About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 93. Chapters: Timely Comics characters, Timely Comics titles, Captain America, Red Skull, Namor, Bucky, Human Torch, Homo mermanus, Patsy Walker, Venus, Makkari, Citizen V, Namora, Young Allies, Miss America, Destroyer, Toro, Blonde Phantom, Witness, Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal, Whizzer, Girl Comics, Thin Man, Rockman, Blazing Skull, Angel, Jeffrey Mace, Millie the Model, Kid Colt, Red Raven, Spirit of '76, Marvel Mystery Comics, Daring Mystery Comics, Golden Girl, Isbisa, Mad Dog, Lady Dorma, Black Widow, Electro, Fin, Phineas Horton, Vision, Black Marvel, Reaper, Jack Frost, Blue Diamond, All Select Comics, Super Rabbit, U.S.A. Comics, Dynamic Man, Mystic Comics, Byrrah, Captain Wonder, Challenger, Blue Blade, Master Mind Excello, Laughing Mask, Phantom Reporter, John Steele, Thunderer, Fiery Mask, American Ace, Mister E, Sun Girl, Black Rider, Miss Patriot, Terror, Ferret, Tim Mulrooney, Father Time, Silver Scorpion, Masked Raider. Excerpt: Captain America is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941), from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Over the years, an estimated 210 million copies of "Captain America" comic books have been sold in a total of 75 countries. For nearly all of the character's publication history, Captain America was the alter ego of Steve Rogers, a frail young man who was enhanced to the peak of human perfection by an experimental serum in order to aid the United States war effort. Captain America wears a costume that bears an American flag motif, and is armed with an indestructible shield that can be thrown as a weapon. An intentionally patriotic creation who was often depicted fighting the Axis powers of World War II, Captain...