So this whole time, Captain America has been a sleeper agent for Hydra. That’s the new “twist” in the latest Marvel comic that has taken 75 years worth of American exceptionalism and flushed it down the drain. On Wednesday, “Steve Rogers: Captain America #1” was released with a plot that Marvel has been toying with since 2014.

Cap fans everywhere hung their heads in disbelief in the last two words he spoke, revealing his hidden allegiance to the Nazi organization: “Hail Hydra.” And the world exploded. Writer for the Captain America series Nick Spencer said in response to the backlash, “I’m the most hated man in America today.” It was a response he said he actually wanted, but “we just have even more of it than we imagined.” READ MORE


Advertisement