Fantastic Fours SNAPSHOT Asks The Hardest Superhero Question

Fantastic Four’s SNAPSHOT Asks The Hardest Superhero Question

Everybody loves Johnny Storm, but the Fantastic Four hero faces the impossible superhero question in Marvels Snapshots: Fantastic Four.

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Fantastic Fours SNAPSHOT Asks The Hardest Superhero Question

Johnny Storm a.k.a. the Human Torch of the Fantastic Four usually loves being the center of attention, but in the latest Marvels Snapshots: Fantastic Four the heat on Johnny isn’t all positive. Not when a night of nostalgia becomes an interrogation… asking Johnny one of the most complicated questions in a world with superpowered humans keeping the peace.

This particular Snapshot finds Johnny Storm returning to his high school reunion, slammed with the attention of adoring ex-classmates and journalists alike. But, in typical Johnny Storm fashion, his attention is on the ladies. His desire to keep denying time with anyone aside from beautiful women quickly catches up to the infamous Marvel playboy, as one of his old classmates has a bit too much to drink. A classmate who also happens to be a war veteran named Bob. A veteran who saw war up close — and the lack of superheroes fighting beside him.

Bob touches upon an interesting topic, going on to argue that he doesn’t understand how all these superhuman Americans can exist while regular Americans die everyday on the frontlines of war:

Hey, here’s a story. Y’know who else he’s too busy for? People like me, who did two tours in Afghanistan. I seen the president, the USO, but funny enough, none of you guys. You, the Avengers… not even friggin’ Ant-Man an’ his bugs.

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Johnny attempts to explain the politics of the situation, claiming heroes are private citizens and not government employees or soldiers… but is defended before he can stand up for himself. Or, honestly, offer a compelling answer.

While it seems foolish to accuse or insult a man who spends most of his time saving the world for… well, not helping to protect the world, it’s an interesting point of view to consider. In a world full of fantastic heroes, readers tend to forget the world itself is still intended to be our own. Soldiers, policemen, firefighters, and paramedics are risking their lives daily, without any kind of special abilities to back them up. And risking them facing the fallout of villains and heroes alike, should Spider-Man or Batman fail to show. It only gets more “complicated” when you consider Captain America was actually made to serve as a legitimate part of the United States Military, showing a precedent in the Marvel Universe of the government using literal super soldiers. Why stop after Cap? This thinking is what led to the Superhero Registration Act of Civil War, this offers new insight into how the government would be able to rally support for such an endeavor.

It does make some sense that these heroes, working as private citizens to save the day out of the goodness of their own hearts, wouldn’t want to involve themselves in something as political as wars between countries. But the alternative, or superhumans’ ability to help avoid war is left unexplored, thanks to this issue’s twist ending (revealing the public bashing was just a show to deflect attention from the town’s refugee Inhumans, by suggesting they were anti-superhero). No matter how you feel about war, and the way heroes participate in them, you can’t argue that at the end of the day, Johnny Storm is trying to help how he can. Plus… he’s not necessarily the best person to make this kind of argument.

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Marvels Snapshots: Fantastic Four is available now.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/fantastic-four-question-superhero-soldiers/

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