Comments on: Captain America – The Best of the Early Adventures http://goldenagecomics.org/wordpress/2009/06/28/captain-america-the-best-of-the-early-adventures/ Home of the Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:23:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: More Patriotic Covers from The Golden Age of Comic Books – Golden Age of Comic Books http://goldenagecomics.org/wordpress/2009/06/28/captain-america-the-best-of-the-early-adventures/comment-page-1/#comment-21689 More Patriotic Covers from The Golden Age of Comic Books – Golden Age of Comic Books Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:51:39 +0000 http://goldenagecomics.org/wordpress/?p=875#comment-21689 [...] hard to miss.  During the war years, no Golden Age superhero evoked patriotic feelings more than Captain America, although on the Fourth of July many heroes jumped on this bandwagon with great ferver.   [...] [...] hard to miss.  During the war years, no Golden Age superhero evoked patriotic feelings more than Captain America, although on the Fourth of July many heroes jumped on this bandwagon with great ferver.   [...]

]]> By: Joe Simon – My Life in Comics – Golden Age of Comic Books http://goldenagecomics.org/wordpress/2009/06/28/captain-america-the-best-of-the-early-adventures/comment-page-1/#comment-20610 Joe Simon – My Life in Comics – Golden Age of Comic Books Sat, 04 Jun 2011 02:28:23 +0000 http://goldenagecomics.org/wordpress/?p=875#comment-20610 [...] along with co-legend Jack Kirby are perhaps best known for their 1941 creation of Captain America. Cap was really only a small part of their creative genius, and they would go on to invent many [...] [...] along with co-legend Jack Kirby are perhaps best known for their 1941 creation of Captain America. Cap was really only a small part of their creative genius, and they would go on to invent many [...]

]]> By: Captain America…Commie Smasher!!! – Golden Age of Comic Books http://goldenagecomics.org/wordpress/2009/06/28/captain-america-the-best-of-the-early-adventures/comment-page-1/#comment-17745 Captain America…Commie Smasher!!! – Golden Age of Comic Books Thu, 07 Apr 2011 02:00:42 +0000 http://goldenagecomics.org/wordpress/?p=875#comment-17745 [...] A couple of years ago when Captain America was being “Reborn” I posted about his early adventures in the Golden Age of Comic Books.  As a new movie featuring the “First Avenger” is [...] [...] A couple of years ago when Captain America was being “Reborn” I posted about his early adventures in the Golden Age of Comic Books.  As a new movie featuring the “First Avenger” is [...]

]]> By: Bill Jourdain http://goldenagecomics.org/wordpress/2009/06/28/captain-america-the-best-of-the-early-adventures/comment-page-1/#comment-1582 Bill Jourdain Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:52:44 +0000 http://goldenagecomics.org/wordpress/?p=875#comment-1582 Thanks for your comments, Ralph. I also applaud Jamie D (of Comic Geek Speak) and you for a great July 3, 2009 (just in time for Independence Day!) "Essentials" podcast about the life and times of Captain America. The podcast can be found <a href="http://www.comicgeekspeak.com/episodes/essentials-839.php" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Thanks for your comments, Ralph. I also applaud Jamie D (of Comic Geek Speak) and you for a great July 3, 2009 (just in time for Independence Day!) “Essentials” podcast about the life and times of Captain America. The podcast can be found here.

]]> By: R.R. Werner http://goldenagecomics.org/wordpress/2009/06/28/captain-america-the-best-of-the-early-adventures/comment-page-1/#comment-1557 R.R. Werner Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:02:06 +0000 http://goldenagecomics.org/wordpress/?p=875#comment-1557 Good stuff, Bill. The Shield is the FIRST flag-themed hero and influenced Captain America. Some of the people from MLJ Comics, who published The Shield, threatened to sue after the first issue but a compromise was reached where Cap's triangular shield, much like The Shield's chest emblem, would be changed. And that is how we got the round shield in issue #2. It's funny how Cap defeats Hitler in issue #2. Why didn't that end the war quicker?? lol Issue #3 has Stan Lee's first comic book story but only as a prose piece. It was given to him by Joe Simon to keep him busy, thinking no one ever read the articles (which were used to qualify for 2nd rate postage). Issue #5 has Stan Lee's first comic book work with pictures but only in the back up feature called Headline Hunter. Issue #6 has the first double-page spread in comics. Simon and Kirby use to try to position it as the exact middle of the comic for maximum effect until it became prime space for advertising. Issue #10 is Simon and Kirby's last issue. Joe Simon was the editor so, starting with issue #11, Stan Lee becomes editor. Is this Stan's first ever gig as editor? Michael Uslan had some interesting insight in the forward of one of the Masterworks when he talked about a conversation he had with Joe Simon and how Simon use to think of all the old Cap stories as HORROR comics. With all the crazy and creepy villains Cap had to fight, it seems obvious as many of those stories were inspired by old movies, particularly horror and suspense (Hunchback swipe, Hound of the Baskervilles swipe, etc). Good stuff, Bill.
The Shield is the FIRST flag-themed hero and influenced Captain America. Some of the people from MLJ Comics, who published The Shield, threatened to sue after the first issue but a compromise was reached where Cap’s triangular shield, much like The Shield’s chest emblem, would be changed. And that is how we got the round shield in issue #2.

It’s funny how Cap defeats Hitler in issue #2. Why didn’t that end the war quicker?? lol

Issue #3 has Stan Lee’s first comic book story but only as a prose piece. It was given to him by Joe Simon to keep him busy, thinking no one ever read the articles (which were used to qualify for 2nd rate postage).

Issue #5 has Stan Lee’s first comic book work with pictures but only in the back up feature called Headline Hunter.

Issue #6 has the first double-page spread in comics. Simon and Kirby use to try to position it as the exact middle of the comic for maximum effect until it became prime space for advertising.

Issue #10 is Simon and Kirby’s last issue. Joe Simon was the editor so, starting with issue #11, Stan Lee becomes editor. Is this Stan’s first ever gig as editor?

Michael Uslan had some interesting insight in the forward of one of the Masterworks when he talked about a conversation he had with Joe Simon and how Simon use to think of all the old Cap stories as HORROR comics. With all the crazy and creepy villains Cap had to fight, it seems obvious as many of those stories were inspired by old movies, particularly horror and suspense (Hunchback swipe, Hound of the Baskervilles swipe, etc).

]]> By: Bill Jourdain http://goldenagecomics.org/wordpress/2009/06/28/captain-america-the-best-of-the-early-adventures/comment-page-1/#comment-1519 Bill Jourdain Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:29:30 +0000 http://goldenagecomics.org/wordpress/?p=875#comment-1519 Maybe not a complete rip-off, but probably close. The Shield actually came about in January 1940 in Pep #1. Dusty, his sidekick, came about in issue #11 of Pep. The costumes were similar, but The Shield did not carry a shield like Cap. The Shield was a popular character for MLJ, but was ultimately pushed aside by their more popular personality, Archie Andrews who was first introduced in issue #22 (December 1941) and completely took over the covers in 1943. The Shield last appeared in issue #65 in 1947. I covered the Shield in <a href="http://goldenagecomics.org/wordpress/2006/04/04/golden-age-of-comics-books-april-4-2006-38/" rel="nofollow">Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast #38</a> in April, 2006. Of course, rip-off or not, Cap endured much longer as a popular super hero, and his superstar status was guaranteed by Marvel's revival in the pages of Avengers #4. Maybe not a complete rip-off, but probably close. The Shield actually came about in January 1940 in Pep #1. Dusty, his sidekick, came about in issue #11 of Pep. The costumes were similar, but The Shield did not carry a shield like Cap. The Shield was a popular character for MLJ, but was ultimately pushed aside by their more popular personality, Archie Andrews who was first introduced in issue #22 (December 1941) and completely took over the covers in 1943. The Shield last appeared in issue #65 in 1947. I covered the Shield in Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast #38 in April, 2006. Of course, rip-off or not, Cap endured much longer as a popular super hero, and his superstar status was guaranteed by Marvel’s revival in the pages of Avengers #4.

]]> By: Michael Bartz http://goldenagecomics.org/wordpress/2009/06/28/captain-america-the-best-of-the-early-adventures/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 Michael Bartz Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:18:33 +0000 http://goldenagecomics.org/wordpress/?p=875#comment-1518 Correct me, if I am wrong, but wasn't Cap a complete rip-off of "The Shield" by Henry Shorten and Irv Novick? Like Cap, Joe Higgins used a special "serum" to get super-powered, wore a shield, had a flag-themed costume and a sidekick called Dusty. The character war first published in Pep Comics 1, Jan. 1941. Is my claim true? Correct me, if I am wrong, but wasn’t Cap a complete rip-off of “The Shield” by Henry Shorten and Irv Novick? Like Cap, Joe Higgins used a special “serum” to get super-powered, wore a shield, had a flag-themed costume and a sidekick called Dusty. The character war first published in Pep Comics 1, Jan. 1941.
Is my claim true?

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