Why Captain America #1 is More Political than You Realize

Captain America turns 80 this year and what better time to look back at his very first issue. But in order to do that properly, we need to put this issue in a historical context.

Resources: Comic Zine https://comiczine-fa.com/features/fly…​ –

The Slings & Arrows Comics Guide

Fighting America –https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fightin…​

–https://anightatthegarden.com/​

Henry Ford –

https://www.thehenryford.org/collecti…​

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe…​

America First –

https://www.theamericanconservative.c…​

–https://www.cfr.org/blog/history-less…​

–https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h16…​

Flying Tigers –

https://www.historynet.com/american-v…​

The Fifth Column https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/time…​

Richard W. Steele, Free Speech in the Good War (St. Martin’s Press, 1999, 75-6 – https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1…