Captain America’s co-creator’s son says Capitol rebels misrepresented the superhero

Captain America’s co-creator’s son says Capitol rebels misrepresented the superhero

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“Captain America is the absolute antithesis of Donald Trump,” Neal Kirby told CNN’s Jake Tapper in a declaration Wednesday.

“Where Captain America is selfless, Trump is selfish. Where Captain America fights for our country and democracy, Trump fights for personal power and autocracy.”

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On Wednesday, January 6, hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump forced their way into the Capitol during the ceremonial counting of the Electoral College vote to confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.

While watching videos of the rebellion, Kirby said he “noticed someone wearing a Trump / Captain America T-shirt” and believes he “took a quick look at someone with a Captain America shield” – images he found disgusting.

Neal Kirby’s father, the late Jack Kirby, created the superhero with his partner, Joe Simon, in the early 1940s. The duo created Captain America for Timely Comics, Marvel’s predecessor and the comic book was a great success during World War II.
“In World War II, patriotic soldier Steve Rogers, who received the ‘Super Soldier Serum’, became the living symbol of freedom, Captain America,” according to Marvel Comics. “Left to die while frozen in the ice, the star-spangled hero with an indestructible shield woke up years later to continue his endless battle for freedom.”

Captain America defended what was right without backing down, and unlucky, said Kirby.

“My father, Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, the creators of Captain America and veterans of World War II, would be absolutely disgusted by these images,” said Kirby. “These images are an insult to the memories of both.”

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