Ta-Nehisi Coates gets mugged by reality. Of course Marvel was always going to bring back Steve Rogers. When they brought back Bucky to be the "Winter Soldier" — and what fucking Soviet agent would ever use that codename? — the cardinal rule ("Only Bucky Stays Dead") was violated. This can hardly come as a surprise. For years, we’ve had indications of the character of this regime, and if it took this latest disgrace for wooly-headed liberals to recognize its true face, well, better late than never.