Ah, comic book subtlety.

Obviously untrustworthy person: “Hey, kids whom I’ve never met before. Wanna go do something obviously stupid and not in your own interest? Something transparently harmful to you with no stated benefit? For no other reason than because I said to do it?”

Kids: “Do we?! C’mon, let’s go already!”

Narrator: “The alien commie nazis were so clever and subtle that nobody could see through their devious ploy!”