CAPTAIN AMERICA HYDRA SERIES

In early 2017 Marvel began to release teaser posters in anticipation for the 'Secret Empire'storyline.

One of the many posters that was released as a teaser for 'Secret Empire' Throughout the rest of 2016 and the first half of 2017, subsequent issues of Captain America: Sam Wilson, Thunderbolts and Captain America: Steve Rogers, along with tie-in issues of Uncanny Avengers and U.S.Avengers and the storyline ' Civil War II' unveiled how Captain America planned to alter the playing field covertly without the knowledge of the his fellow superheroes. This was part of the Red Skull's plan to bring the American government to its knees and enable Hydra to become a world-power.

CAPTAIN AMERICA HYDRA SERIES

These events were explored further in the ensuing ongoing series Captain America: Steve Rogers, in which the transformation is revealed to have been masterminded by Rogers' archenemy, the Red Skull, who altered Captain America's memories, making him an agent of the terrorist organization Hydra. In that story, the being known as Kobik transformed the elderly, 90-year-old Steve Rogers back into the youthful and physically formidable superhuman he had previously been thanks to his receiving the Super Soldier Serum in World War II. The initial groundwork for 'Secret Empire' was laid in the 2016 miniseries Avengers: Standoff!, which had also been written by Nick Spencer. The entire crossover received mixed reviews. The storyline addresses the aftermath of the storyline ' Avengers: Standoff!' and the ongoing series Captain America: Steve Rogers, in which Captain America has been revealed to be acting as a sleeper agent and covertly setting the stage to establish the terrorist organization Hydra as the main world power. All Rights Reserved.' Secret Empire' is a 2017 Marvel Comics crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics, consisting of a 10-issue, eponymous miniseries written by Nick Spencer and illustrated by Rod Reis, Daniel Acuña, Steve McNiven, and Andrea Sorrentino, and numerous tie-in books. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2019 and/or its affiliates. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc.2019.

Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. If not, you're talking to me on the day I broke Captain America.' 'This is a bigger story than it seems,' Brevoort said. Whether this new storyline in the character's history makes it to the big screen is yet to be seen. Related: 'Captain America: Civil War' becomes Disney's 10th billion dollar film In fact, the reveal in the comics comes days after ' Captain America: Civil War' became Disney's 10th billion dollar film. 'In an allegorical fashion, you want to make his adventures about where America and where the world is.'Ĭaptain America has garnered new popularity in recent years thanks to being a key component of Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe. 'Captain America, because he's draped head to toe in the flag, has more of a larger, more symbolic meaning than many of other characters,' he said. 'This feels very much, at least to me, like it's of the zeitgeist of the moment.'īrevoort added that with Captain America stories Marvel always strives to make the character's stories topical. 'We're currently in the middle of this very contentious presidential primary season where folks across America are feeling divided on a number of issues,' Brevoort said. Related: 'Captain America: Civil War' battles to fifth biggest box office opening ever Captain America #1, a new Marvel comic, revealed that Steve Rogers is an evil Hydra agent. 'It's not a Steve from the universe next door, it's not a clone, it's not a robot, it's not mind control,' Brevoort said.īrevoort also felt that the new storyline speaks to the current national mood.

The twist had been in development since late 2014 and according to Brevoort is the actual Steve Rogers. 'The most basic reason for doing this is to see if you're paying attention and make readers long for the next issue.' 'This is really just the tip of the iceberg in a larger story,' said Tom Brevoort, executive editor of Marvel Comics told CNNMoney.

'LOL at the sheer nonsense of the new Captain America comic spoiler, WHY.WOULD THEY DO THIS?' tweeted Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, staff writer at the Daily Dot.

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