Political Controversy & The Heroic Age
Well, the honest truth is that I can absolutely see how some people are upset about this, and I’ll explain exactly what happened.
But there’s also a portion of this story that is being blown out of proportion and taken out of context.
Do you really want to hear the whole story?
Oh, who am I kidding, of course you do.
If anything, this will give you insight into what the insane world of publishing 80 comics a month is like.
Tea Party Jab to Be Zapped From Captain America Comic, Writer Says
"The idea behind this was to expose them both – in particular Sam (who has been portrayed most often as a leftist leaning character) – to other parts of America. While in Idaho in search of the Watchdogs, they come upon an anti-tax, anti-big government rally, which is something that Sam, in particular, hasn’t been personally exposed to, and it hits him the wrong way.
So to really get a full picture of why he feels the way he does and what conclusions he comes to at the end of the story, you really need to read the whole thing and not just judge a story and its intent on the first issue.
I have always made it a point never to publically talk about my own political beliefs as I don’t feel it’s my place to do so and use Marvel as a bully pulpit. "
Weeeeeeeak. Falcon in this issue is the Obama allegory because POTUS-Supreme presents himself as a blank slate everywhere he goes and the only reaction he has programmed into his persona is “Bush crazy yaw.”
The entire story is written around progressive theology which is the only political stripe which paints conservatives as a petty, tumultuous minority, anti-government racist militia which must to be stopped immediately without question because the future of humanity is in peril when the world is expected to melt during a snowstorm of untold fury. And Cap#602 is full of it. If Falcon really were a whiney Obamamaniac he wouldn't fly unless Glenn Beck pushed him off a building.
