Actor Chris Evans says he's just as in the dark as the fans on whether he will return as Steve Rogers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

After portraying Steve in the Captain America movies, Evans seemingly said farewell to the role in 2019 when the character's story seemed to conclude at the end of Avengers: Endgame. Recently, there have been new rumors of Marvel Studios plotting an Avengers movie that would reunite the original crew, including Evan's Captain America. On Monday, Evans was asked about these rumors of his return while appearing on The View (per TheWrap). He suggests that the rumors are not out of the ordinary and that there's no truth to them, claiming he hasn't even been contacted by Marvel Studios at this point about a potential return.

Steve Rogers' Captain America may be a hero and an inspiration to millions, but that may not be enough to save him from Marvel's new Celestial. Iron Man, Makkari, Ajak, and Mister Sinister's desperate play to end the war between mutantkind and the Eternals was successful. But their gambit of birthing a new space god is already having drastic consequences, with Steve Rogers the first to face judgment.

At the outset of the Judgment Day event, Prime Eternal Druig persuaded the majority of Eternal society to consider mutantkind's newly found resurrection protocol as excess deviation. Correcting excess deviation is a directive hardwired into the Eternals by their Celestial creators; hence the attempt by Tony Stark, Makkari, Ajak, and Nathaniel Essex to bring a new Celestial to life and alter the Eternal directives.

Preview pages released by Marvel for A.X.E.: Judgment Day #3 by Kieron Gillen, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles tease where the heroes' best laid plans are leading. The end of the previous issue found the new Celestial forebodingly warning the people of Earth about their forthcoming judgment. As if that had not raised the stakes of the story enough, the three preview pages of Judgment Day #3 begin the judging with Steve Rogers, the Star Spangled Man with a Plan himself. As Cap tries to take the lead in the confusion, the new Celestial decides that Capitan America will be judged first... and the ruling isn't good.

                 

While the charm of Captain America is that he pushes the boundaries of human potential without being truly 'superhuman,' Marvel's decision to give Sam Wilson a very specific version of Wolverine's healing factor was definitely the right call.

In 2012's Captain America #25, Sam Wilson became Captain America, taking over the role after Steve Rogers was depowered. Along with his falcon Redwing, Sam fought villains including Scarecrow and Baron Zemo, briefly leaving the Captain America title behind before returning to it recently (coinciding with his adoption of the role over in the MCU.) One big difference between Steve Rogers' Cap and Sam Wilson's is that Sam boasts a huge pair of mechanical wings. Unfortunately, unlike Captain America's fabled shield, these wings can be broken.

That happens in Avengers: Rage of Ultron by Rick Remender, Jerome Opena, Pepe Larraz, and Mark Morales. When Ultron returns to Earth with a vengeance, the Avengers stand against him, only to be faced with robotic duplicates of their classic roster. When Sam takes on an Ultron-ified Scarlet Witch, her powers shatter his wing, leaving him dependent on Spider-Man to escape. Sam manages to take possession of a weapon that can kill Ultron and is picked up by the Avengers Quinjet, only to then fly to safety with his own wings when the vehicle explodes. When Spider-Man questions how Captain America's wings are once again functioning, Sam confirms that they're made of self-repairing vibranium and have already healed from the damage caused by Ultron.

While giving Sam Wilson's wings a Wolverine-like healing factor is a drastic move for Captain America - who is often depicted as a low-powered character who nonetheless keeps up with gods and aliens - it's the right decision for the character. Sam's wings being as unbreakable as his shield would make him overpowered as Cap, while having him need to repair his wings whenever they're clipped by a villain would take away from the fun of his character design and signature flight. In contrast, having wings that can be damaged but then heal over time is the perfect compromise. As Rage of Ultron shows, Sam can be shot down by an enemy, struggle to escape them on foot, but then regain his flight capabilities once it's convenient to the story.

Wolverine's healing is an iconic aspect of the mutant brawler, allowing him to be hurt - often badly - and then return to the fray once it serves the story for him to do so. Applying the same logic to Sam Wilson's wings (though crucially not his body, like Logan) is the neatest way for Captain America's flight capabilities to be whatever the story calls for in the moment. Of course, Sam Wilson's wings being able to heal like Wolverine also addresses a longtime 'plot hole' often pointed out by fans - in a world where Captain America is friends with geniuses like Black Panther, Iron Man, and Reed Richards, it makes sense for him to be wielding technology a little more advanced than an unbreakable discus.