Originally Posted by
LordTrump
I cringe at how lame and cartoony some elements of the Marvel Now Captain America were, especially following the espionage and war of Brubaker's run.
Nuke basically represents the divide between the ww2 and Vietnam generation. Vietnam vets were treated like crap by the government that sent them to fight, the citizens they fought for, and the elders they looked up to. The "perfect generation" didn't question when their sons were spat on, called baby killers, and generally given the exact opposite of the heroic treatment that they were given.
Shouldn't Nuke absolutely hate Captain America? Shouldn't he look at him literally as everything he couldn't be, everything he couldn't have?
Cap is hailed as a hero, Nuke is considered a psycho due to the psychological damage. Cap is seen as the embodiment of the "good old days", Nuke is seen as one of those "reefer smoking losers who couldn't even win a damn war".
How is this character not used more?