Comic Books getting into the act.

[RetiredGySgt]

Marvel Comics' depiction of anti-tax protesters inspires anger, apology - Yahoo! News

Simply unbelievable. Do freedom and tax relief so threaten the left that no boundaries exist?

 

[rightwinger]

Issue 602 of the comic features Captain America investigating a right-wing anti-government militia group called "the Watchdogs". Hoping to infiltrate the group, Captain America and his African-American sidekick The Falcon observe an anti-tax protest from a rooftop. The protestors depicted are all white and carry signs adorned with slogans almost identical to those seen today in Tea Party rallies like "tea bag libs before they tea bag you" and "stop the socialists

Thank God for Captain America!

Keeping America safe from militant Tea Baggers

 

[Mr. Peepers]

Simply unbelievable. Do freedom and tax relief so threaten the left that no boundaries exist?

Yes, considering this "freedom and tax relief" they scream about will be beneficial only to the wealthiest 5% and corporations - aka status quo. The rest of us be damned. I didn't see these dolts screaming about the trillions thrown away in Iraq for NO REASON AT ALL. And the teabaggers do often hold up stupid, ignorant signs. You have to at least admit that. They create their own comedy.

 

[ihopehefails]

Simply unbelievable. Do freedom and tax relief so threaten the left that no boundaries exist?

Yes, considering this "freedom and tax relief" they scream about will be beneficial only to the wealthiest 5% and corporations - aka status quo. The rest of us be damned. I didn't see these dolts screaming about the trillions thrown away in Iraq for NO REASON AT ALL. And the teabaggers do often hold up stupid, ignorant signs. You have to at least admit that. They create their own comedy.

Its impossible to have a benefit from a tax deduction more than you actually earn. That is the reason why most tax cuts benefit the wealthiest the most because its not possible for the McDonalds working class to get 50T in tax deductions since they don't make that much. On the other hand, those who hike taxes on the McDonald's working class do more harm to them than those that lower taxes. Wouldn't you agree with that?

 

[ihopehefails]

Issue 602 of the comic features Captain America investigating a right-wing anti-government militia group called "the Watchdogs". Hoping to infiltrate the group, Captain America and his African-American sidekick The Falcon observe an anti-tax protest from a rooftop. The protestors depicted are all white and carry signs adorned with slogans almost identical to those seen today in Tea Party rallies like "tea bag libs before they tea bag you" and "stop the socialists

Thank God for Captain America!

Keeping America safe from militant Tea Baggers

There is nothing like crying about the militant and violent tendencies of 'tea baggers' and then demand another militant and violent super hero kill them off. Was he planning to wait until they are protesting and nuke them or something?

 

[rightwinger]

God Bless you Captain America.........take on those evil Tea Baggers!

 

[Harry Dresden]

God Bless you Captain America.........take on those evil Tea Baggers!

the Cap is a wuss....

 

[Xenophon]

Marvel has always been very liberal, Cap's creator Stan Lee has always been a leftist.

Cap himself is a 'new dealer' FDR supporter, and many of Marvel's favorite 'bad guys' over the years have been the US government (when the GoP is POTUS) as well as corporations.

The Falcon started out a social worker in harlem in the 1970s.

 

[rightwinger]

God Bless you Captain America.........take on those evil Tea Baggers!

the Cap is a wuss....

Maybe so.....but I still think he can kick the shit out of those evil Tea Baggers

 

[RetiredGySgt]

God Bless you Captain America.........take on those evil Tea Baggers!

the Cap is a wuss....

Maybe so.....but I still think he can kick the shit out of those evil Tea Baggers

You are aware that in the current time line they KILLED Captain America? He was assassinated as he entered a Congressional Hearing on Super Hero's having to identify themselves.

 

[rightwinger]

the Cap is a wuss....

Maybe so.....but I still think he can kick the shit out of those evil Tea Baggers

You are aware that in the current time line they KILLED Captain America? He was assassinated as he entered a Congressional Hearing on Super Hero's having to identify themselves.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[Modbert]

You are aware that in the current time line they KILLED Captain America? He was assassinated as he entered a Congressional Hearing on Super Hero's having to identify themselves.

You are aware that nobody stays dead in comic books correct?

There is a Captain America movie coming out in 2011, they weren't going to kill him off for good. And having read that storyline, I know exactly what it is about.

There is already a thread on this, and you're overreacting. If anything, you're doing exactly what they want you to.

 

[MarcATL]

Marvel Comics' depiction of anti-tax protesters inspires anger, apology - Yahoo! News

Simply unbelievable. Do freedom and tax relief so threaten the left that no boundaries exist?

Bad move on Marvel's part...the apology that is.

For they were 101% right the FIRST time.

Those nutjobs at those teabaggin rallies really carry those signs...

Exhibit A:

Why do RWers make EVERYTHING political? Simply unbelievable indeed!

*SMH*

 

[Xenophon]

You are aware that nobody stays dead in comic books correct?

Not quite.

 

[Modbert]

Not quite.

He serves a purpose dead. This is nothing surprising though (the Captain America thing). Cap has always been Pro-America, not for any certain political party.

If you recall, he went after people during the Vietnam War who burned the American flag.

 

[Xenophon]

Not quite.

He serves a purpose dead. This is nothing surprising though (the Captain America thing). Cap has always been Pro-America, not for any certain political party.

If you recall, he went after people during the Vietnam War who burned the American flag.

Cap never did that.

I had the entire set at one time.

During the war he stopped being Cap and became the Nomad.

 

[Modbert]

Cap never did that.

I had the entire set at one time.

During the war he stopped being Cap and became the Nomad.

Are you sure? I remember reading he became the Nomad in December 1974, and only a few months later the Vietnam War was over.

 

[Big Fitz]

I betcha that Marvel in general did not know this was going on, and from passing familiarity with the industry this would be more the case.

What I expect is the case is that writer Ed Brubaker has a hard on against all them evil conservatives, and so he decides to be sly and put it in the book. The editor who has similar tendencies smiles and let's the references slide. The penciller, inker and colorist just do their job and put the words to art and try to do the best job whether or not the agree. Behind the scenes, Brubaker's probably yucking it up with friends on what he's gonna do to "take a shot" at those evil tea partiers and thinking he's so clever. Final editor go through during production, he likes it, and it slides by to press.

Then it hits the street, tea party fans suddenly see their favorite hero dogging on them and calling them racist nazi anarchists.

Commence freakout.

Joe Quesada, consummate artist, fucking useless Editor in Chief attempts to fix the problem and not only fails, but makes the whole company look bad with his half-assed apology a la lawyer BS. The solution has suddenly made this book a collectors item. Which I find disgusting That company and product has gone right into the shitter since Tom DeFalco left.

 

[Modbert]

I betcha that Marvel in general did not know this was going on, and from passing familiarity with the industry this would be more the case.

What I expect is the case is that writer Ed Brubaker has a hard on against all them evil conservatives, and so he decides to be sly and put it in the book. The editor who has similar tendencies smiles and let's the references slide. The penciller, inker and colorist just do their job and put the words to art and try to do the best job whether or not the agree. Behind the scenes, Brubaker's probably yucking it up with friends on what he's gonna do to "take a shot" at those evil tea partiers and thinking he's so clever. Final editor go through during production, he likes it, and it slides by to press.

Then it hits the street, tea party fans suddenly see their favorite hero dogging on them and calling them racist nazi anarchists.

Commence freakout.

Joe Quesada, consummate artist, fucking useless Editor in Chief attempts to fix the problem and not only fails, but makes the whole company look bad with his half-assed apology a la lawyer BS. The solution has suddenly made this book a collectors item. Which I find disgusting That company and product has gone right into the shitter since Tom DeFalco left.

What exactly did he say that was untrue? I mean I haven't read the issue but pointing out a sign that the tea parties had quite often at their tea parties?

Captain America has almost always been Pro-America, except for the times when it became otherwise for some sort of storyline. He punched Hitler in the jaw a full year before the United States even went to war. He fought against the Commies, etc.

If people in these tea parties are talking about seceding from the United States, how would the Cap react you think?

 

[Xenophon]

Cap never did that.

I had the entire set at one time.

During the war he stopped being Cap and became the Nomad.

Are you sure? I remember reading he became the Nomad in December 1974, and only a few months later the Vietnam War was over.

Stan had mixed feelings about Vietnam, mainly because many of his readers were in fact soldiers over there and would often write to Marvel.

He made the decision to pretty much ignore the entire war in the entire marvel line, which is why peter Parker never talks about the draft, and except for early tales of suspence Caps and ironmans (Ironman's origin was in Vietnam) the entire topic is ignored.

It was only in the mid 1970s when Stan went to California that the Marvel line began addressing a lot of social issues, for example Ironman fought crazed invironmentalists for example. That was why 'Nomad' didn't come to be until this time, Steve Englehart (Cap and the Avengers writer at the time) was the first to broach the topic, but never the politics of it or the protests for that matter.

It would not be until the 80s that Marvel took tyhe topic seriously and published 'The Nam' a regular series based on Vietnam.