Everything Old Is New Again

Following Captain America: Rebirth, fans naturally assumed that the original Captain America, Steve Rogers, would reclaim his mighty shield, leaving his former sidekick Bucky out in the cold.  Instead Steve took on a new role as head of America's national defense, giving both characters a brighter future.  But to the surprise of absolutely no one, come July the original Captain America will once again battle injustice everywhere in his star spangled uniform and shield.  Much like with Iron Man and Thor, he comes in a brand new issue #1 to bring new fans in after the movie.

While by no means will ever be upset at the idea of Steve in his uniform (it's also been alluded to fairly heavily), I still wish we could have kept the existing status quo for just a bit longer.  Bucky was doing great things as Captain America, and giving the role a unique twists.  And Steve was interesting as commander of the whole damn free world, which seemed to elevate the character to an even higher status.  I didn't see the need to end it.

This begs the obvious question: what becomes of Bucky Barnes?  The man is currently locked up in Russian prison, but I can't imagine him staying there for long.  We might see him don the old Winter Soldier uniform as lone agent, using his unparalleled covert ops experience to escape an international manhunt.  I would kill for a crossover with him and the new Venom.  Bucky has become too strong of a character to brush off completely, and I'm sure we will continue to see him across the Marvel Universe.

My other question is, why not redesign the costume?  Don't get me wrong, the classic costume is fairly iconic.  But with the movie adding a very cool realistic take, why not incorporate at least some of those elements?  Keep the classic red, white and blue, but I think it would have been a wise move to use some of the more practical elements of the movie costume.  Eh, can't argue with the classics.