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3. Marvel Wanted To "Nazi-Wash" World War II (Probably) - Captain America: The Animated Series

Marvel teamed up with Saban Entertainment to produce a Captain America animated series set to air in late 1998, which would re-imagine Cap as Tommy Tompkins (Steve Rogers being revealed as a cover name), with Red Skull taking the antagonist role, while the typical, expected Nazi context would be toned down considerably.

Scripts were written, major design elements were completed and a 60-second sizzle reel was prepared, but the plug was pulled somewhere along the line, the precise nature of which remains rather ambiguous.

Some point to Marvel's bankruptcy as slamming the kibosh on production, yet more persistent rumours indicate the studio objected to even the faintest whiff of Nazi imagery, despite these aspects already being firmly stripped from all of the finished scripts.

Considering that Marvel reportedly had to ask the writers not to include a sequence where Stonehenge is transformed into a giant Swastika by Red Skull, they may have just decided to cut their losses and avoid a PR disaster in the midst of their already calamitous financial issues.