remember when captain america punched hitler in the face on the cover of his first issue
Like the X-Men and Luke Cage weren’t created during the Civil Right’s Movement during the 60’s for no fucking reason at all…
Like the X-Men didn’t have an ongoing plot about the Legacy Virus at the same time as the AIDS crisis.
Like Wonder Woman wasn’t William Moulton Marston’s outlet for his ideas on progressive feminism, queer sexuality, and bondage.
Like Green Arrow/Green Arrow wasn’t a series devoted to an ongoing left wing/right wing political debate between its heroes, including an award-winning story in which they confronted drug addiction.
Like Will Eisner’s graphic novel Fagin the Jew wasn’t written as an extended apology to the world for creating a racist caricature in Ebony White.
Like how after the Watergate scandal, Steve Rogers didn’t become so disillusioned with his country that he stopped being Captain America and started fighting crime as Nomad, the man without a country.
Like the xmen cartoon wasn’t an allegory for being gay and fighting for gay rights
like captain america didn’t fight patriot and point out that he was using patriotism as a guise for fascism
Like Lex Luther wasn’t a corrupt real estate businessman who used his money and influence to hurt a lot of people
