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...ideological biases and partialities of Team America—the collective minds that write, edit and draw the Captain America comics—are apparent. It’s no coincidence that the source of the comic hero’s plight shares similarities with our government’s highly-polarizing Patriot Act, or that enemies of freedom (read: terrorists) were responsible for the assassination of this idealistic symbol of liberty...
...often, we pigeonhole comic and kid-oriented works into neat and tidy categories, forcing them to conform to the comic book’s stereotypical nerdy, science-fiction minded readership. But when the artists and authors step outside the kiddy confines of the genre, the results can be inspiring...
...Last year, for example, we saw the release of “The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation,” a comic book take on the 9/11 Commission’s fact-driven report about that fateful day five and a half years ago. A worthwhile read for those who could manage to stay awake, the official 9/11 Commission Report was unattractive to the casual reader thanks to its length, density, and somewhat convoluted nature. The lack of readability, however, did not diminish its importance. For those recognizing the significance but unable to trudge through official report, the comic...
...Already, we’ve seen a number of issues tackled in Captain America comics: the debate over the squelching of civil liberties, the radical actions that result when such freedoms are unequivocally preserved, and, most importantly, the scope of the divided American society we live in today. But thankfully, what we didn’t see were any hard-fast prescriptions from the writers. Through their comic series, they have consciously opined in a grey area, one that presents thoughtful questions without the inundation of partisan answers...
...Like the 9/11 comic book, Captain America’s story essentially presents us with a set of facts—a state of the union-esque report about the blurred nature of many of our country’s most controversial political fights today. The setting is fictional, yes, but the questions raised...