Question that has been bugging me for a while

[ellid]

And proves that I am a very,very, very big geek:

Is Captain America still an active duty soldier, or a civilian seconded to SHIELD? And was he ever actually an officer, or was "Captain America" just his code-name? I remember from the comics that his cover identity was a wimpy private somewhere, but obviously that hasn't applied since he was unthawed.

This is driving me nuts and I have yet to find an answer that isn't fanon. Thank you and please do not mock me.

Comments

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Also, am I the only person who thinks that it's pretty cool that this ultra-masculine character fights with a defensive weapon and is an artist on the side?

No, I think that's pretty awesome, too. :D I love that the movies kept him as an artist.

[ellid.livejournal.com]

Of course I could see him being somewhat creeped out by finding that the stuff he did for the WPA is collectible now....

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

There was a heartbreaking little fanfic going around Tumblr this week that had Tony finding that Steve has been working on a comic about a kid named Cole Phillips, "... who dreams of superheroes and eventually grows up to be a different sort of hero, an everyman without any superpowers of his own, a hero known simply as “The Agent”. "

[ellid.livejournal.com]

What I'd love to see is something where Steve finds out that some of his old WPA art is now in the permanent collection at the Met, solely because the curators liked it and had no idea that it was drawn by Captain America. *That* I could actually see happening, and then all hell breaking loose when someone connects "S. Rogers" to the Star Spangled Man. Add in Tony deciding to get involved since he's on the Met's board (or knows someone on the Met's board, or slept with someone on the Met's board, or gave a couple million to the Met's board as a tax write-off), and....

Crap. I may have to write this myself.

*head desk*