If you haven’t read this particular issue you can do one of two things: either you can buy it and read it for yourself OR you can read one of a hundred different websites that are voicing their opinion on it. They say any press is good press, but many in my circles are not happy about this new press...and neither am I.
Before we talk about the “new” Captain America let’s do a quick review of Captain America and what he formerly stood for. He was an advocate for the U.S. and it’s war against the bad guys from WWII. He was of the same opinion as most people...Hitler was bad. That was pretty much the extent of Caps international views. Domestically, Captain America stood for truth, honesty, the American way and pursuing the American Dream. He was inspiring, a strong leader, and a role model for me growing up. He was Marvel’s boy scout.
Apparently, not anymore.
Marvel is now voicing it’s political opinions through the “new” Captain America...and it’s not just me who thinks so.
If you haven’t read it here’s the scoop in a nutshell. Captain America comes down hard on a white supremacist group called Sons of the Serpent. At the time of their beating they were in the process of apprehending a group of illegal aliens crossing the desert from Mexico to Arizona.
If you want to see a comprehensive report on what happened, along with political commentary, see this video from the MacIver Institute..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THg1kmxZk6M
It seems that Disney/Marvel has started taking political sides. Specifically, sides against specific candidates and specific views. It wasn’t enough to just apprehend a group of ne’er-do-wells who were wrongly enforcing the law. Marvel decided to make a political statement. One they can’t take back.
Will the next issue have Captain America beating up workers at Planned Parenthood? Perhaps Marvel can use Captain America to voice their views on Capital Punishment. Maybe, in the not so distant future, they can release a Secret Wars spinoff called Political Wars!
What were they thinking? They weren’t.
In an attempt to reach a “younger audience” Marvel has made some dramatic changes:
-They changed male characters to female and introduced them as “new characters”.
-They changed the race of some characters and introduced them as “new characters”.
-They put out a whole slew of new #1 issues for these “new characters”.
-Now, they have decided to take sides on the political front while openly mocking the other side.
So, it wasn’t just that race and gender weren’t important enough to develop actual “new characters”. Now it looks like these “new” characters will also have political opinions. It appears that the shortcut to Marvel increasing revenue was to reduce its creativity and succumb to political polls.
The saddest part? They used a person with no superhuman abilities and a political opinion to replace someone who lost their superhuman abilities and represented the country’s opinion.
R.I.P. Captain America. We’ll miss you.
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