This Is Captain America (World of Reading Level 1)

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This miniseries is also the origin point for a lot of little details about Steve's backstory that comics fandom really likes. Gizmodo and Entertainment Weekly respectively ranked Captain America first and second in their 2015 rankings of Avengers characters.

Having appeared in more than ten thousand stories in more than five thousand media formats, Captain America is one of the most popular and recognized Marvel Comics characters, and has been described as an icon of American popular culture.The series isn't about an adventure that the characters takes part in though, it is an introduction to that character. The two parties settled out of court, with Simon agreeing to a statement that the character had been created under terms of employment by the publisher, and was therefore work for hire owned by the company. f] Captain America solo stories written by Lee with Kirby as the primary penciller were published in the anthology Tales of Suspense alongside solo stories focused on fellow Avengers member Iron Man beginning in November 1964; the character also appeared in Lee and Kirby's World War II-set Sgt. Artist Alex Ross designed a slightly revised Captain America costume that former sidekick Bucky Barnes began to wear as the new Captain America in vol. Though Captain America was not the first United States-themed superhero – a distinction that belongs to The Shield at MLJ Comics [20] – he would become the most popular patriotic American superhero of those created during World War II.

When the character was killed in 2007, he was eulogized in numerous mainstream media outlets, including The New York Times [138] and The Los Angeles Times, [133] with the former describing him as a "national hero". You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

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