Gods, Marvel has brought back the Invaders as a Rightwing Anti-Terror Team

AVENGERS #82 - The beginning of the new Invaders title and yes, they seem to be a rightwing group of superheroes playing off the war on terrorism. American Power, then? Well, in fairness, no. Because to give credit where it's due, the book positions them in opposition to the Avengers' more reactive approach. And at least that acknowledges that there's a debate. In fact, the Avengers' traditional Silver Age heroic values are often ridiculously puritan, and the Invaders aren't exactly being presented uncritically. When you wheel out John Walker as a main character - the thuggish right-wing stand-in Cap from the Reagan era - and have him leading the Invaders as an impostor Captain America, at the very least you can't be accused of cheerleading. (Although it does mean that there are now three characters wandering around the Marvel Universe all claiming to be Captain America. A bit much, do you think?) I still have doubts about the wisdom of getting superheroes into this territory at all, but at least Austen is trying to do something a little more complicated than having nice American heroes punch Muslims. Of course, the story itself isn't great - dreadful Arab characters with dialogue like "You ugly like ugly animal! I kill you six times!", and the sort of awful soap opera nonsense that sets your teeth on edge. But I'll give it credit for trying to say something a little more nuanced than "Go USA." C+

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well after diggin through the links it is no surprise the names mean nothing to me. The historical rabid anti-commie 50's and early 60's Marvel sentiments were always a bit creepy. They did try to undo some of that hysteria in more modern contexts. No telling what will happen here, but I would imagine it will be fairly reasonable rather than hysterical. Too bad the older quality artists arent in fashion with the kool kids in charge.

In June, the team gets an update and a go at it on its own, courtesy of writer Allan Jacobsen and former Stormwatch: Team Achilles artist C.P. Smith. The series kicks off with a #0 in June, and the ongoing series begins in August. Prior to that, current Uncanny X-Men and upcoming X-Men writer Chuck Austen brings the team back in his “Once an Invader” arc that runs through May’s Avengers #82 & #83, June’s #84 and concludes in Invaders #0, co-written by Austen and Jacobsen.

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