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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vigilance" data-source="post: 3395455" data-attributes="member: 4275">Right but that history is part of what makes Cap a great character. It's part of what makes him special. Most comic characters' pasts are fluid. Folks forget, mostly because Marvel has happily let these facts slide into obscurity, but at one time Reed Richards and Ben Grimm were WWII veterans.But Cap has a period of time no one can take away from him, and that's an integral part of the character. His origin doesn't always take place "ten years ago". Characters like Punisher and Iron Man have had some rocky periods primarily because they were also rooted historically, to time periods that don't really resonate with readers anymore.Iron Man was the ultimate Cold Warrior and Punisher was the crazy Viet Nam vet. Those characters aren't really ones in which many folks identify with anymore. The Cold War is over and Viet Nam seems like a much more distant memory now than it was.Not so WWII. WWII is still a huge part of how we as a nation define ourselves. Instead of making him less relevant, anchoring Cap in WWII makes him more relevant.And of course, being the "man out of time" is a huge part of what makes Captain America a compelling character to me. Also, if you want to get rid of Cap for having his roots in WWII, then you also need to get rid of Nick Fury.</blockquote>