And throughout, fans have taken umbrage with what has been perceived as a callous attitude toward unhappy fans from Marvel creatives. More recently, fans also voiced uneasiness with the optics of Marvel promoting a story about a fascistic Captain America in a political era where Marvel’s CEO is an advisor to President Donald Trump. Rather, fans have brought up that Captain America was created by two Jewish comics artists as a directly anti-Nazi hero, and Hydra was created to be used as a Nazi analogue - and that Magneto, a character who has also been linked to Hydra in Secret Empire, is canonically a survivor of the Holocaust. Superhero comics, after all, always return to the status quo. Reader complaints about Secret Empire have run the gamut, but the response has not been dominated by complaints that Captain America would remain a Hydra agent forever. And in the meantime, keep buying the book.” “Just wait and see,” writers, artists and editors insist. It’s a request familiar to anyone who’s been through the “things will never be the same” cycle of big comic book events a few times. “Allow the story to unfold” is, in effect, what numerous Marvel writers, artists and editors have been saying for over a year to readers complaining about the twist.
This would seem to be implying that Steve Rogers will eventually turn against his Hydra allies. Leaked comic reignites criticism of Marvel’s Secret Empire arc "What you will see at the end of this journey is that heart and soul - his core values, not his muscle or his shield - are what save the day against Hydra and will further prove that our heroes will always stand against oppression and show that good will always triumph over evil.” Marvel’s statement concludes with what looks like an awfully big hint at the climax of Secret Empire: “The statement continues,” according to ABC, by saying “that the ‘passion’ of fans is what keeps the company moving forward and that ‘Captain America, will always be a cornerstone of the Marvel Universe who will stand up for what is right, and 'Secret Empire' will be the biggest challenge Steve has ever faced.’” "At Marvel, we want to assure all of our fans that we hear your concerns about aligning Captain America with Hydra and we politely ask you to allow the story to unfold before coming to any conclusion,” says the statement. The statement is unaffiliated with any specific Marvel editor or higher up, ABC simply attributes it to “the folks at Marvel.” The first issue of Secret Empire hits comic shop shelves tomorrow, and today, Marvel released a statement to ABC News, an unusual outlet for the company, perhaps indicating that Marvel and ABC News’ corporate parent, The Walt Disney Company, had a hand in it. Marvel's Secret Empire kicks off by doubling down on Captain America’s Nazi past Last week, the prequel issue, Secret Empire #0, detailed Captain America’s Hydra takeover of the Marvel heroes, and revealed that in the true, un-cosmically-altered timeline of the Marvel Universe, Steve Rogers was always a Hydra agent.
#CAPTAIN HYDRA FREE#
Recently, Marvel’s Free Comic Book Day Secret Empire tie-in book leaked, revealing a Hydra-aligned Captain America wielding Thor’s hammer (despite Mjölnir requiring its bearer to be “worthy”).
The event has created significant controversy among fans since Captain America’s secret Hydra allegiance was revealed a year ago. Secret Empire, the culmination of over a year of build up from Marvel, concerns the secret, fascistic, Nazi-associated society known as Hydra mounting a successful takeover of the United States government with the help of a cosmically altered Captain America, now revealed to have been a Hydra double agent all along. Marvel Comics released a statement to ABC News on its imminent summer event Secret Empire today, asking fans to “allow the story to unfold before coming to any conclusion.”
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