Over at Scans Daily, I found this rather awesome post of Golden Age comics featuring superheroes beating up on Nazis. If there is anything I love more than America & Patrick Swayze … it’s beating up Nazis (or fascists in general). If I ever come across a copy of this Captain America comic I must do all in my powers to make it mine.

Propaganda at it’s finest right there and if you check out the rest of the covers, you’ll see some rather interesting depictions of Japanese, Russians, & Italians. Those were the days right?

Head on over to Scans Daily for just some awesome panels from comics ranging from Golden Age to Modern, and some good discussion with your fellow nerds.

I figured that my 300th post should discuss a topic of great importance, so I figured that a discussion of the “new” Captain America fits that bill rather well. You have to hand it to Marvel, they killed off their marquee character last May and have been able to keep the story interesting and relevant through various secondary characters that were close to Steve Rogers through the years. Much of the credit (if not all) should be given to Ed Brubaker who knocks it out of the park every month with each title that he is attached too (Daredevil & Iron Fist among them).

Captain America #34 saw Bucky Barnes, former Teen Sidekick and Winter Soldier pick up the mantle and proceed to kick some terrorist ass in a very un-Steve Rogers manner. Everyone saw this coming, but it’s still fun. It’s abundantly clear that Bucky-as-Cap is far different from Steve Rogers. He admits that he’s not as fast nor as strong, but he definitely has a different disposition to terrorist scum. Where Steve Rogers used his shield and cunning to defeat his enemies, Bucky-as-Cap has no problem busting a cap in someone’s kneecap to eliminate the threat.

I loved Bucky as the Winter Soldier, and I’m sure I’ll love him as Cap too. Now if the rest of the Marvel U could get its act together like this title is, there’d be a lot more happier fanboys out there. Goddamn you Joe Q!