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What came out in in December, 1940 was the first issue of ''Captain America'', whose shield-bearing character made no bones about which side he was on, leaping into the scene to strike Hitler in the face.  This first issue sold over a million copies, with many more to come.  The one major change which had to take place within the first few issues was the design of the shield.  Originally triangular, they discovered that it bore too close an appearance to an earlier character from a rival magazine,<ref>http://www.comics.org/issue/609/cover/4/</ref> so the shape became round.  This proved beneficial to the creators, who now felt that Captain America had a new weapon, one which could be flung at an enemy to great effect, and return like a boomerang.

What came out in in December, 1940 was the first issue of ''Captain America'', whose shield-bearing character made no bones about which side he was on, leaping into the scene to strike Hitler in the face.  This first issue sold over a million copies, with many more to come.  The one major change which had to take place within the first few issues was the design of the shield.  Originally triangular, they discovered that it bore too close an appearance to an earlier character from a rival magazine,<ref>http://www.comics.org/issue/609/cover/4/</ref> so the shape became round.  This proved beneficial to the creators, who now felt that Captain America had a new weapon, one which could be flung at an enemy to great effect, and return like a boomerang.

Since the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] Captain America is often used as [[liberal]] [[Antiamericanism|anti-American]] propaganda. In the new comics he supports the [[Anti-war|Anti-war movement]],<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110809010947/https://www.nationalreview.com/articles/206451/captain-america-traitor/michael-medved#</ref> and on February 10, 2010, Captain America was seen fighting the Tea Party Movement (later editions eliminated the reference to the Tea Party, although they nonetheless had Captain America and Falcon referring to them as "Angry White Folks.").<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2010/feb/10/marvel-admits-mistake-captain-america-comic/</ref><ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/09/tea-party-reference-captain-america-removed.html?test=latestnews</ref> This eventually came to a head on May 25, 2016 when the debut issue of a new comic arc, ''Steve Rogers: Captain America'' revealed that Captain America had in fact been an agent of the Nazi branch HYDRA since his youth, with the writer of the arc, Nick Spencer, making clear that he intends to keep Captain America a HYDRA agent, with the next issue explaining how he came to join them.<ref>http://time.com/4347224/captain-america-hydra-agent-marvel-tom-brevoort/</ref> This revelation received extremely negative reception from its readers, with several stating that it acted as a slight towards Captain America's creators, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby (who were Jewish), as well as Chris Evans, the actor who played Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, being shocked and disapproving of the twist,<ref>https://www.jpost.com/Not-Just-News/Captain-America-revealed-as-a-secret-Nazi-in-new-comic-455305</ref> and it even going as far as to have Nick Spencer get a lot of death threats on social media as a response to the issue's ending twist.<ref>http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/05/25/captain-america-writer-nick-spencer-gets-death-threats-on-social-media/</ref> On a related note, the same issue that revealed Captain America as being a secret HYDRA agent had Captain America's arch-nemesis, HYDRA leader and Nazi Red Skull giving a stump speech that had deliberate similarities to those of critics of the Syrian Refugees, and more specifically Donald Trump's pledge to end illegal immigration during the 2016 presidential campaign in a clear attempt at demonizing both.<ref>https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/01/04/marvels-ann-coulter-vs-safe-space-terrorists-todays-captain-america/</ref><ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/23/captain-america-comic-likens-critics-of-syrian-ref/</ref> In addition, around 2019, Captain America was utilized to have him commit treason during the Vietnam War era by siding with the Vietcong/North Vietnamese with it being treated positively, in a further demonstration of leftist abuse towards the character.<ref>https://www.polygon.com/comics/2019/3/20/18274729/marvel-captain-america-vietnam-spider-man-life-story-comic</ref> In addition, in 2021, Captain America, or more accurately Sam Wilson donning the outfit, ended up giving a speech in The United States of Captain America that implied the [[American Dream]] was fictitious and that only Blacks could truly be considered Americans, with it being worse in that it not only was released as part of the Captain America franchise's 80th anniversary, but also close to [[Independence Day]]. The reception to the comic and the speech was extremely negative with Dean Cain, who portrayed [[Superman]] in the 1993-1997 TV series Lois & Clarke, taking particular issue at the drumbeat of anti-Americanism and went as far as to specifically state that he's on "the opposite side of the fence" on FOX News,<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/media/dean-cain-marvel-woke-captain-america-comic</ref> as well as Doug Ernst of the Washington Times taking issue at the blatant racism being pushed.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/2/marvel-celebrates-july-4-weekend-by-having-captain/</ref>

Since the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] Captain America is often used as [[liberal]] [[Antiamericanism|anti-American]] propaganda. In the new comics he supports the [[Anti-war|Anti-war movement]],<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110809010947/https://www.nationalreview.com/articles/206451/captain-america-traitor/michael-medved#</ref> and on February 10, 2010, Captain America was seen fighting the Tea Party Movement (later editions eliminated the reference to the Tea Party, although they nonetheless had Captain America and Falcon referring to them as "Angry White Folks.").<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2010/feb/10/marvel-admits-mistake-captain-america-comic/</ref><ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/09/tea-party-reference-captain-america-removed.html?test=latestnews</ref> This eventually came to a head on May 25, 2016 when the debut issue of a new comic arc, ''Steve Rogers: Captain America'' revealed that Captain America had in fact been an agent of the Nazi branch HYDRA since his youth, with the writer of the arc, Nick Spencer, making clear that he intends to keep Captain America a HYDRA agent, with the next issue explaining how he came to join them.<ref>http://time.com/4347224/captain-america-hydra-agent-marvel-tom-brevoort/</ref> This revelation received extremely negative reception from its readers, with several stating that it acted as a slight towards Captain America's creators, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby (who were Jewish), as well as Chris Evans, the actor who played Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, being shocked and disapproving of the twist,<ref>https://www.jpost.com/Not-Just-News/Captain-America-revealed-as-a-secret-Nazi-in-new-comic-455305</ref> and it even going as far as to have Nick Spencer get a lot of death threats on social media as a response to the issue's ending twist.<ref>http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/05/25/captain-america-writer-nick-spencer-gets-death-threats-on-social-media/</ref> On a related note, the same issue that revealed Captain America as being a secret HYDRA agent had Captain America's arch-nemesis, HYDRA leader and Nazi Red Skull giving a stump speech that had deliberate similarities to those of critics of the Syrian Refugees, and more specifically Donald Trump's pledge to end illegal immigration during the 2016 presidential campaign in a clear attempt at demonizing both.<ref>https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/01/04/marvels-ann-coulter-vs-safe-space-terrorists-todays-captain-america/</ref><ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/23/captain-america-comic-likens-critics-of-syrian-ref/</ref> In addition, around 2019, Captain America was utilized to have him commit treason during the Vietnam War era by siding with the Vietcong/North Vietnamese with it being treated positively, in a further demonstration of leftist abuse towards the character.<ref>https://www.polygon.com/comics/2019/3/20/18274729/marvel-captain-america-vietnam-spider-man-life-story-comic</ref> Another controversy relating to the Red Skull, Captain America's archnemesis dealt with the character publishing an internet video called "The Ten Rules of Life" in an apparent attempt at comparing the character to Canadian conservative lecturer [[Jordan Peterson]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/04/06/ta-nehisi-coates-captain-america-comic-parodies-jordan-peterson-with-nazi-villain/</ref> In addition, a few months later, Captain America ended up giving a speech in The United States of Captain America that implied the [[American Dream]] was fictitious and had the character Sam Wilson claiming that only Blacks could truly be considered Americans, with it being worse in that it not only was released as part of the Captain America franchise's 80th anniversary, but also close to [[Independence Day]]. The reception to the comic and the speech was extremely negative with Dean Cain, who portrayed [[Superman]] in the 1993-1997 TV series Lois & Clarke, taking particular issue at the drumbeat of anti-Americanism and went as far as to specifically state that he's on "the opposite side of the fence" on FOX News,<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/media/dean-cain-marvel-woke-captain-america-comic</ref> as well as Doug Ernst of the Washington Times taking issue at the blatant racism being pushed.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/2/marvel-celebrates-july-4-weekend-by-having-captain/</ref>

==Films==

==Films==