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Captain America is truly an icon. Since his debut in 1941 in the pages of Captain America Comics #1 by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby he and his sidekick Bucky have been part of the fabric of comic books and popular culture. Later of course Cap is defrosted and put into the middle of the Marvel Universe concocted by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and others. He goes on to have a reliable partner in The Falcon, and he becomes the go-to leader of the Avengers. Cap's comics have been among the most dynamic in history because they were drawn by Jack Kirby. Here are some of those classic covers from across nearly four decades.
In the face of autocratic anti-democratic forces, it's even more important to recognize the fight for liberty.
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Apologies for changing the subject but this month is also the 100th anniversary of Robert E. Howard's first published story. The story was called "Spear And Fang" about a caveman who rescues a female of his tribe from the clutches of a Neanderthal and it was published in the July 1925 issue of Weird Tales magazine.
ReplyDeleteRead that story a few times. I hadn't really thought of an REH centennial. Thanks.
DeleteSome excellent covers. Captain America is a beautifully designed character , from his shield to those wings on his mask everything about his costume is classy As a none American Cap was always an exciting character and I may not have gotten a lot of the patriotic jargon but I understood that the character was meant to stand for something more than just good v evil.
ReplyDeleteFor me Cap represented "Freedom", the idea that a person was in control of their own lives. That's a concept that is universal.
DeleteIf I'm not mistaken that Fantasy Masterpieces #3 was the first of Marvel's 25 cent reprint series to have original art on the cover - not the whole cover but still...
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Any new Kirby was welcome. Those patchwork covers have a charm.
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