Warning: contains major spoilers for Giant-Size Little Marvels #1!
The MCU has had great success so far, but one of Marvel's heroes would have ruined it if they had been given the reigns. In Giant-Size Little Marvels #1, Captain America tries his hand at directing. The result is a mess to say the least. He is the kind of director that nobody wants to deal with.
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) was a well-received film that was successful at the box office. Captain America was a staple within the "Infinity Saga". However, his comic counterpart would've led his own film, and the rest of the MCU, right into the ground. Usually, this Avenger is an excellent leader and he is rather humble. Within a new Marvel Infinity comic, however, he's a little insufferable.
Giant-Size Little Marvels #1 is a new Marvel Infinity Comic with the creative team of Skottie Young, Dax Gordine, Jean-François Beaulieu, and Nate Piekos from Blambot. Within it, Captain America is in an ice cube - up until he breaks free and shouts "cut," displeased with the direction his crew is taking. This version of Cap is directing his own origin film and nothing is going according to his plan. Iron Man isn't using the lines he was given that hype up Steve and it is making the super soldier very cross. He takes it so far that nobody wants to be around him.
Captain America's version of his origin film has four hundred and ninety-two pages. The lead expects Tony Stark to call him a "perfect person" and sing his praises, which is highly counter-intuitive to Stark's personality since, if he said that about anyone, it would be about himself. Cap is also working everyone far too hard, with Iceman unable to maintain the block of ice any longer without a break for lunch. After filming has ended for the day, Captain America returns to the latest iteration of Avengers HQ just to find that nobody really wants him around. Considering how he directed his film, it's no wonder why! He even manages to chase away Nick Fury with his complaining about...everyone else's complaints. There's no doubt about it, Captain America is out of touch with his team.
Ultimately, Captain America's ever the optimist, so he eventually decides to go back into his block of ice. He thinks everyone will come around in time and they'll get back to filming everything. He's not the best version of the star-spangled man with a plan. It seems much more likely that everyone will want to leave Captain America on ice for as long as they reasonably can. Instead of wanting to help him or ask him for help, they all want to avoid him. This Captain America is every extreme that the character could be. He tattles, he's too good for everyone's liking, and he's just not fun to be around. The magic of movie making doesn't exist when Captain America is around. He needs to leave his film to the movie professionals - after all, the MCU did fine without him at the helm! Based on his directing techniques in this comic, he would have absolutely ruined the MCU before reaching the end of Phase One.
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