In the newest installment of the Captain America comic book, the Marvel superhero is revealed as a double-agent for Hydra, an international terrorist organization affiliated with the Nazis.
Spider-Man is usually a figure of justice and a fighter of crime, but the July 26 assault of a police officer by a man dressed like the beloved superhero in Times Square was completely out of character.
As The Verge points out, having Wilson, who was Marvel’s first African-American superhero in 1969, become the patriotic hero fits Marvel’s recent trend of introducing more diversity in its biggest titles.