Captain America

Captain America is a Timely (later Marvel) Comics hero, developed by author Joe Simon and illustrator Jack Kirby. The character made his debut in Captain America Comics vol. 1 in March 1941.

Simon and Kirby invented Steve Rogers, an army recruiter, who used to be rejected due to his petite size. Rogers volunteers to be changed into a "super soldier" after receiving a top-secret serum. Rogers then joins the United States Army, finds a child buddy (Bucky Barnes), and starts his career of ardent Nazi-bashing.

The early comics were basic and straightforward, with enigmatic antagonists such as the Black Toad, Ivan the Terrible, and Hunchback of Hollywood. The Red Skull was the most notorious of them all, a supposedly unstoppable Nazi whose visage was truly a scarlet skull. The tales were engrossing and fast-paced, and the comic quickly turned into one of the most popular franchises of the Golden Age. That success was largely due to the audience's affinity with Captain America.

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