hop it back to his hands .
Captain America is already an impressive hoagie with an fantastically potent weapon system , but his secret power reveals that his carapace has an all - new design .
Given these specifications , it ’s likely future writers will admit Steve to keep his transparent carapace . If they do n’t like the raise , they can simply not draw Steve Rogers in the secret realm that unlocks his shield ’s ultimate phase ( after all , he ’s never been there before now . ) It come along to be the form of major change to a lineament ’s major power design to stick around .
Captain America just became the definitive protector of human race ’s futurity , as his shield transform into a symbol of this cosmic evolution .
Captain America Has Never Been More Important to the Marvel Universe
Steve Rogers Has Become a Cosmic Agent of Life Itself
Captain America commands immense respect in the Marvel Universe , often acting as thede factoleader of Earth ’s superhumans . However , the character ’s bighearted attainment are broadly in the past - he ’s the hero of World War II , eternally fighting off enemies from that dark time in human chronicle . However , with his new role as a champion of life , Captain America is dead all about the hereafter : a force of positive change institutionalise with preparing humanity for the next Nexus Event .
While the full the true of Life and Death ’s struggle may still have some twist to rescue , Captain America just became the definitive protector of human race ’s future . Fighting back an army of demons while protecting the architects of a better world , Steve ’s new sheer shield is n’t just a fun upgrade - it ’s a instruction aboutCaptain America ’s king and use , and one that he ’ll hopefully keep wielding as his account continues .
Captain America # 8is available now from Marvel Comics .
