Reborn in the USA

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Four Scans from Captain America: Reborn #4.

Previously on Reborn, Sharon turned herself in to the Normster, who knows that she's the key to recovering Cap.  Sharon reveals in this issue that she's okay with this, as it will at least mean rescuing Steve, and she figures that they'll at least be able to play things by ear from there (better than him being stuck wherever).  However, what she didn't count on was Norman shipping her to Latveria for a rendezvous with...




Ah, Sin, always ready with a condescending word.

Anything, they rev up the old machine, which pulls Steve out of time (ironically, just moments after he had resolved to actually try and change history, by pulling Bucky away from the exploding drone) and forward, where midway here's attacked by a Skull-apparition...




I do like how Brubaker writes all the big-ego villains when they're in a group.

Best issue of the mini so far, as the plot really kicks into high gear.

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Why Doom works with Red Skull

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...same reason why it was okay for Magneto to be retconned as a Gypsy Villain at one point when a Jewish Villain was seen as scandalous.

Racism affects people differently in different places in different circumstances*, and currently, while there are definitely still people who are racist against Jews, that tend to be more condemned then negative portrayals of smaller minority groups.

* Personal Example: There has been at least three old white dudes who assumed that by being friendly and respectful and ASIAN, I'm For Sale, but at the same time, I have the dubious comfort of knowing that if I go missing, the news in Toronto would be all over it, the way it wouldn't if in the case of a missing black woman (and many has indeed fallen through the cracks). Back when I had short hair, and was mistaken as a boy 50% of the time (and therefore, does not get the Girls Are Non-Threatening Exception), I notice that a classmate of mine who was black always get suspicious looks when we walk together, just him, even though he's actually very stereotypically girlish, I've seen new teachers look at him like he's going to pull out a knife or something.