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Doop (xdoop) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-08-05 14:49:00

Entry tags:

char: captain america/steve rogers, char: red skull/johann schmidt, publisher: marvel comics, title: captain america

Stupidity in the Marvel Universe

This is from Captain America Comics #16.

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	khamelea 2009-08-05 06:57 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, for crying out loud! (Reply to this)

	icon_uk 2009-08-05 07:01 pm UTC (link)
	I must have been affected reading this because I read Bucky's last comment as "Crap! No! No!" and it seemed to fit. (Reply to this)

	punishermax 2009-08-05 07:03 pm UTC (link)
	That green paperboy looks like he just caught an eyeful of the contents of the Ark of the Covenant. (Reply to this)

	proteus_lives 2009-08-05 07:07 pm UTC (link)
	There was a war on! They didn't have time to actually look at people! ;) (Reply to this)

	fungo_squiggly 2009-08-05 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	And people wonder why they accept the Green Goblin as their hero? Apparently the good citizens of the MU have always been idiots. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	espanolbot 2009-08-05 11:41 pm UTC (link)
	Can't blame then, it was a disguise worthy of Futurama's Hugh Man! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kamino_neko 2009-08-06 01:54 pm UTC (link)
	It's always been the oven mitts that made that one for me. In much the same way, it's Skull's Plan 9-ing with the shield that moves this story from regular stupidity into classic territory. (Reply to this) (Parent)

timemonkey
2009-08-06 04:36 am UTC (link)

Apparently? Hasn't it been fairly obvious for a looooooong time now?

Personally I couldn't care less about the Marvel universes normal people after how they treat the people that keep trying to protect them. Which is one of Marvel's flaws. It's not that the people are just scared they're downright stupid about it. How many times have they embraced criminals as heroes as they struck down those who've been helping them for years? Seems to happen all the time really.

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	fredneil.livejournal.com 2009-08-06 05:24 am UTC (link)
	They used to be able to learn. One of Stan Lee's favorite tropes was to have the hero do something heroic and then a policeman would say "I know he's supposed to be a criminal, but there's no way I'd arrest him after this." Or something to that effect. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ian_karkull 2009-08-05 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	You just know the Red Skull is sooo turned on the entire time wearing that costume. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sir_mikael 2009-08-05 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	"Thank you so much Captain for defending us. Even now you keep your shield up high in front of your face, ever watchful, ever ready for those darned nazis. But... I'm not sure that you realise... you see, you're saluting down there." "Was? Oh erhm... FOR JUSTICE!" Also I really like your icon. So sofisticated a mollusc. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	roguefankc 2009-08-06 04:27 am UTC (link)
	... Why is it every time I go to Scans_Daily, I end up getting a nasty thought or mental picture stuck in my mind thanks to posts like these? Why, why, WHY?! ;) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timemonkey 2009-08-06 04:37 am UTC (link)
	Because it's Scans_Daily and that's how we roll? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	nr4b 2009-08-05 07:54 pm UTC (link)
	Not to quibble (because lord knows the Marvel Universe is full of all kinds of stupid) but when this was published it would have been the Timely Comics universe, no? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mechanicaljewel 2009-08-06 12:32 am UTC (link)
	That's no excuse, as it was written by Stan Lee, who even then should have known better. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fredneil.livejournal.com 2009-08-06 05:28 am UTC (link)
	Wouldn't the responsibility go to the artist (Jack Kirby?) who also should have known better? Actually, I think it was a deliberate choice and his constantly hiding his face behind the shield was supposed to make him look sinister. Sometimes it even works. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mechanicaljewel 2009-08-06 05:44 am UTC (link)
	Kirby was off the book by #10. It was probably Al Avison. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kamino_neko 2009-08-05 08:33 pm UTC (link)
	On a non-facepalmy note, he looks so...sassy when he's taunting Steve. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	darkknightjrk 2009-08-06 07:53 am UTC (link)
	...Oh my God he is. He just needs to snap his fingers three times and do the head roll and it would be complete. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Plans! schmevil 2009-08-05 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	(quick, shitty icons are shitty) (Reply to this)

	dr_hermes 2009-08-05 11:20 pm UTC (link)
	It's trivia, but I like the shield with the original blue outer ring. (Reply to this)

	espanolbot 2009-08-05 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	WOW! Steve appears to be being played by the great Ron Perlman in the fourth panel there. :) Kudos to him avoiding typecasting in this case. (Reply to this)

	zordboy 2009-08-06 01:47 am UTC (link)
	Good lord is right. Eek. (Reply to this)

	ashtoreth 2009-08-06 04:52 am UTC (link)
	::snicker:: This reminds me of Plan 9 From Outer Space, I think. The actor finishing the movie for a dead Bela Lugosi held the cape up to his face to hide it. (Reply to this)

psychop_rex
2009-08-06 07:16 am UTC (link)

Oh, honestly. Would it have killed you to have put on a little makeup or something, Red Skull? Or a rubber face-mask, perhaps? I know you have 'em; you use them at every opportunity. Or hell, even wrapping bandages around your face would've helped - it'll certainly add credence to your 'I've been sick' routine if you look like you've just gotten out of the hospital. But no, you've got to use the SHIELD as a mask! Sheer genius.

'Right this way, Captain - oh, I'm sorry for jostling you like HOLY CRAP WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE?! You look almost like... the RED SKULL!'

'Oh, eh, nein, nein, officer! It's the, eh, the reason I've been away, you see - someone fired a bullet at me, and it, eh, hit in the exact right place, and... Boom! Goodbye face!'

'Good god! You poor fellow! Are you sure you're feeling well enough?'

'The knowledge that I am helping my country shall help the pain - onward!'

'Yes, SIR! Right down there, sir! *wipes away a manly tear* Now, there's a REAL American.'

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	colonel_green 2009-08-07 12:24 am UTC (link)
	It's actually worse than that; the skull-head is a mask at this point, so he's deliberately choosing to wear his Red Skull mask under the Cap costume. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-08-07 01:52 am UTC (link)
	Ah, yes, I'd forgotten that. My version's funnier, though. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2009-08-06 06:48 pm UTC (link)
	i love that when he's putting on the captain america hood in that first panel, his face looks so "Now, I'm the prettiest girl at the ball!" excited (Reply to this)