WARNING! Spoilers for Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell #1Captain America has a new alternate universe design, and the old soldier is starting to look his age. Cap’s new look comes in the miniseries Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell, which presents a dystopian future world where the aging heroes are caught up in a mysterious war that has plunged the world into chaos.
In #1 by Charles Soule and Steve McNiven, Matt Murdock has lost his enhanced senses and now runs a soup kitchen to help feed the downtrodden in New York City, which does in fact lead him to meeting Steve Rogers, whose new look definitely shows his true age.
A group of terrorists set off a bomb near Matt's place of work, which seems to reawaken his powers. As he heads down a subway platform to see if there are any survivors, he comes across none other than Steve Rogers. The aged Cap is looking the worse for wear, holding up the collapsing tunnel and telling Matt he must save the young girl at his feet.
Captain America Starts to Look His Truly Advanced Age in Gritty New "Old Man Rogers" Design
Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell #1 by Charles Soule, Steve McNiven, and Clayton Cowles
The Cap who readers see in Cold Day in Hell is looking rough, growing a beard and letting his hair grow past military regulations. Wearing a tattered overcoat and fatigue pants, the only visual hint that readers get that this is Captain America is the star on his chest. Cap manages to hold up the collapsing roof long enough for Matt to save the unconscious girl he was protecting, with Steve saying that she’s “important.” Matt takes the girl and drops her off with the medics on scene, and Steve lets go of the roof, dying in the subsequent collapse.
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Matt then takes off in pursuit of the terrorists responsible for the attack. Forgetting his age, Matt can’t keep up with the fleeing vehicle, but it does inspire him to dig his old Daredevil costume out of storage. It looks like Matt’s coming back just in time, as the mastermind behind the attack is ultimately revealed to be Bullseye. Bullseye is looking equally the worse for wear, apparently suffering from some malady that causes his hands to shake. Bullseye does get excited when his henchmen bring him Cap’s shield, which he proceeds to show his prisoner: an incapacitated Frank Castle.
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Although he was killed off almost as soon as he was introduced, this version of Captain America is in keeping with the aged, gritty feel of Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell. Given the grizzled versions of Matt, Cap, Bullseye and the Punisher, it will be interesting to see if any other familiar faces show up in the next two issues of this three-issue miniseries. Whatever happens next, the gritty, old version of Captain America shows that the future world presented in Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell is one of the darkest possible futures of the Marvel Universe.
Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell #1 is available now from Marvel Comics.
- Created By
- Jack Kirby
- First Appearance
- Captain America Comics
- Alias
- Steve Rogers, John Walker, Sam Wilson
- Alliance
- Avengers, Invaders, S.H.I.E.L.D., U.S. Army
- Race
- Human
- Franchise
- Marvel
Initially debuting in 1940, Captain America is the patriotically themed superhero who has shared the title with only a few individuals. Beginning with Steve Rogers, Captain America's birth resulted from a frail man taking part in an experimental U.S. Army super-soldier trial, which imbued him with super-human abilities. The character is often depicted wielding a nigh unbreakable and aerodynamic shield made of vibranium that they use to defend and attack their foes.
