

14, apparently in response to the Deadline report, he simply tweeted, “News to me” with a shrug emoji. As he told Entertainment Tonight in 2019, “to stick the landing so well, it would be a shame to kind of revisit unless there was something very unique that we felt the need to reveal.” And on Jan. Either way, Evans himself hasn’t really given us reason to hope that he’ll be back. Or perhaps he’ll take on a mentorship role in a future project. Flashbacks to his past with Sam and Bucky could be one option, as they wouldn’t require any reworking of the fact that Steve is dead. He was actually assassinated by Sharon Carter - don’t worry, she was under hypnosis at the time - and came back to life in a later issue.įollowing a recent Deadline report that Chris Evans is set to reprise his Captain America role “in some form” in the MCU, there’s also been speculation that he shows up in Falcon and the Winter Soldier. In the comics, Steve died a very different death than would have been possible at this point in the MCU. Remember when Steve was featured in that classic “In Memoriam” video that kicked off Spider-Man: Far From Home?His inclusion there would make sense whether he was really dead or just “dead” to the rest of the world.Īlthough, if Steve is still alive, why would Sam and Bucky be so sad? They both spend much of the first episode in a sort of wandering, pensive state, each unsure of their respective places in a post- Endgame world. When Steve returned to the present day in Endgame, he seemed pretty content to keep his story to himself (enter the “I don’t think I will” meme), so it could even be feasible that Steve is only “dead” to the general public and is still living out the rest of his life quietly somewhere. Spoilers ahead for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 1.Leading up to its premiere, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier dropped plenty of hints that Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, had. We don’t know how Steve died (though he was pretty old), but it’s not clear if the rest of the world does, either. “But it’s more about the man who propped it up. “I don’t know if there’s ever been a greater symbol,” he says at the ceremony. Though we don’t get a poignant, hero-studded funeral scene a la Tony Stark’s in Endgame, the sad fact is confirmed when Sam surrenders Steve’s shield to the Smithsonian.
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The premiere episode of the new Disney+ series confirms it: Captain America is gone. There was a shot in the trailer of a funeral-ready Sam Wilson standing over Cap’s shield as well as dialogue that referenced the hero in the past tense. Leading up to its premiere, The Falcon and the Winter Soldierdropped plenty of hints that Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, had died. Spoilers ahead for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 1.
