Marvel launches 'Union Jack' superheroes and Scottish Twitter had the perfect responses

The Union is a team of superheroes - Kelpie, Union Jack, The Choir, Union Jack and Britannia, representing Scotland, England, Wales, Nothern Ireland and Great Britain, respectively. 

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Scottish Twitter tore into Kelpie, who was unveiled with the tagline: "In Scotland, it's not the monsters you have to worry about. It's the Loch." (No, us neither).

Some users questioned the politics of the alliance and asked if the Union would be taking on the EU.

Seriously guys... what have you been sniffing? we already have @SaltireComics and you lot wanna make a team called ''the union'' .... have you seen the politics right now? Are you gonna make Captain Britain leave the EU team too? also what you got against lochs? they did nothing.

— Lauren Cullen 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏳️‍🌈 (@kitttallica) February 20, 2020

Another simply wrote:

Alexa, how do you say “this is keech” in Gaelic?

— Beau Narrow 🦄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈 (@Big_Wookiee) February 20, 2020

Users wondered how American audiences might mangle the word "Kelpies":

The Kelpie is the monster.

Also I am vomiting at the sound of Amercians trying to pronounce 'Kelpie'. 🤮

— Shaun (@TheTweetofShaun) February 19, 2020 

One person thought the Union Jack character looked familiar...

Where did you get the inspiration? pic.twitter.com/FdPpRobiGx

— Oor Bee🎗 (@homelesshorse) February 20, 2020

Another thought his costume made a deeper political point:

Aye. Correct.
Union Jack is fighting for England and naebody else.

— Ming Kerr (@Guiseppim) February 20, 2020

Author, JR Tomlin said of the revived Union Jack character:

He fought hard stealing the Elgin Marbles from the Greeks, the Kohinoor diamond from India, and thousands of artifacts from the Summer Palace, in Beijing. I'm sure he can find new cultures to loot across the universe.

— J. R. Tomlin (@JRTomlinAuthor) February 20, 2020

Users seemed baffled by the character Snakes, who represents Northern Ireland:

Jesus you really don't do political sensitivities do you?

— John (@bigshineycudgel) February 19, 2020

One questioned the writers' knowledge of the UK:

'Well, Guinness is trademarked and religious tension's a bit off-putting, so it'll have to be the other thing we know about Ireland.'
'OK. Scotland?
'Sexy Nessie.'
'Great! Wales?'
'Is coalmining sexy?'
'Singing it is.'
'England?'
...
...
...
'Just make another British one.'

— Paul Brown (@foolmentaljoker) February 20, 2020

The Union is a new spin-off from the existing comic series, Empyre, written by Paul Grist and illustrated by Andrea Di Vito.

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The five-part series will see the British heroes team up with the Avengers and the Fantastic Four to battle an intergalactic enemy called the Empyre. 

The Union Jack character was launched in 1976 and the new characters were developed by R.B. Silva.