Captain America: Steve Rogers #1 and Subtractive Retcons (Spoiler Warning)

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As long as there have been comic books, there have been retcons. For all that they have acquired a bad reputation, retcons can be an incredibly useful tool in comics writing and shouldn’t be dismissed out of hand. Done right, retcons can add an enormous amount of depth and breadth to a character, making their worlds far richer than they were before. Instead, I would argue that retcons should be…

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@racefortheironthrone , our resident Cap-ologist writes the definitive takedown of Nick Spencer’s new issue of Cap and how it betrays the Simon and Kirby legacy and fans alike.

Look, I’m fully prepared for this to all pan out to be implanted memories but this is an awful way to set that up.

Apparently not. Which is even worse. 

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