It’s a . . . well, whatever you call a Trifecta plus one
A quadfecta? Anyway, now some Brits are upset that Captain America has a gun.
It’s all England all the time!
Update: from metulj in comments, it’s apparently called a superfecta.
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January 29th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Well, it’s a little odd to revamp the character like that. Generally, whenever they try to make things darker and edgier with comic books, it doesn’t end up working well. He didn’t have a problem running around with a machine gun during the forties, but it’s been a good twenty-odd years since they last had him kill someone.
Surprised these idiots aren’t pulling their hair out about the Punisher, Fantomex, or the dozens of other Hero or antihero characters with firearms, though. The concept dates at least back to the 1930s with The Shadow, back before Superman even appeared. Hell, it’s popular enough that there are characters like Deadpool around just to parody the concept.
January 29th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Maybe if Batman carried a gun and shot Joker in the freakin’ head, Joker would stop troubling him.
Also, it’s not like it’s Captain Britain carrying a gun, so I don’t see why they care. After the last Captain America got shot in the head, I can see why the new guy would want to be able to shoot back. Makes sense to me.
January 29th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Superfecta. Four horses in order 1 through 4. A rare bet. You usually see it at dog tracks.
January 29th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Not all that surprising. There have only been one or two generations of British that have been extremely happy to see Americans with guns, prior to that armed Americans gave them fits.
January 29th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
“Fans are clearly split as to whether a handgun can ever be tolerated on a superhero long regarded as a symbol of untainted righteousness.”
I wonder if the writer even noticed that he called everyone who has ever carried a gun ‘tainted’ and ‘unrighteous’?
January 29th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
The original Batman used to carry guns, but they were removed for some reason.
And the cartoon version of Batman was pretty much a hoplophobe.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Good for Marvel Comics for including an action hero with a handgun.
As for England, send in the clowns.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
I thought Cap. America died.
January 29th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
He got better.
January 29th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Nah, they just sent in a new guy with the old one’s costume. It’ll be a few months more before he goes nuts, and then the old one gets better.
January 29th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
I hope we don’t get another US Agent.
January 29th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Maybe we should create a Leftenent Britannia that carries around a billy club and shouts “Stop, or I’ll yell stop again!”
January 29th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Put him in stars and bars, and give him a 12 gauge.
Heh.
January 30th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
“Maybe we should create a Leftenent Britannia that carries around a billy club and shouts “Stop, or I’ll yell stop again!””
Don’t forget the funny whistle the bobbies like to blow when the shit hits the fan.