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Who was Walter G. Cradock based upon in the Avengers comic #88-98?

My daughter is studying the red scare in the late 1940s-50s, and suggested that the character of Walter G. Craddock was based upon some national figure in the great communist scare. I suggested Joe McCarthy but she suggested J. Edgar Hoover. Who else were major figures or players? Nixon? Ford? Who were also on board the red scare bandwagon?

PS: Feel free to consult a comic book shop for the images of Craddock in the Marvel comics book Avengers!

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    Are you sure the character name wasn't Warren G. Craddock?
    He appeared during the Kree-Skrull war as the "grand inquisitor" accusing people of being alien until they could prove that they were not, correct? Sounds like a bit of McCarthy and the Salem Witch Trials rolled into one.

    PS: Wasn't it eventually revealed that Craddock was the missing fourth skrull from outer space who was hiding in that guise, trying to stir up unrest and shake the government and the superheroes to prepare for an invasion? (An invasion that never happened until Secret Invasion in the last seven years was scripted and pulled off by Bendis and Marvel Comics Group???)

    Who wrote that? Roy Thomas or Stan Lee? Seem like that's about 1971 or so, after Lee turned over the writing duties to Roy Thomas around issue #52 or so, right?

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    H. Walter Craddock, wasn't it? Considering the initial at the forefront of the name, I'd guess Hoover was possibly being alluded to...

    Rev.Enant answered in News & Politics over 2 years ago | Report
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    Nixon was involved in some red scare type activities, he smeared his first opponent as a "pink lady" as if she were a commie sympathizer. However, he wasn't as specifically identified with the red scare movement as J. Edgar and McCarthy.

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    I haven't looked at any images, but is there any chance that he's based upon (even loosely) the actual Walter Cradock, the 17th century welsh minister? It's not really common enough of a name to be a complete coincidence.

    j_lee answered in News & Politics over 2 years ago | Report
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