![]() ![]() And then the title gave us a real treat by running a number of stories based in WWII, with Cap and Bucky twarting the Nazi's and in particular their arch nemesis, THE RED SKULL. There, we saw Steve Rogers struggling with this modern world, and haunted by the death of his 1940's partner Bucky Barnes, for which he felt resposible. Of course he was kept from aging, and this "man out of time" became a member of The Avengers right away.įlash forward only a matter of months, and Kirby stayed on board ffor 8 or 9 issuesnwhen he was given his own solo spot as the co-feature in the title inhabited by Iron Man, Tales of Suspense. ![]() Turns out Cap was frozen in "suspended animation" since the late forties when in the process of pursuing a bad guy (turns out it was ZEMO!), he was plunged into the icy water and frozen - only the Super Soldier Serum coursing through his veins kept him alive within the block of ice - to be found by The Sub Mariner, and then the Avengers who proceeded to defrost him (see Avengers #4). With the overwhelming success of Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Iron Man, Thor and the Avengers for Marvel in the early 60's, it was virtually a no-brainer for Marvel in 1964 to bring back the hero that defined the company more than twenty years before : CAPTAIN AMERICA! ![]()
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