Marvel Comics is buring Captain America next week in a comic that’s due to be released on the day after Independence Day. The creator in question says the storline is full of (gee, ‘ya think?) symbolism:
Writer Jeph Loeb has been busy working through the stages of grief in the most recent issues of Marvel Comics. A book centered on Wolverine dealt with denial; one with the Avengers covered anger; and Spider-Man battled depression.
With the story line so relevant to present-day politics, and the timing of the latest issue so precise, it’s hard not to think the whole thing is one big slam on the government.
“Part of it grew out of the fact that we are a country that’s at war, we are being perceived differently in the world,” Loeb said. “He wears the flag and he is assassinated — it’s impossible not to have it at least be a metaphor for the complications of present day.”
But Loeb says he was working with more personal material: the death of his 17-year-old son from cancer.
“So many people have lost their sons and daughters over the years, for the greater good or to cancer or other horrible things,” said Loeb, an executive producer for NBC’s “Heroes.” “I wanted this to be something people would identify with.”
Captain America might be dead now, but he won’t be for long. Cap is too big a franchise. Indeed, they’re doing a movie about him.
But I agree with Loeb. There’s nothing wrong about doing books with a message, provided the storty and art are above par. That’s certainly the case here. Captain America and Daredevil are practically the only Marvels I buy these days (Astonishing X-Men being the other). I find the characters in both to be believable, the plots are intriguing, and the artwork to be understarted. Ccompare both these titles to the most recent issue of D.C.’s “Countdown” in which every single character was portrayed as if they were really bad actors performating pantomime. Oh, the humanity.
I cannot wait to see where the Cap title is going.
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