Sue Storm didn't feel happy about the praise the media were heaping on Johnny.
Instead, she felt that the media were pushing her younger brother toward the edge...
Encouraging a young man to go down the wrong path, then acting "heartbroken" or "kicking him when he's down" after he fell—that was what those people did best. It was their bread and butter.
Seeing that Johnny Storm didn't think he'd done anything wrong, Sue sighed helplessly and tried to talk some sense into him.
In Sue's eyes, Johnny had already been blinded by the title of "Captain America."
Humility, Honor, Sacrifice, Heroic, Compassion, spirit, Honesty, Justice.
Johnny had barely managed to embody any of them!
Sue had always believed those people were using the title of "Captain America" to exploit Johnny, taking advantage of his youth and impulsiveness to send him out to do things whose truth and rightness were impossible to determine.
Captain America was a war hero, not a street hero!
Never mind that Steve Rogers was still alive. Johnny was going out onto the streets in a uniform, carrying a shield, beating up muggers and robbers, and cracking down on criminals. What was that accomplishing besides earning him the media's praise?
He was playing the same role Steve Rogers had played in the very beginning: a clown in a uniform, selling war bonds.
The only difference was that Johnny was now selling "security" and "confidence" on behalf of the United States Government...
In theory, there was nothing wrong with that. But Sue knew Johnny didn't see it that way. When he realized those things weren't what he wanted, everything would change.
Johnny was now someone who couldn't "make mistakes." Someone was using the media to manufacture a superhero, packaging everything Johnny did as nearly flawless.
Even when he