Hero Time

The hero who could save Marvel:

Walker's popularity is quiet, but it's there. Comics surrounding U.S. Agent skyrocketed after Wyatt Russell's portrayal of Walker, merch sales also went up, with action figure releases, and even Funko Pop! models were flying from shelves. Forums and Reddit posts popped up discussing the character in positive terms. And I tend to agree with a lot of what I see. Walker is so interesting because he's the most believably written character, with believable flaws, and believable motivations. While other characters are either riding out past glories, trailing already trodden paths, or are just plain boring for one reason or another, Walker's character is the most relatable. .... If Marvel were to turn their eyes to Walker, and focus in on him, I really think they could build something fantastic. They're so busy trying to wow people with big names like the Fantastic 4 and reintroduce nostalgia bait that they're not looking at what potential they could have if they would just embrace what's great about what they have. But as it stands, it seems Marvel is still caught up in an age that they should have left a while back, and some of its more interesting characters may stay in the shadows, relegated to side-roles while more politically correct, name-brand characters give people a less relatable, mediocre, but safe time. We'll see if Thunderbolts gives the people something meaty to chew on. Seeing as how both Walker and Barnes are featured in it, it's the only showing from Marvel that looks remotely interesting, for me at least. Once it releases on May 2, I'll go see it and let you know if it's worth the ticket price. But this is Disney/Marvel. I wouldn't get my hopes up.

They've been dashed before...