Why Captain America is comics' greatest heroic fantasy by Mark Gruenwald | Thread profile

I send out a Quasar Newsletter twice per month - http://www.bringbackwendell.com/newsletter.html - which usually features one of Mark Gruenwald's Mark's Remarks articles. The latest features the following. Thought I would share it with you guys: http://www.geocities.com/mh_prime/9012.html December, 1990 Marvel Age#95: "Why Captain America is comics' greatest heroic ...

I must say, as an Englishman, while not commenting on the character itself, this article is a very interesting look into the role of the comic book and comic character to American society, or at least a portion thereof. I will raise 3 questions however; 1) How does the author of the article take the social prevalence of propoganda at the time of the character's inception into ...

I'm an Englishman too but I can answer those last two: Quote: Originally Posted by jrc_burgess 2) How does the author recolcile the benevolence of the characters actions? He volunteered for a "super soldier program". That is an extremely loaded term, even not during wartime. How can the glory seeking element be reconciled with ...

Quote: Originally Posted by jrc_burgess 3) How can an obviously Ayran character be quintissential of a nation's character when the nation in question has large communities of hispanic, black and asian people, who have often suffered under the grouping the character represents/embodies? A symbol of freedom vs a symbol of oppression....

Quote: Originally Posted by jrc_burgess 1) How does the author of the article take the social prevalence of propoganda at the time of the character's inception into consideration when discussing the character? I'll take a stab at this one. Without presuming to speak for Mr. Gruenwald, while Cap was created ...

Quote: Originally Posted by spidarwin As does your concept of lingustics and history. The Irish were invaded by the Nordic Vikings from around 800 CE. "Aryan" is a misnomer based on the idea of an Indo-Iranian linguistic group, further misapplied as a genetic racial type. The Reich concept of Aryan is based on the ...

Quote: Originally Posted by Shellhead 3. Nobody gets to choose their skin color, but anybody can become an inspirational hero if they try hard enough. Your insinuation that people with blond hair and blue eyes are automatically symbols of fascist oppression is frankly just as racist as a Klansman talking shit about Barack Obama....

Hey, I'm Irish-German, dark skinned, dark hair, light eyes. Am I Aryan? LOL! Naaah, I'm Black Irish.

Quote: Originally Posted by stingerman Hey, I'm Irish-German, dark skinned, dark hair, light eyes. Am I Aryan? LOL! Naaah, I'm Black Irish. Most Irish tend to have brownish hair, light eyes (especially blue) and fair complexion. Then you have your blondes. Black Irish is a silly term (used ...

Quote: Originally Posted by stingerman Well, my dad is irish and real dark and light eyed so thats where I heard the term "Black-Irish", also from Pierce Brosnan (black-irish) and Chuck Wollry (dating game fame). I know. Dark hair and light eyes among the Irish is a common phenotypic trait. Complexions may ...