Author and political commentator Jared Yates Sexton returns to Junk Filter to discuss the Marvel Cinematic Universe and its association with the U.S. Military-Industrial Complex.

I have seen very few of these MCU films, uncomfortable as I am with the partnership between Disney/Marvel and the U.S. Department of Defense, but for the pod I watched the recent Russo brothers trilogy of Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame for a discussion with Jared on the MCU’s stranglehold on popular culture and the role these superhero movies play to advance the project of US Imperialism.

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“Origin Story” - recruitment commercial for the U.S. Air Force that ran before American screenings of Captain Marvel in March 2019

“Why Captain Marvel is a Recruiting Win for the Air Force” by James Barber, for Military.com, March 20, 2019