Poor Captain America. After defeating the evil Red Skull and overtaking Harry Potter at the box office, he was greeted by the exploitative pens of the nation's political cartoonists, who took the American icon and plumped him up, beat him down and even gave him a shield made in China.

At least he doesn't have to broker a deal between Obama and Republicans on the debt ceiling.

Click here to view our Captain America cartoon slideshow.

Nate Beeler / Washington Examiner, PoliticalCartoons.com