Captain America: Ice
Everybody knows an accident caused Captain America to spend decades in suspended animation after World War II. What this book presupposes is\u2026maybe the U.S. Government froze him on purpose? But if that\u2019s the high concept behind \u201cIce\u201d by Chuck Austen (with John Ney Reiber) and Jae Lee, why is the comic mostly about a guy with an alien robot hand trying to test Cap\u2019s sense of morality? By request, host Justin uncovers the complicated history of the post-9/11 Marvel Knights Captain America run on the way to defrosting this controversial (but ultimately inconsequential) storyline.
Also covered in this episode: failed attempts at winning enemies to your point of view via hallucinogens, the irrationality of amphibious love interests, and the most conspicuous anagram in the history of superhero comics.