Ugh. This is why I'm beginning to seriously hate the big two comics companies.

I'll be curious who is turned off of Spencer by this.

Definitely an odd direction.

On the one hand, if they're trying to push the notion that Cap has been in deep cover since the 40's, that's dumb.

On the other hand, if they're saying "Nothing to see here, this is the real deal, pay no attention to the Macguffin in the corner" and it's explained as something Macguffin-related...that's dumb.

Damn, man...they had me with ISIS-level, dirty-bomb-making, grassroots terrorist Hydra. Why go this route?

Just a reminder: Secret Warriors had a similar first issue stinger and ended up with a great ending that redeemed it.

I'm not reading this, so no dog in the race. But it's comics, there are ten directions to make that make sense.

That's the thing, though...if you do this with Cap, you basically hoodwink the fans.

"Yes, Captain America is totally, 100%, irreversibly a Hydra operative...except not really, of course."

Meh. Was going to grab this today, but I'll skip it and see how it shakes out. I'm tired of swerves.

Any story that involves the Red Skull and a cosmic cube can have some reality-altering shenanigans. The swerve here isn't especially exciting to me, but there could be some story potential in the concept. It'll all depend on how Nick Spencer writes it.

I haven't read it yet (I guess I won't until it rolls around to Marvel Unlimited) and it's only the first issue, but it's hard to see how this can be anything but damaging to Cap in the long run. You don't turn a guy into a Nazi and then just expect the brand to keep on going same same, even if you retcon it or explain it was the cosmic cube or whatever.

You could compare this to how Hank Pym has been defined by his previous actions, or how a lot of people only see Tony Stark as a fascist now. Just a terrible storytelling and editorial choice.

Thoughts on Marvel revealing that Captain America Steve Rogers is a

Pretty silly to me. I mean since it's post Secret Wars, doesn't this mean this is the world that Richards created? Doesn't really affect all the stuff Steve did pre-Secret Wars. Could also still be either a ruse/mind control/he's a double agent infiltrating hydra?

Go home Marvel, you're drunk....

Plenty of story left to be told. It's an attention-grabbing hook, that's for sure. We'll see where it goes. Crazier plot synopses have been created...

It's a panel in a comic designed to create threads on the internet like this one.

It's Nick Spencer, so I'm sure the actual story is fine.

I desperately want a clix piece of this.

If only for the hardcore cap fan I can perturb with its mere presence

(Also cause Hydra teams rule)

I know the spoiler is widespread today, but you could change the title of the thread, in case someone wanted to read it for themselves.

Spoiler much? Yeezie!