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Sunday, September 5, 2021

Marvel Does Dieselpunk, Again

Without a doubt, Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger is an iconic dieselpunk movie. Its fusion of World War 2 with comic book/ science-fiction makes it the perfect example of the genre. Now, Marvel has given us a new spin on this fantastic character. 

The Marvel series What…? debuted on Disney+ on August 11th, 2021, with their first episode, What If... Captain Carter Were the First Avenger? Because of a quick decision by Agent Carter right before the experiment that in the original resulted in Steve Rogers becoming Captain America, Carter rather than Rogers gets the serum. The result is that she obtains the superpower rather than him. Carter then successfully has herself promoted to Captain Carter despite the misogynist bias of her times, and a new superhero is born.

When Captain Carter isn’t punching Nazis and Hydra goons, she’s fighting sexism at home. On top of it all, we see some fantastic dieselpunk mecha. Throw in a little Lovecraft, and you have an animated short that’s an adrenaline-fulled powerhouse.


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