The new "Captain America: The First Avenger" movie opens today, the latest film featuring characters from the Marvel Comics universe. Before Marvel there was Timely Comics, and it is here that Captain America had his origin during the Second World War. On the cover, we see Captain America pummeling Hitler early in 1941, months before America even entered the war and four long years before Der Fuehrer was finally defeated. Americans might not have been eager to enter the war when this was published several months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, but they were certainly no fans of Nazi Germany.
At the bottom of the page, we read that this comic book contains not only Captain America, but "Also Captain America's young ally, Bucky." Bucky Barnes was, of course, Captain America's sidekick, and he was in fact the original comic book sidekick.
My father has always told us he owned a copy of this very first Captain America comic book. He believes he sold it on a street corner for perhaps a dime. I do wish he had held on to it for a bit longer.
At the bottom of the page, we read that this comic book contains not only Captain America, but "Also Captain America's young ally, Bucky." Bucky Barnes was, of course, Captain America's sidekick, and he was in fact the original comic book sidekick.
My father has always told us he owned a copy of this very first Captain America comic book. He believes he sold it on a street corner for perhaps a dime. I do wish he had held on to it for a bit longer.
Here's a very nice copy that sold at Heritage in 2006:
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| Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, Captain America No. 1 |
| Lot 2364 | Captain America Comics #1 Kansas City pedigree (Timely, 1941) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Cream to off-white pages. This is one of the bes...2006 January Comic Auction #819 |
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