The following contains major spoilers for Captain America: Symbol of Truth #7, available now from Marvel Comics.
Steve Rogers' son is back in action in the Marvel Universe, but no one seems intent on telling the Star-Spangled Avenger anytime soon.
Captain America: Symbol of Truth #7 by writer Tochi Onyebuchi and artist Ig Guara finds Sam Wilson embarking upon a journey to Mohannda after the nation's prime minister is assassinated on United States soil. When his government benefactors aren't willing to let him go it alone, they assign Sam an unexpected partner for the mission in the form of Ian Rogers, aka Nomad.
As it turns out, the adopted son of Captain America has been dismantling Hydra cells while nearly the entire world thought he was dead. He also has no problem with letting his father keep believing that is the case, something his allies such as the former Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes have helped him to do all along. When Sam asks Ian if he has any plans to tell Steve he's still alive, Ian responds, "Dad'll find out in his own time."
Ian was first seen in 2012's Captain America #1 by writer Rick Remender and artist John Romita Jr. as the infant son of none other than longtime Cap enemy Arnim Zola. Created in a lab from Zola's genetic material, the young Ian was rescued by Steve before the two became trapped in Zola's Dimension Z. There, time moved by at a blistering pace, leaving the titular hero to raise Ian as his own for over a decade. Eventually, Steve escaped, while Ian was left behind to rise up against Zola's monstrosities as Dimension Z's Nomad.
Ian carried the Nomad mantle into the primary Marvel Universe upon his own escape from Dimension Z, and quickly found a place fighting alongside Sam, who had then only recently taken up the title of Captain America. In the years that followed Ian and Sam battled against the forces of Hydra on multiple fronts, leading to Ian supposedly perishing multiple times. Luckily, Nomad has managed to escape largely unscathed from each of his apparent demises, and he has used his "deaths" to his advantage to continue fighting in secret.
Captain America: Symbol of Truth #7 is written by Tochi Onyebuchi, with art by Ig Guara, colors by Jesus Aburtov, and letters by VC's Joe Caramagna. Main cover art is by R.B. Silva and Aburtov, with variant cover art courtesy of Ken Lashley and Juan Fernandez. Captain America: Symbol of Truth #7 is available now from Marvel Comics.
Source: Marvel