Captain America writer sent death threats after comic controversy

The author of Marvel’s new Captain America comic, Nick Spencer, has been sent death threats on twitter, after revealing that Steve Rogers is in fact a Hydra Agent.

The hashtag #SayNoToHYDRACap started trending after the news was revealed that in the latest comic, Captain America: Steve Rogers #1, Cap has been a villain all along, pretending to be good.

Fans were not happy and expressed their anger at writer Spencer, tweeting him with their wish for him to die:

https://twitter.com/leiaskwalker/status/735469188081389569

https://twitter.com/dayyook/status/735508156189659136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/ZaynB5/status/735532646135136258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

i have passion for how much i hate what you've done

75 years of a character that you've just defaced, it's repulsive

— bella (@durinfunerals) May 25, 2016

you made an anti nazi soldier originally created by jewish writers a nazi sympathiser. can you not see how disgusting that is

— clo (@valyriaas) May 25, 2016

Spencer then did seem to have some regret over his decision, as he replied to Chris Evans’ tweet:

Hydra?!?!? #sayitaintso

— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) May 26, 2016

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/735700677465235456

However, it is only the first issue of the comic series, and it may turn out that Captain America is not actually a Hydra Agent. Let’s hope that is the case for Spencer’s sake!