For Captain America, Marvel created out-and-out Nazi agent Red Skull (who also became a communist in the 1950s), as well as the green-garbed fascist, terrorist, criminal organisation Hydra. Captain America socked Hitler himself on the jaw in his first issue back in March 1941, with Superman and Batman also stepping up to fight the Führer that same decade.īut long after the Third Reich was toppled, Nazis and fascists continued to make good villain fodder for superheroes. Photograph: Courtesy of MarvelĬomics have never shied away from punching a Nazi. Striking a blow for liberal democracy … detail from Marvel’s Captain America, issue No 1. Just as Captain America once found himself recruited to battle nazism, today’s cartoon warriors are squaring up to far-right villainy Article from The Guardian, Thursday 9th March, 2017
