There is a real story of Captain America, however much you want to forget it. And I don't know how many times I have to tell you. He is a fictional superhero created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby to act as an America symbol to fight a real world enemy called the Nazis in WWII. He was only superhero created to fight a real world enemy, and that's what separates him from other superheroes and it shouldn't be taken from him. That is his real story.
All this has nothing to do with Captain America... and lol.. you must be a uber liberal.....
The Nazi's existed, Hitler existed, Nazi spies living among Americans existed, these are all real people and real threats to America that the fictional Captain America faced in his comics, and defeated. His comics were outlets for many Americans to find hope during wartimes that no matter how evil the actual enemy was, America would still come out on top. That is the real story of Captain America, and it shouldn't be taken from him.
Ooook.
Let me try from another angle: when you say real, you must understand that real is where reality happens. Imagination, fiction, is not real.
You may have the first and original Captain America story, in which he was depicted for the first time, but it doesn't make it the "real" one. Not only it is a work of fantasy, but it has also survived through many adaptations that came after, and the most effective is the one which brought him to Marvel, in a comic book universe he shares with other characters.
IF he was to depend solely on that first issue, he would be dead as a character: war propaganda has its effects, but it becomes outdated. Lee and Kirby updated Captain America for stories BEYOND the mere war effort.
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Über liberal? That's very curious, coming from you.
I mean, of course you are clearly conservative, but the contradiction is in the fact that, in general, the liberals fight against fascism.
Because fascism is basically to say that everybody must think alike. A very conservative opinion, by the way.
Anyway, I don't want to confuse you.
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Who said the Nazis didn't exist, or their cruel leader, that mean, frustrated painter, Hitler? Or who said they weren't evil?
But you must also remember where many Nazi scientists came to work after the war. And what MacNamara said, in the documentary I kindly suggested to you, about the use of the bomb in Japan.
The world, as I said, in the reality of facts, is a tad more complicated than fantasy. I mean, if we are talking about reality.
Captain America is another stuff, he is the embodiment of lofty ideals of freedom, justice, etc. And Lee + Kirby stressed in modern times his dread of lethal power, maximising the symbol of his shield (a defensive weapon that he uses both to defend and attack, but without killing).
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Bottom line: a) reality is not in discussion when talking about fantasy; b) reality is always more complicated (and dark) than popular fantasy; c) popular fantasy (like Captain America) can create a world in which strong values can be uphold without contradiction, in order to inspire people.
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