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The HUAC, McCarthyism, and Witch-Hunts Through Captain Marvel Comics

http://www.captainmarvelculture.com/witchhunt.html

(Excerpt from Captain Marvel Culture by Zorikh Lequidre and Evan Azriliant. In the preceeding paragraphs, the authors set up the beginning of the Kree Skrull war in the pages of The Avengers in 1971.)

The departure of Ronan to fight against the Skrulls left the Avengers feeling that the Kree threat was finally gone. After all, while the Kree and Skrulls were battling each other, when would they have time for Earth? However, a new threat appeared a lot closer to home. Three American technicians who had been at the arctic battle told the government about the “Alien plot to conquer Earth…” and immediately one H. Warren Craddock was named to head the new “Alien Activities Commission.” In his first public announcement, he declared “I have in my possession a list of 153 ‘model citizens’ who are actually alien spies…I intend to ferret them out, no matter where their trail may lead, yes, even to the Avengers Mansion itself!” 

 

 

 

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