Go Home Marvel. You. Are. Drunk.
I would like to dedicate a moment of silence to the tragedy that has befallen us all. If you are unawares of this incident and are dumbfounded at my somber attitude - please allow me to elaborate.
I'm not a competitive comic book reader - I do not fight to keep up and I usually end up missing whole runs that I read a year after the fact simply because, well...reasons. This is the case with Captain America: Steve Rogers.
Today, I stand before you, a beaten man. I have been defeated in ways I can not chronicle for you. My inner child is crying, bleeding and lying int he corner of a condemned building on the east side of Detroit.
For those who are unfamiliar with this particular piece of literature - inside it's crisp pages it is revealed that Captain America is, and has alas been an agent of Hydra. Hydra. Let me allow this to resonate. He's a Nazi double agent. WTF.
To be fair - I had an idea of what was going to happen - simply because I'm a year behind, and Marvel over sold this concept in an attempt to ensure a rush to the rack for the first issue - and as it sold 4 times more than Captain America: Sam Wilson I would say this strategy worked in the short term.
Marvel has broken a man that is the ultimate embodiment of liberty and freedom. He is what the American Fighting man is meant to be - the example. How American do you have to be to dress in red, white and blue tights, carry a red, white, and blue shield and punch Adolf square in the face? Pretty damned American.
Now fans will say that it was Kobik, and it's only occurred because of what she believes in this given moment (Thanks to the influence of Red Skull). Well who gives a flying frag grenade?
The fact that Marvel would even toy with the idea goes further to prove that there is something broken in the Marvel Universe and this is an epic grip to try and resolve some unrepentant daddy issues by twisting the proverbial history of Steve Rogers while praying for flabbergasted fans to buy more books out of pure shock.
I've stated before that I am out of touch with the Marvel Universe. The problem I have is the revisionism I am experiencing every time I pick up a new book. In the case of Captain America - altering his story in a manner takes the revisionism and creates echos across the entire Marvel Universe.
Of course I'm only writing this after reading the first two issues in the series and I plan to provide an update should my opinion change.
Captain America: Steve Rogers reflects a whole host of problems in superhero comics right now: with changing audience demographics publishers have developed a conflict between short-term publicity and long-term audience retention. These lingering issues have created a disconnect between fans and creators. Between Publishers and their audience.
There are those out there that would say you can not judge an entire book by it's first chapter - or in my case two chapters. It's my opinion that you disenfranchise an entire readership when you dismantle the poster boy for Anti-Fascism and turn him into a Nazi Sympathizer. Especially when you do so under the guise of "It's not his fault" as though that is supposed to undo our bewilderment.
Go home Marvel. You. Are. Drunk.
I'm not a competitive comic book reader - I do not fight to keep up and I usually end up missing whole runs that I read a year after the fact simply because, well...reasons. This is the case with Captain America: Steve Rogers.
Today, I stand before you, a beaten man. I have been defeated in ways I can not chronicle for you. My inner child is crying, bleeding and lying int he corner of a condemned building on the east side of Detroit.
For those who are unfamiliar with this particular piece of literature - inside it's crisp pages it is revealed that Captain America is, and has alas been an agent of Hydra. Hydra. Let me allow this to resonate. He's a Nazi double agent. WTF.
To be fair - I had an idea of what was going to happen - simply because I'm a year behind, and Marvel over sold this concept in an attempt to ensure a rush to the rack for the first issue - and as it sold 4 times more than Captain America: Sam Wilson I would say this strategy worked in the short term.
Marvel has broken a man that is the ultimate embodiment of liberty and freedom. He is what the American Fighting man is meant to be - the example. How American do you have to be to dress in red, white and blue tights, carry a red, white, and blue shield and punch Adolf square in the face? Pretty damned American.
Now fans will say that it was Kobik, and it's only occurred because of what she believes in this given moment (Thanks to the influence of Red Skull). Well who gives a flying frag grenade?
The fact that Marvel would even toy with the idea goes further to prove that there is something broken in the Marvel Universe and this is an epic grip to try and resolve some unrepentant daddy issues by twisting the proverbial history of Steve Rogers while praying for flabbergasted fans to buy more books out of pure shock.
I've stated before that I am out of touch with the Marvel Universe. The problem I have is the revisionism I am experiencing every time I pick up a new book. In the case of Captain America - altering his story in a manner takes the revisionism and creates echos across the entire Marvel Universe.
Of course I'm only writing this after reading the first two issues in the series and I plan to provide an update should my opinion change.
Captain America: Steve Rogers reflects a whole host of problems in superhero comics right now: with changing audience demographics publishers have developed a conflict between short-term publicity and long-term audience retention. These lingering issues have created a disconnect between fans and creators. Between Publishers and their audience.
There are those out there that would say you can not judge an entire book by it's first chapter - or in my case two chapters. It's my opinion that you disenfranchise an entire readership when you dismantle the poster boy for Anti-Fascism and turn him into a Nazi Sympathizer. Especially when you do so under the guise of "It's not his fault" as though that is supposed to undo our bewilderment.
Go home Marvel. You. Are. Drunk.
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