![]() These days, we’re consumed by domestic bastards and an ugly history we can no longer ignore. While he’s always been a mighty combatant against world conquering aliens, as a soldier his job is to defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign AND domestic. When the war ended, Steve went into the ice and woke up an Avenger decades later. They needed a hit character, and they got one by having him throw a right hook across the jaw of Adolf Hitler nine months before the US entered World War II. Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created Steve Rogers as an act of rebellion and capitalism. Morales and Baker don’t shatter the icon, but they do reignite a political fervor that should be driving all Captain America comics and stories. While he was out there fighting the good fight and selling homefront headlines, a squad of African-American soldiers suffered under the needle and on the battlefield. Steve Rogers’ sci-fi superhero body cost more than dollars and cents. Written by Robert Morales and illustrated by Kyle Baker, the comic roars with outrage by logically exploring the Super Soldier program within an American system that also perpetrated the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. With this headspace in mind, I picked the ten best comics that feature important characters already revealed to be a part of the series, or rumored to appear, as well as storylines that speak directly to Sam’s choice - or Bucky’s choice - to don Cap’s tights.Īcknowledging Marvel’s tepid political track record makes Truth: Red, White & Black all the more astonishing. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier should consider the uncomfortable and awkward decision to dress in the American flag. Yet, the best Captain America comics are the ones that challenge the individual who dares pick up the Vibranium frisbee. Democrat and Republican dollars spend equally. In the 1960s, during the rare moments in which Generalissimo Stan Lee addressed the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement, or drug culture, he did so with centralism. Marvel’s relationship with politics has always been a little iffy. The Captain who wears them must reckon with all that horror committed under its banner. What does that spangly outfit represent? The American government? The American people? The American dream? The stars and stripes are soaked in blood. Like Wanda with Vision, Sam and Bucky are adrift without Steve, and to add an extra pound of self-doubt, their Captain America sired his shield to Sam. Certainly, the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe endeavor for Disney+ will not upturn the television medium as playfully as WandaVision, but both series begin with their heroes suffering under grief’s weight. On the surface, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and WandaVision appear to be very different beasts. And in cashing in his raincheck with Peggy Carter, Rogers abandoned Sam Wilson ( Anthony Mackie) and James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes ( Sebastian Stan) to carve a new path toward an uncertain future. Witnessing Tony Stark’s sacrifice at the end of Avengers: Endgame inspired Captain America to seek the life he lost in the past. Their buddy is not gone, but he might as well be. This entry plunges into Captain America canon, suggesting the ten best comic books to devour in anticipation of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. This article is part of The Reading List, a recurring column in which we encourage you to take your enthusiasm for a particularly groovy movie or TV series and direct it into a wide array of extracurricular studies.
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