Captain Post-America

Well boys and girls, this is not your (founding) father's Captain America. In issue No. 602 of Captain America, "Two Americas, Part One," Cap plans to infiltrate an organization associated with the villains depicted below.



Naturally the "Two America's" story line comes complete with "two Captain America's". One the progressive protagonist infiltrator of the white-supremacist, anti-government, Watchdog group, and one a mentally deranged impostor that sides with the Watchdogs. Marvel has acknowledged the inappropriateness of the "Tea Bag" sign in the comic book, but they seem to be fine characterizing those that want to see the constitution upheld as "anti-American". Of course the dig wouldn't be complete without Cap saying "We're not in New York anymore" as he observes the protest (take that Kansas!).

I'd rather the statists go make up their own super heroes, but I guess that might be harder to sneak by. And it's hard to come up with a good name; Captain Nanny...Captain Tyranny...Captain Big Government...just don't have that same ring. On the upside, if Marvel ever decides to do a Captain America movie there's no shortage of folks in Hollywood that can play this role. All in all, it's a pretty poor ending for a guy that started out defending freedom and fighting the Nazis. So long Cap.