isn’t she British?
I read that and it conjured a mental image of a tiny Uncle Sam bursting forth Alien-style. If only I knew how (and could be bothered) to make memes…
Think of it as a job title. If Arnold can be Governor of California, Peggy can be Captain America.
It’s posted during the now in comics celebration, so I don’t think it’s late. Also, if I understand her origin she took over because Steve Rodgers died before becoming Captain America, so it seems a bad in-world source for the name.
Fairly confident there is no American inside me waiting to burst forth. Be that as it may, Peggy Carter is awesome 
Captain Colony would be a terrible name.
I disagree, actually. If we presume that everything else happened as it did in 616 and Erksine was killed as well, then the progression is logical - you wanted Steve (now Peggy) to be the volunteer as the first of the super-soldiers, but since there can’t be any more of those she’s more useful as a symbol of American power. With that, “Captain America” becomes a reasonable choice even though she herself is British.
If anything, the acceptance of a woman captain in that time period is less believable than an Englishwoman representing America. Still, it’s not completely unreasonable, and since the consumers of the media are modern, I think it’s absolutely fine.
#NotMyCaptainAmerica 
I’d take it any day over Captain Colon.
Remember, nobody is to ask about Captain Colon’s special power no matter how curious you are. It took weeks to clean up the mess last time.
Because that’s the hero name she was given, she didn’t choose it.. she was “birthed” into a hero of America!
Riri is Ironheart rather than Iron Man, and the relationship between the two is still clear. Captain Britain is taken (though at a later time period, I think) but Captain Freedom would work. Any of a hundred other things would work, too. In America, we might think being an American is great stuff, but I bet Peggy is just as proud of being an Englishwoman as we are of being Americans.
Name doesn’t make sense.
This version of her was also created as part of a Captain America big anniversary (75 years?)
I thought this version of Peggy was American.
Just like in main Marvel continuity: http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Margaret_Carter_(Earth-616)
She was always American, at least before appearing in MCU.
Clearly you need to watch “The Running Man” again. Captain Freedom is taken.
Excellent point. She’d get some side-eye, I’m sure, but it’s still very reasonable.
One of my favorite bits in the “Agent Peggy Carter” show was when she travelled to Europe to reuinite with the Howling Commandoes and her co-worker saw how they treated her. As in, they treated her like a fellow combatant. It was a nice scene.
Thanks! I looked her up on the marvel site, but must have looked at the MCU version. I feel less annoyed now. 
Because honestly, what else are WWII GIs going to call someone who chooses to dress up in a stars and stripes themed costume?
I’m new here, so…are we allowed to discuss the Exiles comic in which she appears and kind of addresses this question?
Schoolboy error.