You're Never Going To Believe Who The Next Captain America Is!

While Steve and Tony were duking it out in Civil War, the new American hero has been crowned!

#1 Move Over Steve. You're Going To Break A Hip.

Steve Rogers used to be a great American hero. He used to represent American Values and combat the forces that threatened our nation. However, over the years he's become obsolete. His enemies are no longer America's enemies. His values are no longer America's values. While America has been constantly changing since the 1940's, Captain America is still stuck in his iceberg. He's a relic of America's past. It's time to replace him as America's hero. But who would be able to represent America and its struggles in a time where we're completely fractured as a nation by race, politics, religion, regions and laws?

#2 Looking For A Hero?

Luke Cage IS the new face of America. Power-man has been around for decades, he's not new to the superhero scene; however, Netflix's recent reboot and television show has brought out Cage's complexities, both subtle and obvious.

#3 We Know A Guy!

There is no denying that Luke's NOT like other superheroes. The very first and obvious sign that he's different from the rest is that he's a black man. While there is a push in comics to including more diversity in the Marvel Universe, being able to address the current race issues in America with tact and class is an extremely hard maneuver that other supes just haven't been able to handle. In a time where social unrest between races is out of hand, Luke steps in and shows that we are all people. The show even shows how just another guy in a hoodie has the power to change the lives around them and bring their communities together. What makes Luke special is that he's just another working man, a man of the people, who realizes he has the power to say no to the corruption around us. What does that have to do with the rest of America?

#4 He's A Hero For Hire.

America is made from the working class. We're not rich, there's the big pyramid in our way. Power man's power doesn't come from his super strength, it comes from his journey to do right by the people he knows and cares for. He's an ex-cop from the south, living in Harlem (which is just like a small town in its social connections and family ties, and the GOSSIP.) So just from his background, he's united both the blue and black lives matter movements, the regional differences from the Mason-Dixion line AND the similarities between rural and urban living. The question is what is he fighting?

#5 And He Just Got A Job...

The biggest corruptions that Luke is facing is the differences in what is ethical and what is legal. Hear about those North Carolinian bathroom laws, seems a bit familiar, huh? Yet, it goes deeper than that. We have him fighting the powerful business owners that are profiting from harming other. The politicians that only care about their own gain. He's fighting the injustice of being deemed lesser than another while also battling the double edged sword of being deemed "special". Luke's half-brother wanted to ruin Luke's life because he was "special." It wasn't about super powers, it was about being acknowledged by a higher power, in this case, their father. Luke, never saw himself as special. The defeated his brother, not by sheer strength but by refusing to feed his hatred and endure until he exhausted himself. That is why Luke Cage is the true American hero, he refuses to be 'special' and feed into the cycle of hatred. By enduring and choosing to care for his community Luke Cage shows that a man in a hoodie is still a hero.

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