CAPTAIN AMERICA: WHO WILL WIELD THE SHIELD?

Marvel Comics
February 2010

Steve Rogersが戻った―。
BuckyはシールドをSteveに返す決心をしていた。それはCaptain Americaをやめるという意味だった。
一方、Steveは未だ悪夢が覚めやらず、眠れぬ夜が続いていた…。


"Captain America Reborn"のその後のエピソード。
名台詞、カッコイイシーンのオンパレードですね。

まず、過去・戦場でのSteveとBeckyの会話。
B: Steve... I don't know how you do it...
S: Do what?
B: Get up there and inspire 'em like that... Right after they buried their buddied in the sand and mud.
S: That's part of the job, pal... You know that. I was supposed to be the first of a whole army of soldiers like me...
B: So I have to live up to that.
S: That's an awful heavy weight, Steve... But I guess your back's strong enough, ain't it?
S: It has to be.

Avengersの隠れ家でのBuckyとNatasha(Black Widow)の会話。
N: I still don't think you should just give this all up, James.
B: Nah... Truth is, I never wanted this shield... I just didn't want anyone else to have it. But I never wanted to carry the kind of burden Steve always has.
N: That doesn't change the fact that you were good at it. That it meant something. Why can't you both be Captain America? Why can't there be two? Seriously... There were two Iron Mans for a time. Why is so out of the question?
B: It just is, Nat... Face it. There's only Cap...
本当は、Lukeが横からちゃちゃを入れたりするのですが、ウザイので省きました。

そして、説得を諦めたNatashaは、最後にもう一度二人で悪党退治にとBuckyを誘います。
眠れないSteveも外に彷徨い出ていて、BuckyとNatashaの息の合った戦いぶりを目撃することになります。
やがてBuckyはSteveを見つけ、シールドの譲り合いになります。
B: I never wanted them. Never.
シールドを差し出すsteve。
S: Neither did I. I was just supposed to be a soldier.
B: I don't want this, Steve.
S: So then... Do it for me. What do you say?
お互いを気遣う友情がなんとも言えずいいです。
勿論SteveはBuckyの前では言わなかったのですが、
"If he doesn't keep being Captain America... I think he may die... And I couldn't live with that. Even if it means I have to sacrifice a future I want."
と考えていました。

そして、SteveはCaptain americaをやめたことを大統領に報告します。
それを聞いた大統領の意味深な言葉・・・
"Well, that's all right, Steve... Becaouse I've got this strange feeling in the days ahead... This country's going to need to call on you for something much bigger...
そして、"SIEGE"へ―。



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