User blog comment:20thCentFopp/Inside the Villainy of Genius: Iron Man and Anton Vanko/@comment-1458758-20131210051027

Ya know, I was surprised. I thought this was going to be some stupid anti communist Red Terror piece from the dark days of comic propaganda, but from the sounds of it, it''s actually the exact opposite, and I like that, I really do. As a socialist myself I find it annoying when the communist viewpoint is misrepresented as just some terrible fascist regime, and while this comic seems to highlight the paranoia of the government itself towards those that could pose a threat (The Dynamo is seemingly the greatest military asset in the USSR, making it a viable threat to their regime without fear of Nuclear retaliation as this is esssentially self defeating) It does it on both sides, though admittedly the American reasoning does seem stupid and vague perhaps as a means for the writer to not point blame at a government that equally distrusted people who spoke against it.

All in all, I'm impressed at the progressiveness. That what is shown to be true of one side is true for both and while I don't like that Vanko defected to the US instead of maybe taking off for a neutral state somewhere, I appreciate that it wasn't just another story about dirty commies.