Now, keep in mind that I really only followed this back in the 80s and early 90s, but as far as I know the Comic Book version of Cap was not a part of the US Military after they thawed him. He was generally a free agent, almost always associated with the Avengers (though he wasn't always an active member,) which operated with government approval (usually,) but no active sanction.
I do know that in the ... 60s or early 70s, I think, he became dissilussioned with the American government and gave up the name and became "Nomad" for a little while (a title which was then taken over by a weird sort of retconned Bucky.) Then back in the 80s the government took the title and the shield "back" from him and gave it to a government-sponsored superhero (bit of a dick, really,) and IIRC he just went by "the Captain" at that time, and used a black version of his uniform. I believe he was eventually give both things back, but I wasn't reading the comic at the time.
Too much info? :) A lot of writers enjoyed playing Cap's optimism and sunny viewpoint against a darker government.
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Date: 2012-07-02 04:37 pm (UTC)From:I do know that in the ... 60s or early 70s, I think, he became dissilussioned with the American government and gave up the name and became "Nomad" for a little while (a title which was then taken over by a weird sort of retconned Bucky.) Then back in the 80s the government took the title and the shield "back" from him and gave it to a government-sponsored superhero (bit of a dick, really,) and IIRC he just went by "the Captain" at that time, and used a black version of his uniform. I believe he was eventually give both things back, but I wasn't reading the comic at the time.
Too much info? :) A lot of writers enjoyed playing Cap's optimism and sunny viewpoint against a darker government.