The front cover featured Cap leaping into action, socking Hitler in the jaw.
The first ever issue of Captain America came out in March 1941, months before the US joined the war. The Comics of Warĭuring World War 2 the US government produced ‘informational comics’ aimed at domestic and Allied audiences, while Marvel and DC started to produce comics aimed specifically at the military. Marvel is being used for military PR and recruitment propaganda, and Captain Marvel is merely the latest incarnation of a relationship that goes back decades.
Its star Brie Larson heralded it as ‘the biggest feminist movie of all time’ but behind this glossy, progressive veneer lies a troubling connection. Captain Marvel opened this weekend to a monster box office haul of $153 million domestically and over $450 million worldwide.
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