'Captain America' twist stuns comic book world - May. 25, 216 "Steve Rogers: Captain America #1" hit shelves on Wednesday along with a twist that seemingly changes the entire history of the character. The final page of the issue has Rogers saying two words: "Hail Hydra."

The reboot issue, which is the first to have Rogers share the Captain America mantle with superhero Falcon, details how Rogers was recruited as a boy by the evil Nazi-esque organization Hydra and apparently has been a covert agent all these years.

The move sent shock waves through the comic book world with fans horrified that the honorable character is now a member of the organization he's fought for 75 years.

 

 

 

 

Looks like the article is blaming it on Trump and Hillary without mentioning them :lol2:

"We're currently in the middle of this very contentious presidential primary season where folks across America are feeling divided on a number of issues," Brevoort said. "This feels very much, at least to me, like it's of the zeitgeist of the moment."

Brevoort added that with Captain America stories Marvel always strives to make the character's stories topical.

"Captain America, because he's draped head to toe in the flag, has more of a larger, more symbolic meaning than many of other characters," he said. "In an allegorical fashion, you want to make his adventures about where America and where the world is."

That's total and utter bull if they go that route. Is nothing sacred any more?

It's stupid, and an example of the crazy missteps the industry has taken with its comics in the last two years. Both Marvel and DC are stepping in it currently.

 

Also, one of the most valid criticisms of this I have seen is that they've taken a character created by two Jewish men as a response to World War II, and made him a Nazi.

It's stupid, and an example of the crazy missteps the industry has taken with its comics in the last two years. Both Marvel and DC are stepping in it currently.

 

Also, one of the most valid criticisms of this I have seen is that they've taken a character created by two Jewish men as a response to World War II, and made him a Nazi.

 

Never thought about it in that way, but by gosh you're right.

 

It also whitewashes all the plots CA foiled for Hydra, where, were he a double agent, he could have intervened less or took "a dive" at any point and Hydra would have succeed where they failed so often. I mean, isn't that the goal of a double agent, to help the entity you actually work for, and hurt the one you pretend to work for? Makes no sense that he would be a double agent.