“…at the heart of it, these are character pieces… So, I took that to heart and decided to explore Eli’s character a bit, and get to the question of how it might feel to be a black kid with his history, with his family’s history, calling himself Patriot in the post-Civil War Marvel Universe. Might that be a difficult and conflicting thing in many ways? And how does he feel about the death of Captain America, who he’d actually come to respect recently?”

Young Avengers Presents: Patriot

Also: Brandon Thomas’ column moves to Newsarama.