About Red Guardian in Thunderbolts* (and public marketing of the New Avengers)
After Thunderbolts\*, the New Avengers are worrying about getting sued by Sam Wilson for the Avengers copyright, but shouldn't literally the entire USA be more worried about Red Guardian, a Russian mascot, being on a public American team? Wouldn't Russia be scrambling to sue against the United States for stealing Russia trademarked "Red Guardian" as he was in public with his uniform for the first time in decades in the USA, now branded as an American operative Avenger (thanks to Valentina)? And this would lead to a massive cold war/WW3 and the government offices would be blowing up in chaos?
Also on that note, how do you think the team was publicly branded with their dirty grey uniforms? What callsigns do you think the government gave them officially in marketing? Surely they wouldn't be giving the callsign "Winter Soldier" to Bucky as that literally was the title of a terrorist against the USA? What do you think they named Bucky instead?
And how do you think Val and the government explained Bob when he came out of the curtain?
Also on that note, how do you think the team was publicly branded with their dirty grey uniforms? What callsigns do you think the government gave them officially in marketing? Surely they wouldn't be giving the callsign "Winter Soldier" to Bucky as that literally was the title of a terrorist against the USA? What do you think they named Bucky instead?
And how do you think Val and the government explained Bob when he came out of the curtain?
Commentaires
And Bucky was an elected member of Congress with full public knowledge of his super hero moniker of Winter Soldier, and he likely received a full pardon for past crimes committed while brainwashed due to his involvement in SAVING THE UNIVERSE against Thanos.
And as a historical fun fact: Winter soldier is a term which originally meant someone who endured difficult and harrowing conditions while protecting or fighting for their country ( primarily during the American Revolution…think Bunker Hill or Washington crossing the Delaware). But then in the Vietnam era it became a term for soldiers who testified in military court about atrocities committed in wartime by either fellow soldiers or even themselves.
I suspect the concerns might be mitigated by having two bona fide war heroes — one a Medal of Honor winner, the other a sitting US Congressman — on the team.
I don’t think they explained much about Bob given the newspaper headline in the closing credits called him a “mystery man”. I’m assuming they’ve kept him pretty well guarded and called him their “tech support” or something. Maybe they confirmed he’s impervious to bullets because of the number of Oxe soldiers who saw him brush off the firing squad. Just in case.