Description
An engaging insider’s celebration of Captain America’s seminal comic book stories over the comic book’s 80 year run, including all things Cap: his character’s origin; various significant storylines over the decades; and his importance as a cultural icon in today’s wildly popular superhero climate. Captain America explores the phenomenon of one of MarvelComics’smostpopularsuperheroeswiththe 30mostsignificantandinfluentialCaptainAmerica storiesandincludesrelevantspinoffsandancillary comicbookevents.Framedbylongtimecomicbook industry insider Rich Johnson, the story is told using countlesscomicbookimages,filmstills,andstory-boards:howSteveRogersoriginstoryasCapbegan as a WWII hero and where his story took him further intothetwentiethcenturyandbeyond;costumeand characterstorychangesoverthedecades;theinfluenceofCaptainAmericaonallothercomicbook characterssinceCap’sinception;andhowCaptain Americaisevenpowerfulandrelevantintoday’s comicbook(andsuperherofilm)culture.Thebook contains more than 200 Captain America illustrations, includingcovers,interiorcomicart,andsketchtreat-ments, beginning with his inception in the early 1940s topresent-daytreatmentsofthecharacter. Captain America willappealtothefanslookingforagreat place to start learning about Cap, to megafans, and to Marvel collectors alike.
