A Closer Look At USAgent

I've always thought that USAgent has been an underutilized character. A man with the same powers as Captain America who used to have anger issues and a drinking problem should make for better reading than the character often does.

I had some hope for him when the Marvel crossover Maximum Security was announced and it was revealed that USAgent would have a new role in the Marvel universe: a super-human marshall. This I thought would finally give him the chance to be used right. I could just see it in my mind's eye. USAgent acting like Tommy Lee Jones from the Fugitive, tough as nails and intense. This is the guy that they call in when the Rhino breaks out of the Vault and goes on a rampage in Detroit.

Instead they dropped that ball. The crossover was horrendous. USAgent came off as even more arrogant, which up until that moment I hadn't though possible.