斯蒂夫·罗杰斯到底为谁卖命?

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　　九头蛇万岁。

　　漫威在周三发布的《美国队长：斯蒂夫·罗杰斯》系列漫画的第一卷中，增加了一个令人惊讶的超级英雄自由哨兵的出身：从孩提时代起，他就是九头蛇的特工。

　　在Nick Spencer和Jesus Saiz的故事的最后，在2014年被迫暂时退休后斯蒂夫·罗杰斯以美国队长的身份回归，他把一个超级英雄同伴扔出飞机的场景和另一个闪回场景交替呈现，在这个闪回场景中罗杰斯的母亲在他还很小的时候应征加入一个恐怖组织，这暗示着罗杰斯追随了他母亲的步伐。这一卷以美国队长向一个囚犯说“九头蛇万岁”结束。

　　一个简单的事实是漫威是不可能把它最好的角色之一写成反派的，也许事实远比我们看到的复杂。这个闪回的时间轴颇让人疑惑，读者们看到罗杰斯的母亲加入反派组织的时候我们的超级英雄还是个孩子，但是在漫威漫画原著中九头蛇是在二战后由一个前纳粹党员创建的。也许九头蛇的创建比我们以为的更早，也许这个令人疑惑的时间轴本身就是一个线索，告诉我们一切都不像看起来那样简单。

　　值得注意的是，这个情节反应了漫威漫画近年来推出的两卷的主题：第一卷是2008年的《秘密勇士》显示尼克·弗雷也是九头蛇成员，的确，那时的神盾局事实上是九头蛇的组织。而蜘蛛侠和钢铁侠也分别在2013年的《究极蜘蛛侠》和2014年的《究极钢铁侠》中充当反派角色。也许这次轮到美国队长被黑化来延续漫威的新传统。

　　据报道，《斯蒂夫·罗杰斯》的第一个故事情节描述了九头蛇不同派系之间的内战，如果罗杰斯仍是九头蛇成员，那么不久之后美队的个人魅力和技能将会使他统治整个组织。要不要打个电话给克里斯·埃文斯的经纪人，问问他埃文斯对于在接下来的漫威系列电影中扮演一个新的纳粹领导人有何想法?

　　Who is Steve Rogers working for, anyway?

　　[Warning: This story spoils plot elements from Captain America: Steve Rogers No. 1. For those looking to remain unaware of the issue's climax, look away now.]

　　Hail Hydra.

　　The first issue of Marvel Entertainment's Captain America: Steve Rogers comic book series, released Wednesday, adds a surprising new wrinkle to the origin of the original super-heroic Sentinel of Liberty: He's an agent of Hydra, and he has been since childhood.

　　In the final pages of Nick Spencer and Jesus Saiz' story, scenes of Steve Rogers — returning to action as Captain America after temporary enforced retirement in 2014 — apparently murdering a fellow superhero by throwing him out of an airplane are intercut with a flashback sequence which shows Rogers' mother being inducted into the terrorist group when he was a child, with the implication that her son followed in her footsteps. The issue closes with Captain America telling a prisoner, "Hail Hydra."

　　If only for the simple fact that Marvel is unlikely to permanently turn one of its flagship characters into a member of a terrorist organization, it's likely that there's more to this revelation than meets the eye. Particularly confusing is the timeline of the flashback; readers see Rogers' mother joining the group when the hero was a pre-teen, but Marvel's comic book mythology traditionally has Hydra being created after World War II by a former Nazi. Either Hydra started earlier than expected, or the confused timing is itself a clue that all is not as it seems.

　　It's worth noting that this development mirrors two earlier plot threads in Marvel's comic book output in recent years: the first issue of 2008's Secret Warriors suggested that Nick Fury was also an agent of Hydra — indeed, that SHIELD as an organization was actually owned by Hydra — while both Spider-Man and Iron Man have spent time as villains in the 2013 Superior Spider-Man and 2014 Superior Iron Man comic book series. Perhaps this is simply Captain America's time to follow a new Marvel tradition and break bad.

　　The first storyline of the Steve Rogers title will reportedly feature a civil war between Hydra factions controlled by different despots; if Rogers remains an agent of the terrorist group, it's possible that his charisma and skill could put him in charge of the entire organization before too long. Should someone should call Chris Evans' agent and ask him how Evans feels about playing a surprise neo-Nazi leader in the next Marvel Studios movie?

（编辑：何莹莹）