Captain America Writer Receives Death Threats For Cliffhanger

Now, with all the panic that came from fans, including death threats on Twitter aimed at Nick Spencer, no one seems to understand that this is one issue in a series and the cliffhanger twist took up a total of five panels in the entire comic book. There is very little chance that Captain America is Hydra, and while fans of comics are often a little jumpy when something happens, major news organizations are jumping to conclusions as well over the start to Spencer's story.

The problem here is that this Captain America writer has a lot of issues to tell his story and everyone is getting angry with just one issue and one part to a larger overall story. Even Marvel executive editor Tom Brevoort stepped up to defend the Nick Spencer story in a quote to CNN.

"This is really just the tip of the iceberg in a larger story. The most basic reason for doing this is to see if you're paying attention and make readers long for the next issue."

The new decision by Captain America writer Nick Spencer was to have Captain America do something that looked despicable and then appear to be a Hydra agent. Honestly, either situation would have caused death threats - one, because people might disagree with a gay Captain America and two, because people hated a twist that is likely going to lead to something completely different than what people are fearing.

Captain America writer Nick Spencer has many, many years of Captain America adventures to fall back on. For much of the last century, stories have been written about Captain America fighting Hydra agents, and Spencer is a writer who has proven to be a quality storyteller in other comic issues. Surely, all the history of Captain America should give this writer some leeway to tell his story.

Instead, Nick Spencer received only anger from fans. Sometimes it is impossible to make comic book fans happy, and the new Captain America writer is learning that firsthand thanks to a slew of death threats coming his way.

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