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Captain America would only have children if writers wished, and created them plausibly

A writer at ComicBook asks whether Steve Rogers has children, as though he were real:
Captain America is one of the older superheroes in Marvel Comics, both in his time in comics and his actual age. Making his debut in the pre-Marvel comic Captain America Comics #1 in 1940, Cap was a World War II hero, fighting to take down Nazis and keep America free. After he stopped the Red Skull in WWII, he ended up crashing into icy waters, where he was frozen in a block of ice and left in suspended animation until he was found and revived in the age of heroes, where he joined the Avengers. Because he has been around for so long, and he has dated more than his fair share of women, it seems like he might have some kids in Marvel Comics.
Oh for heaven's sake. That depends whether and if writers so decide to establish something, and while there may not have been sons and daughters created for Steve up to the turn of the century, there was, as the article notes, an issue of What If? where such an idea was explored. But because these are not real people we're discussing here, that's why, if and however a fictional character has children established in-story, it's up to the assigned writers and editors to think up a story where this could take place.

And as of now, Marvel/DC have no writers or editors with the talent needed to make such a fictional setup work. Why, J. Michael Straczynski's Sins Past storyline in Spider-Man was but an example of how such ideas could turn into utter disaster. So there's really no point wondering whether a fictional character could have children, nor is it worth making suggestions for the publishers when they have no respect for the classic characters they're building a story around. One of the other stories cited in the puff piece about Cap is one referencing the repellent Hail Hydra event, and any story building on that is not making the introduction of a son for Steve Rogers plausible or tasteful at all.

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