Could We See Captain America ‘Hail Hydra’ In The MCU?

 

Obviously such a drastic change in the character so many have known and loved all their lives is going to be divisive. Personally, I believe Clark Gregg is right, and we need to let the story play out. But it got me thinking, could we ever see the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) version of Captain America/Steve Rogers follow this path, and take such a drastic turn?

My immediate reaction is there is no way, we could ever possibly see this. He spent two entire movies taking down Hydra in Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, as well as the beginning of Avengers: Age of Ultron. In the MCU, the enemy of Hydra is Captain America.

But the question has me intrigued. The comic’s version of Civil War was followed by Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America. Many fans, myself included, believed that Captain America: Civil War would end with Cap’s death. I even envisioned a post credits scene for Doctor Strange in which Tony Stark and T’Challa showing up at the Sanctum Sanctorum to meet up with Doctor Strange and ask him to perform necromancy to bring Steve Rogers back to life. For those unaware, Doctor Strange has performed necromancy before in the comics, though incredibly reluctantly – he really doesn’t like to do it unless absolutely necessary.

We don’t yet know what will happen in Doctor Strange obviously, as it doesn’t come out until November, but many believe that it’s possible the “Eye of Agamotto” will contain one of the final two remaining Infinity Stones to be introduced in the MCU (if true, my guess is time, but this is pure speculation based on the teaser trailer, and the Ancient One’s (Tilda Swinton) comments about realities “being one of many,” and there being “so many ways to save lives”). While this may come to pass in the movie, we obviously did not see Steve Rogers die at the end of Civil War. I was really hoping for my idea of the post credit scene described above, though. It would have been an awesome way to bring Doctor Strange into the Avengers fold.

However, Marvel Comics has always loved to play the “what if?” game, and Marvel Studios has shown that they will take a story line from the comics and loosely adapt it to their needs for the overarching story (see how they adapted Civil War). Since Marvel Studios has shown they will take a run of the comics and adapt accordingly, what if they take the Fallen Son story and adapt it in the MCU with Captain America ‘Hailing Hydra’?

Crazy, I know, but hear me out. At the end of Civil War Steve Rogers, once again, finds himself lost and without a place to call home. He is a man on the run, though he did extend an olive branch to Tony Stark via a letter, in which he says, “If you ever need me, call.”

 

It still sounds crazy, I know. Hell, it even looks crazy. But the ending of Civil War, while not alone, shows Captain America “drop the shield”, symbolically abandoning the Captain America moniker, and leaves him on the run, a criminal in the eyes of the MCU world. It’s not hard to envision him becoming somewhat destitute. Could this destitution lead to the MCU’s Steve Rogers making the comic’s heel turn?