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9780786437030

Captain America and the Struggle of the Superhero : Critical Essays

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    9780786437030

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    0786437030

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-06-30
  • Publisher: McFarland Publishing
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Summary

For more than 60 years, Captain America was one of Marvel Comics' flagship characters, representing truth, strength, liberty, and justice. The assassination of his alter ego, Steve Rogers, rocked the comic world, leaving numerous questions about his life and death. This book discusses topics including the representation of Nazi Germany in Captain America Comics from the 1940s to the 1960s; the creation of Captain America in light of the Jewish American experience; the relationship between Captain America and UK Marvel's Captain Britain; the groundbreaking partnership between Captain America and African American superhero the Falcon; and the attempts made to kill the character before his real death.

Author Biography

Robert G. Weiner is humanities librarian at Texas Tech University. His works have been published in the following journals: Journal of Popular Culture, Public Library Quarterly, Journal of American Culture and Popular Music and Society. He lives in Lubbock.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Key to Abbreviationsp. xi
Forewordp. 1
Introductionp. 9
General History
O Captain! My Captain!p. 15
World War II
Madmen, Morons, and Monocles: The Portrayal of the Nazis in Captain Americap. 24
The Invaders and the All-Star Squadron: Roy Thomas Revists the Golden Agep. 36
Graphic Imagery: Jewish American Comic Book Creators' Depictions of Class, Race, Patriotism and the Birth of the Good Captainp. 53
Racial Issues
Not Just Another Racist Honkey: A History of Racial Representation in Captain America and Related Publicationsp. 66
Weakness Is a Crime: Captain America and the Eugenic Ideal in Early Twentieth-Century Americap. 79
Psychological Profiles
Sixty-Five Years of Guilt Over the Death of Buckyp. 90
Captain America, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, and the Vietnam Erap. 104
Comparisons of Captain America with Other Characters
The Historical Value of Bronze Age Comics: Captain America and the Haunted Tankp. 116
The Ultimate American?p. 121
The Alpha and the Omega: Captain America and the Punisherp. 125
Captain America and Captain Britain: Geopolitical Identity and "the Special Relationship"p. 135
History of the Marvel Zombies and Colonel America among the Marvel Zombiesp. 147
Political Interpretations and the Death of Captain America
"Captain America Must Die": The Many Afterlives of Steve Rogersp. 160
Stevie's Got a Gun: Captain America and His Problematic Use of Lethal Forcep. 176
A Genealogy of Evil: Captain America vs. the Shadows of the National Imagined Communityp. 190
Literary Interpretations
The Man Behind the Mask? Models of Masculinity and the Persona of Heroes in Captain America Prose Novelsp. 204
Guides
A Selected Webography: FanFictionp. 215
A Selected Filmographic Essayp. 218
A Selected Bibliographic Essay: Academic Literaturep. 227
Afterwordp. 241
About the Contributorsp. 245
Indexp. 247
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