[Phantom Stranger]

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Originally Posted by SanoBaron

it's less about Sam Wilson being Cap, everyone I've talked to is fine with that.

I've seen more outrage with with the comic coming off as propaganda, which is sort of but also not really. tbh, I've never liked political stuff in comic in the first place. I want escapism, not a speech.

There's a place for both in that regard.
I understand it not being suited to your tastes, and that's fine, I totally get that.

But it does bring up something I want to point out in general, which is comics have always carried political messages, since the very beginning. Wife Beaters, corrupt politicians and police, business men funding wars for financial gain, drug abuse. Captain America comics in particular had some of the strongest stances, and the comics have always pissed off a lot of people for it. From punching Hitler in the 40s, to dealing with the political turmoil of the U.S. Government.



Hell, that famous #1 cover got Kirby and Simon death threats and ton of hate mail. What I'm saying is comics can be fun escapism, and I'm even inclined to say there needs to be more of that nowadays. However they can and do reflect our own world at times, as most art does. Not everything is sunshine and rainbows, and not everything is grim dark. It's important to have mixtures of varying degrees as in reality, and I believe that's where a very strong core of superhero comics lies; a world that parallels our own with its ills, with people and their blind unreasoning fear. But heroes will always be around to fight back, and perhaps even inspire us to do much of the same by opening our eyes.


This leads me to the book itself.
Captain America is still doing what it always has; pointing out various issues going on in the world and making terrible people(who most likely propagate such issues) angry because of it.