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Adaptations of Captain America in other media; Created by: Joe Simon Jack Kirby: Original source: Comics published by Marvel Comics: First appearance: Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941) Print publications; Novel(s) Captain America: The Great Gold Steal (1968) Captain America: Holocaust For Hire (1979) Captain America: Liberty's Torch (1998)
Captain America Comics #1 – cover-dated March 1941 [7] and on sale December 20, 1940, [8] [9] a year before the attack on Pearl Harbor, but a full year into World War II – showed the protagonist punching Nazi leader Adolf Hitler; it sold nearly one million copies. [10] While most readers responded favorably to the comic, some took objection.
Sega announced a video game tie-in titled Captain America: Super Soldier, that was released on July 19, 2011, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Nintendo DS. [122] Marvel released the mobile game, Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty, in July 2011. [123] A toy line was released as well. [124]
In 1945, Captain America, a U.S. soldier that was injected with a Super-Soldier serum, is fighting the Nazis during World War II.After averting a nuclear disaster, he falls into the icy waters of the North Atlantic and becomes frozen, only to be revived in the twenty-first century by the American military, who are hoping they can recreate the serum in his blood in order to create more super ...
The series nevertheless continued to face dwindling sales, and Captain America Comics ended with its 75th issue in February 1950. [16] Horror comics were ascendant as a popular comic genre during this period; in keeping with the trend, the final two issues of Captain America Comics were published under the title Captain America's Weird Tales. [16]
Arnim Zola is a supervillain appearing in American comic books by Marvel Comics.He is a master of biochemistry and a recurring enemy of Captain America and the Avengers.The character first appeared in Captain America and the Falcon #208 (April 1977), and was created by writer/artist Jack Kirby. [1]
The Red Skull is the alias of several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.Created by France Herron, Jack Kirby, and Joe Simon, the character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941), in which his secret identity is revealed to be George Maxon, but would later be retroactively established as merely a decoy who was working for the real Red ...
The Flag-Smasher is the name used by two anti-nationalist supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics: Karl Morgenthau and Guy Thierrault.The original version was most often a foe of Captain America while other adversaries include the Punisher, Moon Knight, Ghost Rider, the Runaways, the Liberteens and Deadpool.