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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cthulhudrew" data-source="post: 2354229" data-attributes="member: 4090">Wow- talk about old school. That was quite a while ago.Let's see: Some IRS agent discovered that a Steve Rogers was still receiving a government stipend, despite the fact that he was supposedly dead, and brought it to his superiors. His superiors realized that Captain America was still technically on the government's payroll, and tried to strongarm Cap into working more directly for them. Cap's buddy, Nick Fury, tried to help Cap out of the situation, though doing so would have required Cap work for S.H.I.E.L.D (at that time a UN operation, and not strictly USA, though I think its subsequently gone back to being a US agency). Cap, after struggling with the idea, realized he couldn't adequately fulfill what he saw as his duties to the nation if he had to work for whatever political regime (with its attendant goals) happened to be in power at any given time, so he resigned his costume and shield and identity.The government, needing/wanting a Cap, recruited John Walker, a US army veteran who had been given super strength by the Power Broker, and was currently going around the country operating as the Super Patriot, a patriotically themed "superhero" (little more than a sham to make some money). Walker, at heart a real patriot whose idealism had been lost under the promise of easy money, immediately jumped at the offer and abandoned his self-enriching ways. He and a friend of his, Lemar Hoskins, became the new Captain America and Bucky. Unfortunately, Walker's role as Captain America (under the government) led him to a variety of morally challenging positions, and he quickly learned that being Cap wasn't as easy as simply wearing a costume. His parents were also killed as a direct result of his activities, and he went over the deep end, entering a dark period that he never completely got out of. In the meanwhile, Steve Rogers was sought out by his good friends, Jack Monroe, Sam Wilson, and Dennis Dunphy, who convinced him that the world still needed his help. He adopted a new costumed identity (simply "The Captain"), and the four of them (with Jack's girlfriend) went around the country fighting the good fight.Eventually, the government was forced to negotiate with Steve Rogers to return to the role of Captain America, due to the instability of Walker. Walker was seemingly killed, and Rogers resumed the role of Captain America, though with no official ties to the US Government.In the years subsequent to that, Walker was revealed to have had his death faked by the Government, and given a new identity (and some brainwashing) and he took on the name and costume of USAgent. He's maintained that identity (though with different costumes) ever since. He's also regained his memory. He was briefly an Avenger, though his status with that group has always been shaky.</blockquote>

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