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The Comic Concierge Dan Clark 03.24.2021

#Comics #CaptainAmerica #History
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/flying-the-flag-the-superpatriots-of-the-early-1940s
-The Slings & Arrows Comics Guide
Fighting America
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_American
-https://anightatthegarden.com/
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/henryford-antisemitism/
America First
-https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/still-america-first/
-https://www.cfr.org/blog/history-lessons-america-first-committee-forms
-https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1643.html
Flying Tigers
-https://www.historynet.com/american-volunteer-group-claire-l-chennault-and-the-flying-tigers.htm
The Fifth Column
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1940/08/25/96932000.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false
Richard W. Steele, Free Speech in the Good War (St. Martin’s Press, 1999, 75-6 – https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03612759.1999.10527713
About the author
A fan of all things comics, movies, books, and whatever else I can find that pass the time.Twitter: @DXO_Dan Instagram: Comic_concierge

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