Captain America vs. The Patriot Act?

Nerd_52637 writes "Yesterday, Marvel Comics released the first in its miniseries Civil War, which can only be described as a gutsy comic-book series focusing on the whole debate over homeland security and tighter government controls in the name of public safety. The seven-issue series once again puts superheroes right back in the thick of real-world news, just as DC Comics has Batman battling al-Qaeda in a soon-to-appear comic and Marvel's X-Men continue to explore themes of public intolerance and discrimination. In Civil War, hero is pitted against hero in the choice of whether or not to side with the government, as issues ranging from a Guantanamo-like prison camp for superheroes, embedded reporters and the power of media all play in the mix as Superheroes are ordered to register as human WMDs or be branded fugitives."

Comments

Stan shold retire

[Joiseybill]

Damn - from the guy who gave us SpiderMan /Venom , X-Men and countless original storylines

We now get reality TV http://www.whowantstobeasuperhero.tv/ and storylines already beaten to death by Slashdot.

What's next - will Tony Stark release Iron Man's suit code under GPL?

feh

no no no

[Lehk228]

at gitmo they pee on the koran

Why "gutsy"

[TheConfusedOne]

I mean really, does criticizing the US really require such moral fortitude and personal risk?

The last actual gutsy cartoon we had was the Norwegian political cartoons of Mohammed. Just about the entire US media horribly failed their "guts check" after that one came out and people were threatened.

I suppose next we'll all be regaled with the old "speaking truth to power" line.