CREATOR - STORY*

Name: Joseph 'Joe' H. Simon.
Personal dates: Born 1915 in New York, USA.
Other creations
: None.
Successors**
: Otto Binder, Steve Englehart, Bill Finger, Mark Gruenwald, Stan Lee.
Comments
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CREATOR - GRAPHICS*

Name: Jacob Kurtzberg (Jack Kirby).
Personal dates: Born 1917 in New York, USA. Died 1994 in California, USA.
Other creations
: Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, X-Men.
Successors**
: Sal Buscema, John Byrne, Gil Kane, John Romita, Jim Steranko.
Comments
: Being one of the most influencial artists in the comic book history Kirby was often nicknamed The King.

* According to themselves the two creators did both story and graphics as they saw fit.
** The series has had numerous successors, and the mentioned ones are just a few of the most well-known.

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1941. After World War 2 the interest for Captain America faded but the series has been kept alive - on and off - to this day. Mostly the character performs as a guest star in other superhero series.

The character of Captain America was conceived in USAs first war year and meant to be seen as the country's morale boosting anti-nazi superhero number one. He is Steve (sometimes named Steven) Rogers and the result of a top secret army defence experiment developed to produce supersoldiers. With his newfound powers Rogers takes on all enemies to his country.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER

Captain America
(Steve Rogers)

 

 

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