Everyone who saw the first trailer for Avengers: Infinity War should know by now that Captain America is getting a new shield. Black Panther specifically said “get that man a shield!,” and he was serious. Now, thanks to another toy leak, fans have received their first glimpse of Steve Rogers’ latest shield…and they’re freaking out a bit. Well, make that “freaking out a lot.” People are actually acting like this is the permanent Captain America shield from now on. Fortunately, today’s Nerdist News is here to remind everyone why Cap will eventually throw his mighty OG shield again!Join host and Chitauri life-hacker, Jessica Chobot, as she takes us back to the bygone days of 2016 when Steve Rogers abandoned the Captain America identity at the end of Civil War. It was also the end of his beautiful bromance with Tony Stark over the whole “Bucky killed my parents” thing. We recently learned that the MCU’s Cap has been going into battle without any shield at all, and his new Wakandan shield may actually be an upgrade compared to the original.[brightcove video_id=”5724298705001″ brightcove_account_id=”3653334524001″ brightcove_player_id=”rJs2ZD8x”]Both of Cap’s shields are made from Wakanda’s wondrous super metal, Vibranium, but the new one has the advantage of being designed by Shuri, Black Panther’s sister. You may have heard that she’s possibly smarter than Stark—well, that’s not an exaggeration. Shuri’s the real deal, and we suspect that her new shield may actually retract into the gauntlet on Cap’s arm. That’s potentially very useful, and it may have other tricks as well.
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