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Chapter Seven: The Death of Captain America

Back to the regular comics.

Cap went through a lot as he led the Avengers throughout this time. Then the Brubaker/Epting Captain America run started in the mid-2000s, and it started with a bang, because Bucky was back. He wasn’t just back; he was back as a deadly, robot-armed Soviet assassin named The Winter Soldier. He kicked all kinds of ass, but Cap eventually broke his mind control programming and freed him for good.

Soon after, he found himself dealing with a resurrected Red Skull and his head minions Crossbones and Sin. But all of that was interrupted by a little thing called Civil War. Iron Man and Captain America fought over superhero registration…blah blah blah…and in the end, Captain America realized that the superheroes had caused some property damage. He got all sad and surrendered.

As he walked to the courthouse for his trial, a sniper shot Steve Rogers through the shoulder and the stomach and killed him. But with Captain America dead, who would wield the shield?

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Chapter Eight: Hawkeye

Wait, what?

Yeah, Iron Man wound up with Captain America's shield, which he immediately tried to pawn off on the first blonde superhero he saw. Okay, so it was a little more than that, as Hawkeye was Steve Rogers’ foil during his original run on the team.

Clint butted heads with him constantly, and went after him for every little thing. They eventually learned to respect each other, and Clint wound up really looking up to Steve. In fact, when Tony offered him the position, Clint accepted, wearing the costume and carrying the shield for one night.

At the end of that night, he ran into the Young Avengers, who didn't recognize him. They assumed that he was just some yahoo parading around in a dead man's clothes. At that point, Clint realized that he didn't want to disrespect Steve, and he returned the shield to Tony.