# Captain America a Hydra Agent? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 10, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-america-a-hydra-agent/757042 "2016-06-10T20:02:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-america-a-hydra-agent/757042/61 "2016-07-08T01:53:56Z")
Galactus was supposed to be a one-time only visitor, but fan reaction made Stan bring him back. Saying no to fans on occasion would have changed the entire comic business. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-america-a-hydra-agent/757042/62 "2016-07-10T15:13:55Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > There’s two differences between Squirrel-Girl and The Sentry. > > 1. The Squirrel-Girl thing was largely a fan-based “grass-roots” movement. Someone (Dan Slott?) put her in one book and fans kept demanding more so she kept reappearing and sales went up in whatever book she appeared in. Sentry being every was editorial driven. > > 2. Fans (in general) love Squirrel-Girl, and I’ve never met or talked to anyone actually wanted to see Sentry after the original mini-series. > > (I don’t think she’s punched out the Living Tribunal, but she fairly recently beat Galactus (pre Ultimates) fair and square. Largely because she sat down and talked with him and said “Dude. What’s up with trying to eat us?”. She and Galactus regularly text now. She’s like a DC silver-age hero stuck in the middle of the Marvel Universe. ) Squirrel Girl’s “fight” with Galactus was one of my favorite things I’ve read in years. She’s a comic character with optimism, a sense of humor, a kind heart, and common sense. It’s kind of amazing how unique that is. Sent from my VS987 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Chihuahua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-america-a-hydra-agent/757042/63 "2016-07-11T02:05:12Z")
Yeah, Squirrel Girl is intended for comedy, much like Nextwave or the Impossible Man. (Is the Impossible Man even still around?) Nothing she does should be taken as canonical… As if that that word has any meaning for comics to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-america-a-hydra-agent/757042/64 "2016-07-11T02:29:26Z")
She was the last Marvel character created by _ **STEVE DITKO** _ so she’s a legit character and the Watcher himself said her beating up Dr. Doom and Thanos were both canonical (and not robots/clones/space phantoms). Canonical. So there. 😛 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-america-a-hydra-agent/757042/65 "2016-07-11T04:21:31Z")
Of course, we fans are perfectly capable of ignoring canonical content we don’t like. (In the current Dr. Strange comic, it is “established” that Doc can’t eat normal food, but has to force himself to cram down horrible magical garbage. You know something? Bullshit. I don’t buy it, I don’t accept it, and I hope some future writer throws that bit away, depicting Doc having a nice dinner at a restaurant somewhere.) (I also wish he were still love-bunnies with Clea. Sigh…) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-america-a-hydra-agent/757042.md?page=3)