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* Almost immediately after reviving Captain America in the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]], Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby began foreshadowing Rick Jones becoming the new Comicbook/{{Bucky|Barnes}}. Rick finally took up the mantle and became Cap's new sidekick in ''Captain America'' #110... only to be written out of the book in issue #116, with Rick eventually becoming bonded to Comicbook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}} over in the ReTool of that character's series. Lee and artist Gene Colan would instead introduce a new partner for Cap in the form of Comicbook/TheFalcon not long after.

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* Almost immediately after reviving Captain America in the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]], Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby began foreshadowing Rick Jones becoming the new Comicbook/{{Bucky|Barnes}}.ComicBook/{{Bucky|Barnes}}. Rick finally took up the mantle and became Cap's new sidekick in ''Captain America'' #110... only to be written out of the book in issue #116, with Rick eventually becoming bonded to Comicbook/{{Captain ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}} over in the ReTool of that character's series. Lee and artist Gene Colan would instead introduce a new partner for Cap in the form of Comicbook/TheFalcon ComicBook/TheFalcon not long after.



* In the 70s, a crossover between ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' and the ''Comicbook/XMen'' implied that Comicbook/TheFalcon might be a mutant. This was dropped until a decade later, when the solo ''Falcon'' series confirmed this theory by having a Sentinel identify the hero as a mutant. This was ignored until 2001, when Creator/KurtBusiek addressed the inconsistency in an issue of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', where it was established that Falcon was ''not'' a mutant, and that the Sentinel had simply been malfunctioning.

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* In the 70s, a crossover between ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' and the ''Comicbook/XMen'' ''ComicBook/XMen'' implied that Comicbook/TheFalcon ComicBook/TheFalcon might be a mutant. This was dropped until a decade later, when the solo ''Falcon'' series confirmed this theory by having a Sentinel identify the hero as a mutant. This was ignored until 2001, when Creator/KurtBusiek addressed the inconsistency in an issue of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', where it was established that Falcon was ''not'' a mutant, and that the Sentinel had simply been malfunctioning.



* Near the end of Rick Remender's first run, [[Comicbook/{{Agent 13}} Sharon Carter]] returned after she was previously thought to have died in Arnim Zola's Dimension Z. She immediately accused Zola's daughter Jet (who had betrayed her father and sided with the heroes) of being a [[TheMole Mole]], and demanded that the girl be gagged so that she couldn't even defend herself against the accusations. Offended by the claim, as well as the heroes' willingness to believe it, Jet abandoned them and returned to her father's side. The way the situation played out made it seem like Zola might have been behind Sharon's mysterious return and actions, and that her accusations may have been an attempt to frame Jet to get her to turn against the heroes. However, this has never been addressed since then, and Jet ended up in ComicBookLimbo after Remender left the book.
* In ''All-New Captain America'', [[ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon Misty Knight]] dropped the bombshell revelation that government organizations like Comicbook/{{SHIELD}} and various superhero teams like the Avengers, X-Men and [[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhumans]] had been infiltrated by Comicbook/BaronZemo's new Comicbook/{{HYDRA}}. Again, Remender left the title before this could be further explored. While the later [[Comicbook/CaptainAmericaSamWilson Nick Spencer run]] opened with Sam and Misty taking care of the last HYDRA moles within S.H.I.E.L.D., the thread about HYDRA having plants in the superhero community was largely ignored.

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* Near the end of Rick Remender's first run, [[Comicbook/{{Agent [[ComicBook/{{Agent 13}} Sharon Carter]] returned after she was previously thought to have died in Arnim Zola's Dimension Z. She immediately accused Zola's daughter Jet (who had betrayed her father and sided with the heroes) of being a [[TheMole Mole]], and demanded that the girl be gagged so that she couldn't even defend herself against the accusations. Offended by the claim, as well as the heroes' willingness to believe it, Jet abandoned them and returned to her father's side. The way the situation played out made it seem like Zola might have been behind Sharon's mysterious return and actions, and that her accusations may have been an attempt to frame Jet to get her to turn against the heroes. However, this has never been addressed since then, and Jet ended up in ComicBookLimbo after Remender left the book.
* In ''All-New Captain America'', [[ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon Misty Knight]] dropped the bombshell revelation that government organizations like Comicbook/{{SHIELD}} ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} and various superhero teams like the Avengers, X-Men and [[Comicbook/TheInhumans [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Inhumans]] had been infiltrated by Comicbook/BaronZemo's Baron Zemo's new Comicbook/{{HYDRA}}.ComicBook/{{HYDRA}}. Again, Remender left the title before this could be further explored. While the later [[Comicbook/CaptainAmericaSamWilson [[ComicBook/CaptainAmericaSamWilson Nick Spencer run]] opened with Sam and Misty taking care of the last HYDRA moles within S.H.I.E.L.D., the thread about HYDRA having plants in the superhero community was largely ignored.



* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' seemed to be hinting at a romance between Steve Rogers and [[Comicbook/{{Agent 13}} Sharon Carter]], with the two even kissing in the sequel, ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''. This element was dropped in subsequent films, with Sharon not even appearing (or even getting mentioned by name) in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' or ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. While Sharon does reappear in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'', the fact that the series instead focuses on [[LegacyCharacter the new Captain America]] and Steve never appears means that the romance plot is never picked up on.

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* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' seemed to be hinting at a romance between Steve Rogers and [[Comicbook/{{Agent [[ComicBook/{{Agent 13}} Sharon Carter]], with the two even kissing in the sequel, ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''. This element was dropped in subsequent films, with Sharon not even appearing (or even getting mentioned by name) in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' or ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. While Sharon does reappear in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'', the fact that the series instead focuses on [[LegacyCharacter the new Captain America]] and Steve never appears means that the romance plot is never picked up on.
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* Steve Rogers dies in Dan Jurgens' ''Captain America'' vol. 3 #50, which would have been addressed by a follow up mini-series by John Ney Rieber.

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* Steve Rogers dies in Dan Jurgens' ''Captain America'' vol. 3 #50, which would have been addressed by #50 stopping a follow nuclear warhead, it seems like he is really gone, and there is a big funeral with all his friends. Then Marvel acts like the whole thing ever happened and picks up mini-series by John Ney Rieber.with no mention of any death.
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* Mark Gruenwald's final ''Captain America'' arc had Steve slowly dying, which led to him training a pair of young heroes named Jack Flag and Free Spirit to take over for him. Creator/MarkWaid then took over the book and promptly cured Steve, allowing him to get back into the action. The subplot about Cap's new proteges was dropped entirely, and Jack Flag wouldn't be seen again for roughly a decade, while Free Spirit wouldn't appear again until ''twenty years later''.

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* Mark Gruenwald's Creator/MarkGruenwald's final ''Captain America'' arc had Steve slowly dying, which led to him training a pair of young heroes named Jack Flag and Free Spirit to take over for him. Creator/MarkWaid then took over the book and promptly cured Steve, allowing him to get back into the action. The subplot about Cap's new proteges was dropped entirely, and Jack Flag wouldn't be seen again for roughly a decade, while Free Spirit wouldn't appear again until ''twenty years later''.
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* Almost immediately after reviving Captain America in the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]], Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby began foreshadowing Rick Jones becoming the new Comicbook/{{Bucky|Barnes}}. Rick finally took up the mantle and became Cap's new sidekick in ''Captain America'' #110... only to be written out of the book in issue #116, with Rick eventually becoming bonded to Comicbook/CaptainMarVell over in the ReTool of that character's series. Lee and artist Gene Colan would instead introduce a new partner for Cap in the form of Comicbook/TheFalcon not long after.

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* Almost immediately after reviving Captain America in the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]], Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby began foreshadowing Rick Jones becoming the new Comicbook/{{Bucky|Barnes}}. Rick finally took up the mantle and became Cap's new sidekick in ''Captain America'' #110... only to be written out of the book in issue #116, with Rick eventually becoming bonded to Comicbook/CaptainMarVell Comicbook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}} over in the ReTool of that character's series. Lee and artist Gene Colan would instead introduce a new partner for Cap in the form of Comicbook/TheFalcon not long after.
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* Almost immediately after reviving Captain America in the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]], Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby began foreshadowing Rick Jones becoming the new Comicbook/{{Bucky|Barnes}}. Rick finally took up the mantle and becomes Cap's new partner in ''Captain America'' #110... only to be written out of the book in issue #116, with Rick instead becoming bonded to Comicbook/CaptainMarVell over in the ReTool of that character's series. Lee and artist Gene Colan would eventually introduce a new partner for Cap in the form of Comicbook/TheFalcon not long after.

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* Almost immediately after reviving Captain America in the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]], Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby began foreshadowing Rick Jones becoming the new Comicbook/{{Bucky|Barnes}}. Rick finally took up the mantle and becomes became Cap's new partner sidekick in ''Captain America'' #110... only to be written out of the book in issue #116, with Rick instead eventually becoming bonded to Comicbook/CaptainMarVell over in the ReTool of that character's series. Lee and artist Gene Colan would eventually instead introduce a new partner for Cap in the form of Comicbook/TheFalcon not long after.
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* Almost immediately after reviving Captain America in the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]], Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby began foreshadowing Rick Jones becoming the new Comicbook/{{Bucky|Barnes}}. Rick finally took up the mantle and becomes Cap's new partner in ''Captain America'' #110... only to be written out of the book in issue #116, with Rick instead becoming bonded to Comicbook/CaptainMarVell over in the ReTool of that character's series. Lee and artist Gene Colan would eventually introduce a new partner for Cap in the form of Comicbook/TheFalcon not long after.
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** Both in-universe and a meta example, despite it being a trademark of his backstory and one of the reasons the army is in the supersoldier business, Steve doesn't actually fight any Nazis, just in films and comic books. Justified since by the time he gets sent overseas and begins to take part in the war, Schmidt and HYDRA are much larger threats. Although material in Winter Soldier shows that the Howling Commandoes did missions against non-HYDRA soldiers.

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** Brubaker's ''Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier'' miniseries ended with Prof. Erskine's grandson intending to create new super-soldiers by recruiting test subjects with similar backgrounds to Steve Rogers, eyeing a sickly teenager in a poor neighborhood who recently lost his mother. Never seen or mentioned again.
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* In ''All-New Captain America'', [[ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon Misty Knight]] dropped the bombshell revelation that government organizations like Comicbook/{{SHIELD}} and various superhero teams like the Avengers, X-Men and [[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhumans]] had been infiltrated by Comicbook/BaronZemo's new Comicbook/{{HYDRA}}. Again, Remender left the title before this could be further explored. While the later [[Comicbook/NickSpencersCaptainAmerica Nick Spencer run]] opened with Sam and Misty taking care of the last HYDRA moles within S.H.I.E.L.D., the thread about HYDRA having plants in the superhero community was largely ignored.

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* In ''All-New Captain America'', [[ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon Misty Knight]] dropped the bombshell revelation that government organizations like Comicbook/{{SHIELD}} and various superhero teams like the Avengers, X-Men and [[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhumans]] had been infiltrated by Comicbook/BaronZemo's new Comicbook/{{HYDRA}}. Again, Remender left the title before this could be further explored. While the later [[Comicbook/NickSpencersCaptainAmerica [[Comicbook/CaptainAmericaSamWilson Nick Spencer run]] opened with Sam and Misty taking care of the last HYDRA moles within S.H.I.E.L.D., the thread about HYDRA having plants in the superhero community was largely ignored.
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* In ''All-New Captain America'', Comicbook/MistyKnight dropped the bombshell revelation that government organizations like Comicbook/{{SHIELD}} and various superhero teams like the Avengers, X-Men and [[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhumans]] had been infiltrated by Comicbook/BaronZemo's new Comicbook/{{HYDRA}}. Again, Remender left the title before this could be further explored. While the later [[Comicbook/NickSpencersCaptainAmerica Nick Spencer run]] opened with Sam and Misty taking care of the last HYDRA moles within S.H.I.E.L.D., the thread about HYDRA having plants in the superhero community was largely ignored.

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* In ''All-New Captain America'', Comicbook/MistyKnight [[ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon Misty Knight]] dropped the bombshell revelation that government organizations like Comicbook/{{SHIELD}} and various superhero teams like the Avengers, X-Men and [[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhumans]] had been infiltrated by Comicbook/BaronZemo's new Comicbook/{{HYDRA}}. Again, Remender left the title before this could be further explored. While the later [[Comicbook/NickSpencersCaptainAmerica Nick Spencer run]] opened with Sam and Misty taking care of the last HYDRA moles within S.H.I.E.L.D., the thread about HYDRA having plants in the superhero community was largely ignored.

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* In ''All-New Captain America'', Comicbook/MistyKnight dropped the bombshell revelation that government organizations like Comicbook/{{SHIELD}} and various superhero teams like the Avengers, X-Men and [[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhumans]] had been infiltrated by Comicbook/BaronZemo's new Comicbook/{{HYDRA}}. Again, Remender left the title before this could be further explored. While the later [[Comicbook/NickSpencersCaptainAmerica Nick Spencer run]] opened with Sam and Misty taking care of the last HYDRA moles within S.H.I.E.L.D., the thread about HYDRA having plants in the superhero community was largely ignored.

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* In ''All-New Captain America'', Comicbook/MistyKnight dropped the bombshell revelation that government organizations like Comicbook/{{SHIELD}} and various superhero teams like the Avengers, X-Men and [[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhumans]] had been infiltrated by Comicbook/BaronZemo's new Comicbook/{{HYDRA}}. Again, Remender left the title before this could be further explored. While the later [[Comicbook/NickSpencersCaptainAmerica Nick Spencer run]] opened with Sam and Misty taking care of the last HYDRA moles within S.H.I.E.L.D., the thread about HYDRA having plants in the superhero community was largely ignored.ignored.

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* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' seemed to be hinting at a romance between Steve Rogers and [[Comicbook/{{Agent 13}} Sharon Carter]], with the two even kissing in the sequel, ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''. This element was dropped in subsequent films, with Sharon not even appearing (or even getting mentioned by name) in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' or ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. While Sharon does reappear in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'', the fact that the series instead focuses on [[LegacyCharacter the new Captain America]] and Steve never appears means that the romance plot is never picked up on.
** Both in-universe and a meta example, despite it being a trademark of his backstory and one of the reasons the army is in the supersoldier business, Steve doesn't actually fight any Nazis, just in films and comic books. Justified since by the time he gets sent overseas and begins to take part in the war, Schmidt and HYDRA are much larger threats. Although material in Winter Soldier shows that the Howling Commandoes did missions against non-HYDRA soldiers.
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* In ''All-New Captain America'', Comicbook/MistyKnight dropped the bombshell revelation that government organizations like Comicbook/{{SHIELD}} and various superhero teams like the Avengers, X-Men and [[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhumans]] had been infiltrated by Comicbook/BaronZemo's new Comicbook/{{HYDRA}}. Again, Rememnder left the title before this could be further explored. While the later [[Comicbook/NickSpencersCaptainAmerica Nick Spencer run]] opened with Sam and Misty taking care of the last HYDRA moles within S.H.I.E.L.D., the thread about HYDRA having plants in the superhero community was largely ignored.

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* In ''All-New Captain America'', Comicbook/MistyKnight dropped the bombshell revelation that government organizations like Comicbook/{{SHIELD}} and various superhero teams like the Avengers, X-Men and [[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhumans]] had been infiltrated by Comicbook/BaronZemo's new Comicbook/{{HYDRA}}. Again, Rememnder Remender left the title before this could be further explored. While the later [[Comicbook/NickSpencersCaptainAmerica Nick Spencer run]] opened with Sam and Misty taking care of the last HYDRA moles within S.H.I.E.L.D., the thread about HYDRA having plants in the superhero community was largely ignored.
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* Steve Rogers dies in Dan Jurgens' ''Captain America'' vol. 3 #50, which would have been addressed by a follow up mini-series by John Ney Rieber.
* Mark Gruenwald's final ''Captain America'' arc had Steve slowly dying, which led to him training a pair of young heroes named Jack Flag and Free Spirit to take over for him. Creator/MarkWaid then took over the book and promptly cured Steve, allowing him to get back into the action. The subplot about Cap's new proteges was dropped entirely, and Jack Flag wouldn't be seen again for roughly a decade, while Free Spirit wouldn't appear again until ''twenty years later''.
* ''Captain America and ComicBook/TheFalcon'' ended with Cap finding Falcon's costume fluttering in the wind, with it left ambiguous as to whether or not Falcon was dead. This was going to be resolved in a solo ''Falcon'' book by Creator/{{Christopher Priest|Comics}}, but the series never materialized, as Priest didn't want to be typecast as only writing black heroes.
* In the 70s, a crossover between ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' and the ''Comicbook/XMen'' implied that Comicbook/TheFalcon might be a mutant. This was dropped until a decade later, when the solo ''Falcon'' series confirmed this theory by having a Sentinel identify the hero as a mutant. This was ignored until 2001, when Creator/KurtBusiek addressed the inconsistency in an issue of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', where it was established that Falcon was ''not'' a mutant, and that the Sentinel had simply been malfunctioning.
* When Steve Rogers returned after his supposed death in Ed Brubaker's run, Bucky -- who had been acting as Captain America to honour Steve -- insisted on giving the Captain America mantle back, even though Steve didn't want it. Steve insists that Bucky keep the title, and justifies it by saying that Bucky has moved beyond using the role to honour him. He later confides in a sleeping Sharon Carter that he'd had a vision of a possible future, and in this future Bucky, as the Winter Soldier and not Captain America, dies after being impaled on debris. Also seen are numerous large tentacled silhouettes and someone wielding Thor's hammer, Mjolnir. The ''ComicBook/FearItself'' crossover, where numerous Mjolnir-like weapons fall from the sky ''and'' Bucky ''was'' seemingly "killed" (but as Captain America), ''could'' be the follow-up, but it doesn't quite line up. The tentacle things never appeared and besides the event being Thor-related, there aren't many similarities. The visual of giant tentacled robots would be used years later in ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire'' (and a CBR article theorised that this could be a case of ArcWelding), but that's it.
* Near the end of Rick Remender's first run, [[Comicbook/{{Agent 13}} Sharon Carter]] returned after she was previously thought to have died in Arnim Zola's Dimension Z. She immediately accused Zola's daughter Jet (who had betrayed her father and sided with the heroes) of being a [[TheMole Mole]], and demanded that the girl be gagged so that she couldn't even defend herself against the accusations. Offended by the claim, as well as the heroes' willingness to believe it, Jet abandoned them and returned to her father's side. The way the situation played out made it seem like Zola might have been behind Sharon's mysterious return and actions, and that her accusations may have been an attempt to frame Jet to get her to turn against the heroes. However, this has never been addressed since then, and Jet ended up in ComicBookLimbo after Remender left the book.
* In ''All-New Captain America'', Comicbook/MistyKnight dropped the bombshell revelation that government organizations like Comicbook/{{SHIELD}} and various superhero teams like the Avengers, X-Men and [[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhumans]] had been infiltrated by Comicbook/BaronZemo's new Comicbook/{{HYDRA}}. Again, Rememnder left the title before this could be further explored. While the later [[Comicbook/NickSpencersCaptainAmerica Nick Spencer run]] opened with Sam and Misty taking care of the last HYDRA moles within S.H.I.E.L.D., the thread about HYDRA having plants in the superhero community was largely ignored.

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