To Honor America : Essays Devoted To Over 65 Years Of  Captain America 

    

  Edited by Robert G. Weiner 

   Captain America , who was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby in 1941,  has 

  been a flagship Superhero of Marvel comics for over 65 years. He was the 

  first Superhero to blatantly call attention to the Nazis and Hitler, almost 

  a year before the United States entered World War II; the first issue of 

  Captain America Comics showed him slugging Hitler. Captain America quickly 

  became Marvel’s first real super star with millions of his comics selling 

  every month. He quickly became a stable character, and was even featured 

  in other titles like All Select Comics and All Winners Comics. Although he 

  was published regularly during the 1940s, by the end of the decade, 

  Superheroes were in decline. He was revived briefly during the 1950s when 

  he became a fighter against Communism. He was revived again in 1964, and 

  has been a major part of the Marvel Universe since that time. Every month 

  since 1964, a Captain America comic has been published. 

              Captain  America , who was dressed up in an America Flag, was 

  one of the first Superheroes that had a patriotic slant. Far from just 

  being a stooge of the U.S. Government, Captain America represents all that 

  is noble, good, and just about America and its history. He represents the 

  honest ideals of America : democracy, freedom, justice, and the desire to 

  do what is right. He has never been a self-serving Superhero, and in fact 

  is probable the only Hero who never has been accused or written about in 

  that way. Every writer who has used Cap as a character has portrayed him 

  as a Hero who does what is right. In this way, I think one could argue 

  that Captain America is the most noble of all Superheroes, even more noble 

  than Superman, because he does represent the American Ideal. Papers dealing 

  with the Red Skull (as the perfect Nazi?) or Cap villians/Bucky etc., will 

  be considered as well. 

       

      The topics below are topics that are left for someone write about.  If there is a unique topic related to the good Captain, please email and we can  discuss it.

      

  Please send abstracts for paper topics by November 27th

       

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      ome of the following topics could be addressed. 

  Hitler as seen through the pages of the Captain America Comics 

  The role of Captain America in the All Winners Squad 

  Captain America and Atomic Power 

  Captain America Comics after the war and the “new” female Bucky 

  The Red Skull as the perfect Nazi 

  Other Nazi villains in Cap’s life. 

  Hydra: Captain America ’s terrorist nemesis. 

  Captain America ‘s relationship to his partners in the 1970s the Falcon. 

   Captain America almost partner Rick  Jones (A Bucky wanna be). 

  Captain America and Wolverine: Strange Bedfellows: Not always Seeing 

  Eye to Eye. 

  Joe Simon and Jack Kirby: Creators of an Icon of Truth Justice and the 

  American Way Timely (Marvel) comics style. 

  The Fighting America : Joe Simon and Jack Kirby’s 1950s response to 

  “commie smashers” and a “new” Captain America 

  Bucky and the Young Allies: Dead End Kids/Bowery Boys in support of the 

  War Effort. 

  Bucky and the Liberty Legion. 

  Baron Zemo and his hatred of Captain America 

  Captain America ’s relationship to S.H.E.I.L.D. and Nick Fury. 

  Captain America Fan Fiction: An Analysis from the Internet. 

  Captain America portrayed in prose novels. 

  



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