CAPTAIN AMERICA #602
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PENCILS: Luke Ross
COLORED BY: Dean White
LETTERED BY: VC - Joe Caramagna
COVER BY: Gerald Parel
Size: 40 pages
Price: 3.99
I want to start this out by saying that I am a huge Captain America fan, as well as an Ed Brubaker fan, and I think that his run on Cap is one of the best ever quite frankly. That being said this issue was a disappointing.
Ed has been building up to this confrontation with the 50’s Cap for awhile now and it looks like this arc will close that but what I don’t get is why this issue had to get political. Now don’t get me wrong some of the best Captain America plot lines are political but usually each side of the political spectrum can side with Cap. This issue presents those on the Conservative Right as wrong and racists. It just doesn’t seem very American to label people that way just for thinking a different way. People feel they have been treated wrongly by the government and its there right to protest, Hell this country was founded on disagreeing with government.
And as for the Falcon’s (Awesome character, should of got his own book by now) comments “So I guess this whole hate the government vibe around her isn’t limited to the watchdogs…” Thats just ridiculous. I mean it wasn’t that long ago that the Falcon was fighting against the government during the Civil War. He should no better then most that disagreeing with the government doesn’t make somebody wrong or evil.
Well that’s really it for my criticism of this issue. On the bright side it really had some stellar art, and its great seeing 1950’s Cap. Hope next issue is better. By the way this was still better than Capwolf… Damn 90’s.
Art: 3 - Good
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Wow really? It was hard enough my favorite TV shows were taking jabs :-
Marvel had to issue an apology for this issue, because it basically called half the country racist. I don’t even agree with the Tea Party movement–especially since in my opinion it’s been hijacked by outside forces–but that racist allegation is just flat out wrong to suggest. Apparently reprints of this issue will feature altered dialogue and wording.
Brubaker’s a very good writer, but it’s sad to see that even good writers can have mean-spirited prejudiced views.
The most disturbing thing to me is that I happened to listen to and read several reviews of this issue (I stopped reading Cap a while ago, but still keep up with it), and most of the reviews didn’t even mention the controversial political angle. I guess some people couldn’t even see the prejudice that Marvel itself now acknowledges and has had to apologize for.
That said, I mean, in a way I have to say that I think it’s a good thing that Brubaker was able to write this issue in the first place. I don’t think art would be politically neutered. If a writer wants to be biased against something he thinks it’s good to be biased against–that’s fine. The only real problem here is that the bias seemed to go overboard in ways that the editors themselves didn’t even notice.
I agree flapjaxx. I don’t read either so I am curious what Cap said about the protest. I mean he just led a civil war against goverment registration of masks.
Is Cap consistent in his view of voicing opposition to policy? Anyone know?
@spiderphilman: Steve Rogers, the guy who lead the inusrrection against the Registration Act, doesn’t appear in CAPTAIN AMERICA. Sadly.
This series has ALWAYS been political. To have Captain America have neutral ideals what America should be, or even having him not mention these ideals at all, would be really missing the mark of this character. This series is brilliant because it’s a portrait of what’s going on in our country, which is veiled as what’s going on politically in the Marvel U. Just like any good sci-fi story, it gives us an insight to our culture from another setting. To say this series is bad for being political is like saying the movie Airplane! is bad because it’s a comedy.
Oh wow my b. Looks like Steve Rogers on the cover. Cheers to Bucky forging his own legacy.
@spiderphilman: That’s the crazy 1950s Captain America.
The controversy is silly. The Watchdogs have been around since the ’80s. Where is anyone portrayed as racist? Because Cap’s partner, posing as an IRS agent, happens to be black?
Nothing in the comic portrays the Tea Party worse than the Tea Party portrays itself. It’s even clear from the dialogue that the protest is separate from the Watchdogs.
It’s just more manufactured offense.
I was outraged when I saw the Tea Party Protestors had co-opted the image of the Joker from the Dark Knight in order to scare people.
THE Grand Dictator!!!