10 Comic Book Story Arcs EVERYONE Hated

When the Super Serum flowing through Captain America's veins was nullified, he rapidly aged, turning him into an elderly man. Luckily, Steve Rogers was exposed to the Cosmic Cube two years later, returning him to normal.

Since Cap had been out of action for a while, readers were excited to see the patriotic Avenger's latest adventures. So, how did Marvel kick off his return in Captain America: Steve Rogers #1? By turning Winghead into an agent of the fascist regime, Hydra! Worse still, we learn Cap has been working for Hydra from the very beginning.

Not only was this an absurd gimmick, turning Cap into a super-Nazi was offensive since the character was created by Jewish creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby as a distinctly anti-fascist symbol. Marketing around the event depicted Captain America with fascist-adjacent imagery, compounding what was an already ill-thought out storyline even further.

Throughout the event Marvel also maintained that this was the REAL Captain America. But it turns out this Cap was created by a corrupted Cosmic Cube. The story doesn't mention this until the very end so readers believed Captain America betrayed his teammates for well over a year, which was encouraged by Marvel themselves.

By the time the readers learned this wasn't the real Steve Rogers, they were too angry to care.