No

by Aaron Kendrick

Created on: January 02, 2011

The short answer is no; despite the best efforts of the One-World Tyrants.  Captain America, Wonder Woman, Superman, and Batman are all symbols of a single person with unique abilities struggling against the enemies of the values of a particular society.  Captain America singularly represents purely American Values.  The message of Captain America is not lost, but has been co-opted; drowned out, even as far as overcome by the din of the Global Village message.  The notion retools the National Socialist movement or even the tower of Babylon; where, each person’s worth is solely determined based upon his contribution to society.  This new version of fascism determines a person’s potential contribution and then upon reaching the point of being of no use; the person’s life is discarded, never to be remembered again.

This notion is reflected in the new versions of these iconic heroes; where, wonder woman has discarded her trademark eagle-plated, striped bustier and star spangled hot pants for a stirrup-pants style and no trace of American symbolism.  Captain America himself has not been immune from the politically-correct cultural Kristalnacht where his iconic shield and his defense of the American way of life have been downplayed to include other cultures.  Superman, while maintaining his iconic S symbol, has global concerns over that of truth, justice and the American Way.  The once fantastic and inspiring defenders of freedom now merely pawns of the Master Plan.

I still have hope for my comic book heroes, but it will take a great effort to rehabilitate them.  A grand plan to deprogram them from their cultural brainwashing and to turn them back into the fighting men and women they once were.  Instead of iconic villains, such as Nazis, megalomaniacal mutants, or nature itself; they must battle ideas.  The ideas of uniformity; the notion that there is no Exceptionalism; that the very creation of our nation was a result of exploitation by white, rich, men against whom we must struggle.  Our villains aren’t so clear now.  We must differentiate between those who have been duped and those who perpetuate these venomous, disgusting principles.  We must free ourselves from the dullness that says, ‘you are no more remarkable than anyone else’ and have our heroes reflect a new Exceptionalism.  Comic books and graphic novels are famous for these periods where the hero goes through angst and self-doubt.  This period is needed to show for what the hero is fighting and especially against whom the hero is fighting.  As Superman and the fortress of Solitude, we must reevaluate and identify the new enemy; the enemies of America that are now accepted without question-uniformity, the mediocre, and self-pity.  We must preserve and defend what is the best of our greatness as Americans in us and in our nation.

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