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Warning : contains spoilers forCaptain America : Sentinel of Liberty # 3 !
For over 80 years , Captain Americahas fight the forces of evil while carrying his fabled shield into battle - but the weapon system obliterate an evil symbolisation that was staring referee in the face this entire time . Steve Rogers is rarely seen without the shield , andother next versions of Captain Americaalso carried their own versions of the artillery while they wore the curtain . ButCaptain America : Sentinel of Liberty # 3reveals the in effect Captain has actually carried an evil symbol every meter he piece up the buckler - and it was never his symbol to begin with .
In current comics continuity , both Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson share the name Captain America , and the patriotic superhero is thus the star of two parallel on-going series : Captain America : Sentinel of LibertyandCaptain America : Symbol of Truth . While Sam Wilson ’s fib are largely concerned with the present issues of the daylight , Steve Rogers continually finds himself being pluck back into World War II , or at least the fallout from the dispute . Stories about Rogers are particularly concerned with the shield as of late : 2021’sUnited States of Captain Americainvolvedthe villain stealing Captain America ’s shieldfor their own purposes - but even they did n’t recognise the evil symbolization they carried .
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InCaptain America : Sentinel of Liberty # 3 , written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly with prowess by Carmen Carnero , Captain America journey to a clean - muscularity plant in Germany , which turns out to be a front for another determination altogether ( and the plant is far from clean ) . In the intestine of the installing , Steve Rogers fall upon a message from his cuticle ’s creator , Doctor Boka Agbote . He revealsthe true secret of the shield:“They’re call the Outer Circle . They skirt everything . They influence everything … their symbol is three rings around a star . “He explains that the outer circle of the symbol pay order to the two inner circles , and the star represents their weapon - in other words , Steve Rogers himself .
This revelation is groundbreaking for multiple reason . Not only has Steve carry this symbolic representation ever since the shield ’s creation , but Doctor Agbote reveal the Outer Circle is the dead on target brain of World War II , and perhaps all subsequent dispute . Steve get it on the power of symbolisation - he wears the flagof the United States of America on his costumeand even carries an " A " on his helmet - so the fact that he ’s carry an foeman symbol should shake him to his gist .
Very little is known about the Outer Circle apart from their symbol . Captain America is no stranger to destroy secret societies and age - long confederacy ( theoriginal Nazis , the updated Hydra , the Serpent Society , the Flag Smashers and the Secret Empire , to name a few ) so to him , this mission will be no different . Even so , Captain Americamust be chapfallen that the symbol of the shield that has stand for so much for so many was never his to begin with .
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