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Warning : Contains spoilers forCaptain America#3 ! !
Captain Americais often specify by his bravery and willingness to stand up for what is right , no matter the cost – and while Marvel ’s late storyline focusing on " Change Agents " seek to highlight his potential to shift the worldly concern , the lore instead creates a problematic retelling of real history , erasing the bravery and fortitude shown by those who championed change .
Marvel ’s recentCaptain Americaseries – write by J. Michael Straczynski , with artistic production by Jesús Saíz and Lan Medina , color by Matt Hollingsworth , and lettering by Joe Caramagna – introduces the construct of"Change Agents,“incarnations of a cosmic force for forward motion that seem during moments of massive unrest or upheaval , seemingly imbue with a form of everlasting " vim " that allow them to inspire others and lurch earthly concern history in a new direction .
regrettably , using mystical motivational energy to explain the deeds of actual activists and martyrsdownplays the very existent fearlessness and commitment required to move the world – or even a musical composition of it .
Captain America is make love for embody the ideals of what the United States is supposed to bear for , but his first mentor was n’t so stately .
Marvel’s “Change Agents” Concept Downplays Real-Life Heroism
InCaptain America#3 , Cap ’s newest foe , the Emissary , explains that the get-up-and-go behind Change Agents moves from one to another and " whatever spirit is inside them"goes on to find a young host and make another Agent . When Travis Lane previously laid out how Change Agents lick inCaptain America#2,he mentioned several real - life civil right hand leaders and activist , key Harriet Tubman , Martin Luther King Jr. , Oskar Schindler specifically as incarnations of this cosmic force for change . All of these individuals show unbelievable levels of bravery and fortitude in their pursuance to save others and attempt to make some kind of dispute in a broken world .
Several of the people mentioned bear for their activism with their life-time . By labeling real - aliveness heroes as Agents of Change , Marvel puts them in a wizard , otherworldly context of use , rendering the changes they fought and sacrifice for as markers of a pre - ordained progress , rather than instances of real mass set themselves on the line of reasoning to urge on others and do what ’s right . Even more pregnant is Travis Lane ’s appraisal inCaptain America#2 that many of the figure were assassinated " almost always too late"and that " they ’ve already done what they arrive here to do . “In attempting to attach Marvel ’s cosmic strength into real - world history , Captain Americaunfortunately belittle the agency expose by these fabled individuals .
Captain America Inspires Others Without Mysticism
History offers a tenacious lists of activists and heroes who died young , some of whom are advert among Marvel ’s list of Change Agents . To lump them into a mystical category not only lessens their contribution , but the nomenclature sounds as if they had no more to proffer beyond what they did , and their deeds were already done . In reality , masses like Martin Luther King Jr. or Abraham Lincoln could have offered so much more to the world . This story do it seem as if their hard drink were simply used up , and the globe was ready for the next important figure .
While the Agents of Change idea is baffling because of the phantasma it couch on history and the citizenry who make it , it also takes away fromSteve Rogers ' symbolism . Captain America is successful because of his ability to breathe in others – it ’s what makes Steve who he is and what makes him desirable ofbecoming Captain America . To say he possess those qualities simply because he was chosen by an unknown , magical Energy Department , or spirit , subside the shock and importance of what he stands for . Captain Americaremains one of Marvel ’s boldest Italian sandwich , but the real world is filled with admirer whose astounding courage should not be ignore .
Captain America#3is uncommitted now from Marvel Comics .
CAPTAIN AMERICA # 3 ( 2023 )
