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Captain Americais a distinctly iconic hero.
Steve Rogers reigns as Marvels, and arguably the entire comic industrys, most iconic American hero.
However,Timelys original goal was to create a hero that rivaled DCs American poster boy: Superman.
No, that didn’t work.
There were too many ‘supers’ around.
‘Captain America’ had a good sound to it…there weren’t a lot of captains in comics.
It was as easy as that."
Hes an American who welcomes lost and fleeing immigrants.
Hes an American who always joins a fight to protect the little guy, even when hes not prompted.
Hence,Captain American was simply superwhen it came to living up to American ideals.
Within five years of Captain Americas debut, the comic industry would only be flooded with moreSupercharacters.
Now,Captain America is only one of dozensof patriotic and superheroic characters withCaptainin their name.
