Captain America has had multiple existential crises over the years - even parted ways with the government because of them - because he's keenly aware of what he represents. But he's stuck to his ideals, to the point of berating both a Neo-Nazi AND a Jew for their behavior. 9/14
How dedicated is Captain America to his values? Perhaps the best example of this was seen in "Captain America" #616, where he refused to allow Sharon Carter to kill an amnesiac Adolf Hitler clone because of who he was, refusing to condemn him because of what he MIGHT do. 10/14
This isn't new. Recent caretakers of Captain America's legacy with dubious loyalties to America's core values have used it as a rhetorical bludgeon. IMPLYING Nixon's a Secret Empire agent is one thing; WRITING Red Skull like a Trump/Jordan Peterson caricature is another. 12/14
To be clear: Captain America punching Hitler in the face or Superman dragging Hitler and Stalin before the League of Nations are political statements, yes, but ones in alignment with the American ideals of freedom and justice and their own moral characters, not "wokeness". 13/14
Bottom line: No, Captain America isn't woke, but the people who've been writing him lately sure as hell are. They've turned him and others into mouthpieces for their own beliefs irrespective of whether or not it is consistent with their characters. And it has to stop. 14/14
Here's Alfred Pennyworth serving tea to a very different Bruce than the usual one. 😁
Man, no editor-in-chief likes being called "chief". 😁
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The Tragic Tale of Tamanoi Peromekuri - Chapter 1
Original Story: @peromekuero
Translation: @seri3ma
Edits: @LunarArchivist