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Many comics seem to have metaphors for Donald Trump, or stand in Trump characters, or look at the whole politics of the situation, such as Nick Spencer's two Captain America books. However, it's worth remembering that older, classic stories can also hold resonance outside of the time of their release While comics are a great medium for[...]

Comic book writer Nick Spencer is no stranger to comic book fans on twitter who are interested in the intersection between comics and politics  We've referenced the steady flow of tweets he produces on the subject numerous times throughout the Presidential campaign and well beyond. Given the givens of recent history, both in Marvel comics and in[...]

Captain America writer (no relation) Nick Spencer's tweet condemning support for that action was retweeted by said white supremacist himself. I'm going to guess that no matter how principled that stance, Nick may have felt a little awkward by that turn of events The lessons of Jack Kirby, co-creator of Captain America have been cited[...]

Because you get treated with gems such as the following take on the debate on whether it is acceptable, or not, to punch a Nazi in the face in the street, if he or she is not actually literally causing you harm at the time. Nick Spencer, writer of the current Captain America comic says not[...]

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After white supremacist Richard Spencer was punched in Washington DC after Donald Trump's inauguration yesterday, Twitter was subjected to a lecture by Captain America writer Nick Spencer about how people shouldn't punch Nazis because Free Speech But punching Nazis is as much a part of the genetic makeup of a superhero as masks, capes, and skintight spandex[...]

Nick Spencer, current writer of Captain America suggested this was a bad thing The internet disagreed. Captain America was created to punch fascists If you don't understand that, you need to stop writing the book. — David Chapman (@JeditOjanen) January 21, 2017 You write for Captain America… Captain America LITERALLY PUNCHES NAZIS! — Lee (@lee_g_b) January 21, 2017 https://twitter.com/slouched_atlas/status/822750573992742912 https://twitter.com/Endithinks/status/822731760676970496 https://twitter.com/filteredRays/status/822728294512607233 https://twitter.com/Prettylettuce/status/822707976070955008 https://twitter.com/cloudrains/status/822704286169632768 .@nickspencer[...]

Find your inner Uatu. If I had just a little bit more energy, I would commit fucking murder. — Tom Brevoort (@TomBrevoort) January 21, 2017 Whoa! There was concern. I should be so lucky. — Tom Brevoort (@TomBrevoort) January 21, 2017 Maybe he should have a chat with his writer on Captain America, Nick Spencer? https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/822591535158034432 Can nothing be done? Here's a little pick-me-up for[...]

So high, in fact, that… Richard Spencer got punched in the face during the protests at Trump's #inauguration pic.twitter.com/oQAwtbtEeT — Gender🚁Professecs (@gprofessx) January 20, 2017 Captain America writer Nick Spencer took to Twitter to denounce the punching, as well as those who were applauding the punching, of Richard Spencer, a self-proclaimed white nationalist and alt-right leader. https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/822591535158034432 https://twitter.com/hayBEARS/status/822624647413985286 https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/822625805549367296 https://twitter.com/hayBEARS/status/822625405253382145 https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/822626620058062848 https://twitter.com/hayBEARS/status/822627454888136704 https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/822627812800692224 https://twitter.com/rubblewoman/status/822627974319063041 https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/822628362539663360 How is getting punched in the[...]

Nick Spencer tweet volume consumes all available bandwidth, cutting live feed of inauguration for half the country It's all been leading up to this Nick Spencer dedicated literally thousands of hours to tweeting about politics in 2016 He was, perhaps, the busiest of all Clinton surrogates during the election, and somehow managed to hold down a[...]

But when I read the news about President Obama commuting the sentence of Chelsea Manning so that she would be freed later this year, my first thought was "what will Nick Spencer think?" Because, as Captain America writer, a few years ago he wrote what I thought at the time was a clumsy, ham-fisted approach to[...]

Aspiring comic writer turned politician turned successful comic writer Nick Spencer has sat down to answer some questions for the first Ask Marvel of the new year Spencer, whose first published work Existence 2.0 came out through Jim Valentino's Shadowline imprint at Image, has made quite a name for himself at Marvel having written Iron[...]

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'Member Watchmen? 'Member? Today's Justice League Vs Suicide Squad #5 is the latest to titillate us with a Watchmen reference in an attempt to make us think that it also somehow ties in with the much hyped and teased merging of the Watchmen characters with the DC Universe. So for those who come across a certain page,[...]

Hire a voice actor, for chrissakes. Check out the trailer below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGSs868idnYVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Captain America: Steve Rogers – Hail Hydra Launch Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGSs868idnY) If you can't get enough Nazi Captain America — and really, who can? — check out the website created by this reporter: Captain America: Grammar Nazi. Captain America: Steve Rogers[...]

If there's one thing readers can count on from superstar writer Nick Spencer (because it sure isn't plot development in Morning Glories), it's subtle political commentary So it's no surprise that an upcoming issue of Captain America: Sam Wilson #17 will focus on conservative news media trying to get the All-New Falcon deported for being[...]

The Fix is a perfect modern crime caper from Nick Spencer, Steve Lieber, Ryan Hill, and Ironbark, which delivers, in full, every month, and that delivery is bang on this month, too If you've not heard of this book, I can speak to the delivery agencies for your rocky outcrop on your behalf This issue[...]

The possibilities are limitless." In other aspects of the industry, Puffinbottoms told us, hacks to the Twitter accounts of the likes of Nick Spencer or Mark Waid could "greatly increase Marvel's productivity" by giving the writers more time to focus on work with "less time spent on tweeting incessantly about politics or whether or not Superman[...]

We can't guarantee 100% accuracy- in fact, our accuracy may be much lower than that – but we can guarantee that it's better than looking at a bunch of unfinished pages. In this issue of Improbable Previews, we attempted to figure out what was happening in Nick Spencer and Rod Reis' Civil War 2: The Oath #1[...]

For more than a year leading up to the United States presidential election, Captain America writer Nick Spencer has dedicated all his free time, every waking moment, day or night, rain or shine, even when he should be sleeping, or working, to tweeting about Hillary Clinton Nick Spencer lived and breathed tweeting about Hillary Clinton[...]

From today's Captain America: Sam Wilson #15 from Nick Spencer and Angel Unzueta Not only do we meet Demolition Man's boyfriend for the first time… We also get this moment of healing For all sides to put aside their issues of conflict and come together as one America Writer Nick Spencer, realising that the time after[...]

But perhaps more vital than that legendary ground game is the campaign's social media presence, led by the unlikely figure of comic book writer Nick Spencer Since Clinton first announced her plans to run for office, Spencer has been on the forefront of Clinton's fight for the White House, tweeting tirelessly, hour after hour, day after day, week[...]

Before Cup O' Joe at San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel PR has allowed CBR to confirm its details. It looks like Civil War II: The Oath will involve Captain America and his oath to Hydra, by Nick Spencer and Rod Reis. And he swears it will change the Marvel Universe… forever!!!! Okay, for a bit, anyway. The title is very much tied[...]

You'd have thought Nick Spencer might have had enough of Captain America controversy for one year Not a bit of it And I don't mean him starting a #GiveCaptainAmericaElsaAsAGirlfriend hashtag. In 2003, Christopher Priest wrote the short-lived superhero team book, The Crew He wrote about its origin as something thematically similar to Three Kings and how[...]

The recent controversy cause by Nick Spencer's Captain America story continues to grow Vocal opponents of the reveal that Steve Rogers has been a Hydra plant since he was a child have been horrified because of the characters creators, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, were both Jewish Things even escalated to death threats against the[...]

It's been quite controversial and has caused a lot of anger to be directed at writer Nick Spencer But the current storyline that features Captain America being revealed as a long standing agent of Hydra has gotten a lot of folks talking The latest being Stan Lee who was asked for his thoughts on it[...]

And remains a sleeper agent up until today. The writer Nick Spencer has been attacked by all sorts, some accusing him of anti-Semitism, for making – basically – a character created by two Jewish creators, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby into, for all intents, a Nazi. the fucked up thing about hydra cap is that simon and kirby created[...]

So who got death threats yesterday? Oh that's right, Nick Spencer, for writing a Captain America comic book that they didn't like (though with art from Jesus Saiz, how could they not??) https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/735466503303233536 It's at this point that I'd like to reiterate that Captain America is a fictional character Marvel Comics is invested in Captain America[...]

It's a good day for Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber as their Image comic book title The Fix has sold out of its first and second printings, while its second issue, published this week, has also sold out and gone to a second printing. A critical and commercial hit, this looks like it might keep happening… [...]

The Fix is the new comic from Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber, the team behind the much-admired Superior Foes Of Spider-Man, to be published by Image Comics in April You may have seen it on the cover of this month's Diamond Previews. What you may not have seen is an uncensored preview of that comic in[...]