Marvel's radical change to Captain America sparks Twitter outrage

Much to the chagrin of fans and comic-book readers, Marvel recently revealed that one of its most prominent superheroes, Captain America/Steve Rogers, has always been an agent of the infamous terrorist organisation Hydra.

However, though the new storyline starting with Captain America #1 is undoubtedly unique and is an interesting take on the renowned superhero's past, it seems fans didn't find the latest developments all that pleasant.

A few days ago, #GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend went viral as fans created a petition to request Disney for giving a male love interest to Rogers in order to make the Marvel characters more "gay-friendly."

Now, the Captain is in the news once again as fans have taken to Twitter to express their anger, with some terming the move as absolutely unnecessary and a desperate attempt by Marvel to garner more audience. Here are some of the Twitter reactions by the fans over Captain being shown in bad light:

How can you do this to me Marvel????? I feel so betrayed??? https://t.co/J2Jy0ZM55n â€” Millennial Of Manila (@MillennialOfMNL) May 26, 2016

Geek culture is the one that's turned into a supervillian, not Captain America. When did we become the bullies?

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— Brianna Wu (@Spacekatgal) May 26, 2016

To hell with you @Marvel first you screw up the X-Men comics and now you screw up @CaptainAmerica. I'm done. — Patrick X Coyle (@PatrickXCoyle) May 26, 2016

A Captain America story where Steve's always been in Hydra is like a Batman story where 8 year old Bruce hired Joe Chill to kill his parents

— Alex Knapp (@TheAlexKnapp) May 26, 2016

I'm deeply worried about the new direction Captain America is taking. @FoldableHuman pic.twitter.com/oRS0K5Zk6r â€” Brianna Wu (@Spacekatgal) May 25, 2016

People were more outraged about gay Captain America than they are about Nazi Captain America and that's how I know Trump can win.

— OhNoSheTwitnt (@OhNoSheTwitnt) May 25, 2016