![]() ![]() ![]() The ongoing storyline follows 2017’s Secret Empire storyline, in which Captain America’s history was rewritten, leaving him an agent of the Nazi-adjacent organization Hydra. It’s also a surprisingly bold move from a company whose CEO Ike Perlmutter is a well-known Trump supporter and ally. That Rogers again appears to resign as an American icon, bemoaning the democratic choice of the country, in an echo of that storyline during the era of Donald Trump is unlikely to be a coincidence, especially given the many comparisons made between the two presidents. That issue was written in response to the then-unfolding Watergate scandal. So when people the world over look at me - which America am I meant to symbolize?” That’s as it should be - but it makes for a great many different versions of what America is. In that issue, Rogers - reeling from the discovery in the previous issue that the President of the United States was the head of the villainous Secret Empire - says, “In the land of the free, each of us is able to do what he wants to do - think what he wants to think. There is, however, something of interest in noting that Coates’ current storyline most closely resembles the first time Rogers abandoned his post, in 1974’s Captain America No. This is far from the first time Steve Rogers has quit the role of Captain America - he resigned in both the 1970s and ‘80s, and has been replaced due to outside circumstances (including his temporary demise) on other occasions. ![]() This is the world they wanted.” In subsequent narration, Rogers notes that “charlatans had claimed the dream.” “How can I claim to serve my country when I constantly oppose it? How can I carry this shield and fight the government that entrusted me with it?” he asks, as he prepares to surrender. Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter Out at Disney ![]()
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